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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!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Fowl up

Well, Lori is FINALLY on her way to Corinne, UT after spending nearly 48 hours waiting on her load from Tyson in Rogers, Arkansas.

Tyson is now on Mike and Lori's list of "pain in the a**" shippers. After repeatedly being told that her trailer wasn't loaded yet ("the last shift didn't get to it, "the overnight crew didn't have time to load it", etc.) come to find out the trailer she was supposed to take "mysteriously" disappeared, even though Lori had seen it in a loading dock on Saturday night. Prime is blaming Tyson for moving the trailer somewhere while Tyson says another Prime driver came and picked it up, though why a Prime driver would drive off with an empty trailer doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Not sure who to blame for the mix up but that's not Lori's problem. Tyson quickly loaded another trailer and sent her on her way. When Lori's Fleet Manager, Cheryl, returns from a short vacation on Wednesday, Lori is going to talk to her about getting some sort of reimbursement for sitting around for two whole days. As a company driver, if you're not driving you're not making any money.

Even with all the delay, Lori should still be able to make the scheduled delivery appointment of 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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