Home so soon

Thanks guys for all the nice comments. I really do like doing the blog, especially when I know so many of you enjoy reading it. So normal service resumed .

Well im currently sat at home having a few days off early. I got back to Woodstock from Mississippi on Sunday afternoon. My reload was going to Montreal. A two drop to stores. All of a sudden we are getting loads of these loads. I did the same last week too before going to Memphis. That was the first time since last year that I had to deliver to stores. The one good thing about them, they are a lot faster to off load you, even if they cant speak English. That bit does my head in, but don’t get me started on the French Canadians.

I had already done 9hrs on the Sunday, so I set of early hours Monday morning as I had a seven hour drive to be there by 1pm. Two hours up the road I hear a noise from the truck, thinking it was an air leak I stop to find the air system was ok so set off again to start to loose power. Our trucks are very well maintained, every single time you go to Woodstock, the truck has to go through the shop. Mine had just been through the night before so was a bit shocked at this. I could still drive it so took it into International, a further hour along my route. International Prostar’s have a common fault with there exhaust system. Plus these modern computer systems on vehicles are great. They can tell you what is happening to the engine at anyone time. Turns out my exhaust was at fault which in turn closed safety valves to reduce power on the engine to save it. Eight hours later I was out of International and on way to deliver. I only did one store then switched trailers at our yard there for one back to Woodstock as Joe wanted his own mechanics to replace some of the exhaust. When you go to dealers to have the truck worked on. Only one person works on it and they charge $120 per hr. our shop normally have a few guys on it at the same time, so you get less down time. With me having to come back to Woodstock a few days early. It was a waist of time sending me back out as I would not be able to go far as I wanted to be back by the end of the week anyway, so they asked me if I wanted to go home and go back out after the weekend. really good loads go out Fridays, for Monday delivery so we will see what happens.

On one of the last trips I did, I went to the Worlds Largest Truck Stop in Iowa. The truckstop can hold 800 trucks, boasts the Iowa 80 Kitchen, it’s new 300-seat restaurant with a 50-ft. salad bar, one-of-a-kind Truckers Warehouse Store, 24 private showers, Dolby Surround Sound® movie theater, Driver’s Den, Game Room, Embroidery Centre , Barber, Dentist, TA Service Centre, Truckomat, CAT Scale, Fuel Center, Wendy’s Restaurant and Dairy Queen in the Food Court and a Blimpie located in the Fuel Centre.

Here is a few pictures

Check out the licence plate