About This Site

This blog is primarily intended to keep our family and friends up-to-date on where we are and where we’re going as we drive around the country as long-haul truckers. But it’s also a chance to share some observations about life on the road and life in general.

The title is a reference to one of the things we find so attractive about driving a truck (which weighs 40 tons – 80,000 pounds – when fully loaded); it allows us to travel all over this great country of ours, see the sights, and get paid while we're doing it!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Hurry Up and Wait

After getting to drop her trailer last night (instead of the original delivery time of 9:30 this morning), Lori was all set to head out on her next assignment early today.

Unfortunately, there weren't any loads to be had (at least any going towards California). She did receive a message to go to Indiana (!) with a load, that is until Lori called her Fleet Manager and reminded her she was scheduled to go home this weekend. "Oops, that's right," was the answer. "It seems your "home counter" got erased from the system." Whatever...

Anyway, that meant Lori has sat all day at Prime's truck yard in Salt Lake City, along with about 12 other trucks. Word is that there are simply no loads to be had in the Salt Lake area today (except for the one to Indiana Lori couldn't take). That, unfortunately, is part of the biz.

Hopefully, there's something to deliver tomorrow...

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