There's no doubt about it! Today is a day that Lori will not soon forget.The delivery of frozen chicken in New Jersey this morning went smoothly enough, and it was looking like the next assignment was going to be pretty straightforward. However, after Lori and Tamara got to the pickup spot, the shipper cancelled the shipment because of the weather. No problem, Tamara would still make some money on the cancellation and it was still early enough to get another load. Sure enough, an assignment came in for a load headed to Wisconsin. Tamara said she would go pick it up and take it to Prime's yard in Pittston, PA for someone else to haul the rest of the way. And it was a good excuse for Tamara and Lori to see the "new" facility in Pittston, which Prime took over when it purchased the TRL trucking company several months ago.
They got the Wisconsin-bound trailer to the yard and took a look around while they waited for another assignment. It's going to take a lot of work to get this facility in shape. We'll see how it goes.
It wasn't long before they got a load assignment headed out of central New Jersey to Southern California (Can't tell you what it is since it's a "high value" load). It was a "drop and hook" (leave an empty trailer and pick up another one that's already loaded) so they got on the road quickly. That's when it got ugly.
Friday afternoon is no time to be driving along the New York/Philidelphia/Baltimore corridor, especially when it's raining. Lori says it took them 5 hours to drive 61 miles. And the drivers there make Southern Californians look like saints. It was miserable.
When Mike and Lori last talked, she was out of the Baltimore area on I-70 headed for I-81 south down to Nashville where they'll catch I-40 for the cross-country run. The weather is wet, cold, and foggy but should clear up once they make the turn west.
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