When You've Spent Too Many Days In Wyoming
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Oh My Gosh!! That was fun to read! You are funny!
Laura
That was me LAST winter. This year? Caught in the I-40 mess, then the i-70 mess, THEN I-80 mess. I could have "made it" during the 80, BUUUUUUUT that little voice said park it. When I drove through later, I saw two trucks that had been near me before I parked it, on their sides. I stopped counting the cars.
Davy, that LSD you are using really enhances your writing creativity!
Keep em coming.
Davy, that LSD you are using really enhances your writing creativity!
Keep em coming.
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Nicely written Davy. What coordinates is your lodging again?
I’ve missed all the winter weather so far this month. Currently spending the night in Tennessee in 50 degree weather with the truck and APU both off. It’s great lol
APU:
Auxiliary Power Unit
On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.
Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.
That drive through Wyoming where it looks something like the steppes of Central Asia is beautifully spectacular. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be upset if I never have need to drive through that state again. Like the world's largest wind tunnel existing for the sole purpose of being truckers' bane.
That drive through Wyoming where it looks something like the steppes of Central Asia is beautifully spectacular. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be upset if I never have need to drive through that state again. Like the world's largest wind tunnel existing for the sole purpose of being truckers' bane.
The run down through Wind River Canyon is stunning and a fun drive. So is 191 through jellystone. But yeah, most of Wyoming I hate. My terminal loves to send me with light loads through there multiple times per week. They have a hard time finding drivers who can and will safety navigate it.
My solution before was to park my truck in Dallas or Phoenix and just fly home for home time. It was still more cost effective than being shutdown for days at a time. So I'd just take all my home time in the south, keeping the truck from there. If the truck gets within 500 miles of Denver they will only route me through Wyoming, SD, UT and back for weeks on end.
The loads being in more revenue in the winter in WY because they're more difficult. The revenue makes no difference to me. Constant source of psychological warfare between me and the planners fought by proxy through the DMs.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
That drive through Wyoming where it looks something like the steppes of Central Asia is beautifully spectacular. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be upset if I never have need to drive through that state again. Like the world's largest wind tunnel existing for the sole purpose of being truckers' bane.
The run down through Wind River Canyon is stunning and a fun drive. So is 191 through jellystone. But yeah, most of Wyoming I hate. My terminal loves to send me with light loads through there multiple times per week. They have a hard time finding drivers who can and will safety navigate it.
My solution before was to park my truck in Dallas or Phoenix and just fly home for home time. It was still more cost effective than being shutdown for days at a time. So I'd just take all my home time in the south, keeping the truck from there. If the truck gets within 500 miles of Denver they will only route me through Wyoming, SD, UT and back for weeks on end.
The loads being in more revenue in the winter in WY because they're more difficult. The revenue makes no difference to me. Constant source of psychological warfare between me and the planners fought by proxy through the DMs.
Just curious. Is there a particular reason why moving further south isn't in the cards? Seems like it would make things easier on yourself.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Moving my gal to Texas. I'll stay with denver terminal because of my relationship with my DM and Terminal manager though. Although I've gotten along well with pur Dallas terminal. My current terminal has a lot of benefits for me.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Yuppp I absolutely hated Wyoming AND Nebraska! lol Aside from the crappy weather, mostly thru Wyo... Same thing, seemed once we got on that dang I-80, it took weeks to route us back down south.... Too many stranded days in Wyoming winters, NOT getting paid and costing us money all around.
Snow capped mountains, look a LOT nicer from far away, like at home. In the high desert, surrounded by the mountains, view was much better from home lol....Now here in Asia, a 68 degree day is cold, normally the coldest is 70 F hahaha
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Day 43 of February diary...Have changed my address to mile post 135 Interstate 80, Wyoming Tundra region. Last week I finished construction of my winter lodge built out of blown over campers and abandoned trailers. The natives occasionally trade salted meats and water. The 50 pound per link chain that I use for a wind Guage finally broke in high winds.
The ministry of load planning has assured me that they will move me to southern routes just as soon as I finish this next load through the tundra. Expect to see southern routes in hurricane season. Made official inquiry about it. Reply from central office was that this is the only freight we currently have in existence. Seems believable, was signed by Joseph Bideninski.
Took an exploration route into the great Salt Valley in UT, our outpost in west Valley was overran by savage herds of trailerbeasts being returned to market for sale. I managed to make a retreat from the outpost before the ministry of truck medics could attempt experimental surgery on Edna, my faithful truck. I escaped with little supplies and am currently trapped at a renegade settlement of poultry farmers called Delta Egg Farm. They appear to be prehistoric and not able to use modern tools and implements, expect that they lack the collective IQ of a garden brick and will delay my return to the tundra for several hours.
Will be returning to the great wind swept tundra tonight. Am now using load dispatches as weather forecasts. Ministry of load planning has uncanny ability to find every winter storm warning and dispatch into it.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).