10/1/07

I got up and flipped on the radio while I was in the shower this morning. The traffic report said that I-75 had lane closures at Clark, backing things up for a couple of miles. So I stayed home for a couple of hours while the morning traffic cleared up, then hit the road.

No lines at all going over the bridge, nice. The drive up to the customer was a nice and easy three hour trip. The first time I delivered to this customer, I got in late at night. There was a huge empty parking lot and plenty of room to set up and park. Today, I showed up during business hours. The lot was jam-packed with cars and a little more tricky to navigate. They took around an hour to get me unloaded, but it was a nice day so I went for a walk.

As I drove back to the 401 to pull into a service plaza, I got a beep. I was hoping it would say deadhead to work, but instead I got an assignment picking up tomorrow, only 35 miles away. From there I'll go to Auburn, Alabama but today is a pretty unproductive day. Being stuck up here with no internet access and my cell phone shut off is a pretty cool change of pace though. Looks like I'll have time to watch some movies.

I was talking with another CFI driver at the service plaza and I actually learned something today. At some point during the conversation, the subject of trucks and fuel tanks came up. I mentioned that mine doesn't seem to be pulling fuel from the tank on the right. He said he has owned a few Kenworths and all three of them, at some point, had one of the tanks twist around. I observed that one of my tanks has the fuel cap straight on top and one is at an angle. Apparently they're both supposed to ba angled a little, so my right tank has rotated within the mounts somehow. Hmm, learn something every day.

These damn Canadians wouldn't take my American Express card, just as I feared, so I had to dip into the cash. I don't trust 'em. Anyhow, tomorrow's pickup is slated for noon so I should sleep pretty well at some point tonight. The weather is cool enough to leave the truck off and, at least so far, there are no loud trucks around me.