Profile For Dennis L

Way to go, Kearsey! Thanks for the help and support that you’ve given me at Prime, even though I’m not one of your students.

Congratulations Kearsey! 7- 8 years per million safe miles! Way to hang in there with Prime.

I sat in a rest area on east side of Des Moines heading west to Denver from 01/08 11:30am to 01/10 07:00 due to winter storm Finn(?).

The 511 map looked like the one you posted. About 9 inches of snow and high winds.

I parked about 3 hours before the snow started at that location. It was already snowing west of Des Moines where I was originally targeting to park closer to Omaha. It was a good location.

I ended up getting to my delivery on Thursday morning about 25 hours later than originally scheduled for Wednesday morning.

No big deal. The appointment was changed based upon an ETA that I provided.

My company Safety Dept put out a message on Tuesday morning suggesting to drivers to park and let the storm pass plus give DOT crews time to clear the road rather than take risks on snow & ice covered roads. They were already dealing with several accidents with trucks slid off the roads.

Later I passed 4 tractor-trailers in the ditch. Two were rolled. Plus several cars.

These are handy references for king pin laws by state. My company’s trailers have stickers on them listing the states with max hole back rules.

I run in the Midwest a lot so frequently use 12th hole back as maximum. I find that 12th hole usually provides good balance between drives and tandems weight distribution.

Be careful about Indiana rule on state highways being 7th hole max back rather than 12th.

I have had to have 3 trailers reworked by one shipper running from Michigan to Tennessee when tandem was overweight in the 12th hole max back. Usually take a couple pallets off.

2023 was my first full 12 months driving without a disruption. Grossed $74k with ~112k+ paid miles.

I’m happy with it.

Way to go Sandman J getting through the first year!

A lot of the work that I did as a Petroleum Engineer managing and studying data for abnormal trends will and is being replaced by AI.

I’ll be home Dec 21, taking 7 days paid vacation. Back out on 29th.

Taking the wife to Monticello, AR to visit daughter and grandson’s family. Wife has 3 great-grandchildren that we haven’t seen in a year.

I’m taking the family out on Dec 23 for family dinner at Hoot’s Steaks & BBQ in McGeehe, AR. This place has great food.

Head home on 24th. Stop at casino near Pine Bluff, AR that my wife enjoys.

Spend quiet Christmas Day at home. I’ll bake some game hens.