I'm Feeling Better

So you all know that the last couple of weeks have been rough for us. But things are looking a little better!

Got two pieces of good news today:

1. I was a DriveCam top performer again last week! Only two more weeks and I get a nice little bonus.

2. TEDDY IS DONE!! My DM messages me just a while ago to let me know that he is out of the shop and all better.

So we are dropping the last part of this load tomorrow morning. Yeah, I've gotta cross NYC but it will be around 0400 so it won't be too horrible I hope. Then we head to upstate New York to pick up at Anheiser-Busch (did I spell that right?) and head back to Kansas. We will probably drop this load at the terminal as well as the temp truck and catch a bus back to Nebraska to pick up the Tedster.

Any advice for beer loads? I know they are pretty heavy usually but anything else?

Make sure the doors are sealed and locked. Either pad locked or bolt sealed.

And don't be telling ppl in a public forum what you are carrying. There are some bad ppl out there.

I had one from Samuel Adams in Cincinnati and it was a scary place... the truck were outside the gates and cracked addicts were approaching the drivers. I carried a hammer to slide my tandems and check the seal number. The 3 stops on that were TINY lots with one door and hard. So GOAL.

That one was in totes and every once in awhile I could feel a surge like thw tankers. When I did bud lite it was just like any other load and the customer was easy.

Thanks for that welcome ChickieMonster. I'm glad things are moving back the other direction again. Sharing your trials and tribulations helps people like me. So another Thank You.

Make sure to scale. They are usually quite heavy. The nice part is that beer isn't as bad as water because once it foams it doesn't move as much. Either way good to here your truck is back in action. Be safe!

Beer is it in kegs or boxes like bottles or cans. All of them are pritty top heavy. But kegs like to come loose and shift or balance and weights. I just have to add take your turns extra slow.

Get ready to be there a while. They'll work and rework the load to get as much as they can on the truck, you'll be leaving as close as you'll ever get to 80k so make sure you follow any notes you've received regarding fuel level because they can be sticklers about that too.

How long ago where you in the NAST...Cincinnati? I use to work security there, curious what company has security there now would LOVE to get back. Yes that is a very unsafe neighborhood, I watched at least 3 homicides IN BROAD DAY LIGHT in my 2 +yrs there. Still not as scary as the places in South Side of Chicago I use to hang out in but still keep your head on a swivel

I had one from Samuel Adams in Cincinnati and it was a scary place... the truck were outside the gates and cracked addicts were approaching the drivers. I carried a hammer to slide my tandems and check the seal number. The 3 stops on that were TINY lots with one door and hard. So GOAL.

That one was in totes and every once in awhile I could feel a surge like thw tankers. When I did bud lite it was just like any other load and the customer was easy.

Any time we did AB outta St. Louis we always topped our fuel tanks off. 1st time we rolled across the scales we where at 76500 so they had us go around fork lift came out and opened the trailer put some more in and closed it up, went across the scale at 78950...They said "Good enough I guess" and of course we where driving a KW with that stupid PACCAR Motor that couldn't get out of it's own way. But we got'er done

Get ready to be there a while. They'll work and rework the load to get as much as they can on the truck, you'll be leaving as close as you'll ever get to 80k so make sure you follow any notes you've received regarding fuel level because they can be sticklers about that too.

I know you've had some hiccups lately but TransAm is recognizing your hard work. Keep it up!