September 16 - This morning, in the middle of Donner (twice in two days.. guh)... Mindy sent a msg on the QC saying that CS was wondering why I'd only gone 89 miles with my load, since I picked it up at 14:00 yesterday. I kinda reminded her about breakdown and that I'd had to spend the night at the truckstop.
3 hours from Sacramento to Reno – surprise. Mindy wants to know my eta if I deliver this load, and an eta if I drop it in Denver. Yeah, I can work this out while driving Donner :)
If I have this right, I can deliver on Saturday, or drop on Thursday. Earliest this load can get to consignee is Saturday, so I am allowed to keep it and take it all the way.
Now I have to sit down and make sure I can actually do this.
Heh, yes,I can – but it's gonna be close. Drove 9.25 hours today, 1.75 hours on duty not driving (taking care of the ticket, etc) for a total of 11. That leaves me 29 hours to get 1400 miles. Should be fine. Even if I run short, I recover 11 hours on Saturday – if I stop short of where I need to, I just need to make sure I stop early enough that I can get up and finish Saturday morning. Appt time is noon.
Made 530 miles today – Sacramento to Wendover, NV. You can throw a rock and hit UT from here.
Yeah, I have 1.75 hours in which I could drive yet, but in Western Utah, places to stop and sleep are .. few and far between. Odds are good that by the time I get to one of them, it's gonna be full. Not gonna take the chance.
Current plan is to bag early tonight and get an early early start in the morning. I'd LIKE to get to Cheyenne tomorrow afternoon. If I can do that, the rest of the trip is set.
So, with that in mind.. good night.
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