Electric Chicken
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USX and my Schneider division didnt give one IOTA about tolls. They said it's cheaper to pay the toll than send a rescue driver if you run out of hours.
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Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
Ya the 407 is out of control. I think you can drive I90 the entire length for what it costs to drive the 100 miles of the 407.
Electric Chicken
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Part of me wishes instead of getting into these newer trucks I spent the money on a taller transmission and fixed the oil leaks. I would have been grandfathered in to where I am now.
I'm WAY deeper than what that thing needs.
Even smarter with hindsight would have been to buy the newer way better sleeper I found in Grundy VA.
Electric Chicken
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My brain sucks. I had two big days in a row and was set up for a 3rd but I can't sleep. My body is tired but my mind won't shut off..
So I have to kick today's work back.
So I have to kick today's work back.
Electric Chicken
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Welp the day off helped me get an early start yesterday and today. And I got bribed with some nice bonuses to work tomorrow.
Could have gotten even more bonuses to work Sunday but I dont want to go to Richmond again. I go there enough already. Literally just did one today.
I think I despise the I95 road surface and getting a dog legged chassis more than the traffic itself.
Could have gotten even more bonuses to work Sunday but I dont want to go to Richmond again. I go there enough already. Literally just did one today.
I think I despise the I95 road surface and getting a dog legged chassis more than the traffic itself.
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Electric Chicken
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What causes this? The size difference alone?
Hillbilly Canuck
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I dunno how they get away with running trash like that through Virginia
Electric Chicken
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That was my trash and I swear it had tread when I hooked it, kicked all the tires, and walked around it a second time to put zip ties on it.
But since I didn't catch the size difference when I grabbed it I'm starting to second guess myself.
It was dead obvious when I dropped it and post tripped it though. I can't imagine missing it on a pre but not a post.
Especially when I'm also checking for zip ties.
I'm hoping for my sanity that it lost tread on the trip between Harrisonburg VA and Richmond VA.
There was another empty right beside it and I checked it's condition as well. I was ready to take it if this one didn't pass muster.
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Electric Chicken
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First load went pretty well. Windy as heck coming back empty though. This being my second load didn't make me particularly sad about having to leave it sit. I wasn't looking forward to being thrown all over the road again.
Electric Chicken
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I guess I got lucky. The Jessup MD delivery went so smoothly I was surprised. Other than trailers crowding the entrances it was an easy in and out. Super cool dudes working the gate.
Then I went to Preston MD again with the empty out there and that too was a nice easy drive.
Coming back heavy always makes the hills outside Frederick suck because I'm down to 40-45mph but I hardly had any serious traffic to contend with.
Even after 30 minutes at the very start for a new tire I had just under 9 hours in the day, and it wasn't one those low earners.
Then I went to Preston MD again with the empty out there and that too was a nice easy drive.
Coming back heavy always makes the hills outside Frederick suck because I'm down to 40-45mph but I hardly had any serious traffic to contend with.
Even after 30 minutes at the very start for a new tire I had just under 9 hours in the day, and it wasn't one those low earners.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
I just got my 407 toll bill. 48KM or 29.8 miles was $33.00.
The price fluctuates based on day of the week and time of day. The example I gave here is for Sunday at 17:00. So not even peak time.
Insane!
Hillbilly Canuck
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For your car? Imagine how much some of these trucking outfits are suffering using it. Stupid stupid stupid thing that province did selling it off.
Rigjockey
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Yup. I forgot to mention that was for my car.
That is the reason most people use the 407 is because there are not many trucks on that toll road.
Electric Chicken
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is like 24 bucks for trucks. And it's only a couple miles. Running it almost every day lately. I'm the Preston guy, apparently. It's not a huge customer. I picked up the trailer I dropped yesterday. Tomorrow I'm going to one of their other warehouses. It's in Hurlock. Same general area, just down the road a piece. Never been there before so not sure how it'll go.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
That bridge has great views, but I was always afraid of going over the edge.
Electric Chicken
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They had traffic opposing each other on the westerly span when I was on it earlier.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
That sounds like fun. (sarcasm).
I think a truck went over the edge a few years back because of high winds.
Hillbilly Canuck
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I don't think I've been on that bridge but the bridge/tunnel one in Virginia is "fun" too. I went across it 12 wide once. They do this nice thing for oversize loads where they make you wait on the bridge for a pilot truck to come back shut down traffic and escort you through the tunnel part.
Waiting on the bridge iwas the worst part. My load was wide and tall but not particularly heavy on a step deck. I didn't even wanna be in the truck because it felt like it was gonna blow over.
Waiting on the bridge iwas the worst part. My load was wide and tall but not particularly heavy on a step deck. I didn't even wanna be in the truck because it felt like it was gonna blow over.
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