As the truck wheels turn…

Soap opera,  eh? Well sometimes the world of trucking is just like one. We have been running like crazy the past few days and constantly trying to time everything so we can make our pick up and delivery appointments on time. Every night we shutdown staring our 70 hour clock down with a big `ol Texas grin.  We made our pick up in Belvidere and delivery today and Moberly then raced to our next shipper in Chillicothe,  Missouri where we had a verified Preloaded trailer waiting on us and the office was open until 11pm Saturday night.  We worked our clocks so we would arrive,  swap trailers, then find a place to shutdown for the night.  In reality  it went like this… We arrived to a building void of any trucks, cars, people,  or anything.  I walked to every door to find them locked tight. Docks and office lights were off. Nobody around at all. I talk to the bosses and find out this shipper is closed on the weekends. So, who “verified” they were open until 11pm today? Who knows.  At this point, we made our way to a local truckstop to sit. Perhaps in the morning somebody somewhere will figure out what is going on. Stay tuned to “As the Wheels Turn” …