Still Truckin'
As you steadfast driveaway blog fans now realize, I'm getting lazier and lazier about keeping this thing up to date.
Last week, 10/29 - 11/1, I did do six trips starting with a tree truck (boom and chipper body) from Forest, VA to Dunmore, PA; deadheaded 140 miles to Swedesboro, NJ (a new haunt for me) where I did two round trips, one to Chantilly, VA and back, and one to Fredericksburg, VA and back. Those trips were big Sterling flatbeds with cranes used by a home supply company. The highlight of those trips was the usual traffic mess around Washington DC, the highlight of which was the two hours it took me to go four miles on the way to Fredericksburg. What a mess that place is and who is the genious who figured it was a good idea to close the beltway down to
one lane at exit 177?
From Swedesboro, I deadheaded about 120 miles back up in PA to Plains and picked up a crane for Daleville, VA, which is only 9 miles from home. Most of my days this trip were 12 - 14 hours, much of it due to the
ridiculous traffic around DC. The lack of deadheading helped with the pay, but on a per hour basis I didn't do too good.
Probably the main reason I still mess with this log is I like to post pictures of the trucks I drive. Also have all of them posted in the Yahoo Driveaway Lounge at: http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Driveaway/photos/browse/5ae1 There, you can see all 119 of them!
My wife will be attending a conference in VA Beach next week, so I'll plan to hit the road again while she's away. I think she's gotten so she misses me more when I'm gone than she used to. May eventually cramp my style a little.
Just called dispatch and they've assigned me a truck Monday leaving from Saint Alban, WV going to Frederick, MD. That's a 202 mile deadhead followed by a 333 mile paid trip - not a great start, but gets me on the road.
Last week, 10/29 - 11/1, I did do six trips starting with a tree truck (boom and chipper body) from Forest, VA to Dunmore, PA; deadheaded 140 miles to Swedesboro, NJ (a new haunt for me) where I did two round trips, one to Chantilly, VA and back, and one to Fredericksburg, VA and back. Those trips were big Sterling flatbeds with cranes used by a home supply company. The highlight of those trips was the usual traffic mess around Washington DC, the highlight of which was the two hours it took me to go four miles on the way to Fredericksburg. What a mess that place is and who is the genious who figured it was a good idea to close the beltway down to
one lane at exit 177?From Swedesboro, I deadheaded about 120 miles back up in PA to Plains and picked up a crane for Daleville, VA, which is only 9 miles from home. Most of my days this trip were 12 - 14 hours, much of it due to the
ridiculous traffic around DC. The lack of deadheading helped with the pay, but on a per hour basis I didn't do too good.Probably the main reason I still mess with this log is I like to post pictures of the trucks I drive. Also have all of them posted in the Yahoo Driveaway Lounge at: http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Driveaway/photos/browse/5ae1 There, you can see all 119 of them!
My wife will be attending a conference in VA Beach next week, so I'll plan to hit the road again while she's away. I think she's gotten so she misses me more when I'm gone than she used to. May eventually cramp my style a little.
Just called dispatch and they've assigned me a truck Monday leaving from Saint Alban, WV going to Frederick, MD. That's a 202 mile deadhead followed by a 333 mile paid trip - not a great start, but gets me on the road.
posted by Harry | 2:43 PM
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