After dropping my load I ended up sitting for 3 hours watching tv and surfing the net waiting for a load... but nothing came. Not only that but my board status never moved up. So, I made my way to bed around 400am.
I finally woke up around 800am to find I was sent a load moments before. I was to take a load from TSC and relay it at our yard in Kansas City, MO. Now, normally this wouldn't be an issue but by 900am when I was rolling out of the DC yard I had already wasted 7 hours of my 14 sitting and doing nothing... with the kicker being that it was ready at midnight... the exact time I left York, NE bound for Waverly. And, now, this load had to be relayed by 130pm. Seriously? This is why I have contended that someone isn't doing their job. I can understand the board system if there isn't freight.. but come on. I arrived in Waverly with 13 hours to go on my 14.. and if it was sitting there I should have been out of there pretty quickly. I was more frustrated than a legless Ethiopian watching a doughnut roll down a hill.
Anyways, this load was a drop and hook so I was hooked and ready to go pretty quickly. I took US 6 southwest to 84th street in Lincoln, NE, followed by NE 2 back east. I jumped on I-29 and took it south to I-435 on into the yard. Not a bad 212 miles for the day.
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After looking at my log it looked like I could perform a split sleeper option. That basically meant that since I had 8 hours of sleep my 14 hour clock was essentially stopped. The 3 hour drive from Waverly to Kansas City qualified perfectly for my driving time and, provided I could get a 2 hour break once I arrived, I would be able to drive until 1000pm if given something immediately. I could only hope for my weekend load so I didn't have to drive all night for the 3rd night in a row. However, of course the plan didn't go the way I intended and I was given a load heading out from Kansas City, KS at 900pm tonight, effectively misusing the available hours I had available.... again. I personally thought a planner did just that.. plan... but in this case it didn't happen. So, I opted to head over to the Con-way yard and sit there until 900pm to pick up my load.. then sit until midnight when I can actually move again after a full 10 hour break. I can honestly say i'm starting to get frustrated at the entire system used on solos.
I finally woke up around 800am to find I was sent a load moments before. I was to take a load from TSC and relay it at our yard in Kansas City, MO. Now, normally this wouldn't be an issue but by 900am when I was rolling out of the DC yard I had already wasted 7 hours of my 14 sitting and doing nothing... with the kicker being that it was ready at midnight... the exact time I left York, NE bound for Waverly. And, now, this load had to be relayed by 130pm. Seriously? This is why I have contended that someone isn't doing their job. I can understand the board system if there isn't freight.. but come on. I arrived in Waverly with 13 hours to go on my 14.. and if it was sitting there I should have been out of there pretty quickly. I was more frustrated than a legless Ethiopian watching a doughnut roll down a hill.
Anyways, this load was a drop and hook so I was hooked and ready to go pretty quickly. I took US 6 southwest to 84th street in Lincoln, NE, followed by NE 2 back east. I jumped on I-29 and took it south to I-435 on into the yard. Not a bad 212 miles for the day.
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After looking at my log it looked like I could perform a split sleeper option. That basically meant that since I had 8 hours of sleep my 14 hour clock was essentially stopped. The 3 hour drive from Waverly to Kansas City qualified perfectly for my driving time and, provided I could get a 2 hour break once I arrived, I would be able to drive until 1000pm if given something immediately. I could only hope for my weekend load so I didn't have to drive all night for the 3rd night in a row. However, of course the plan didn't go the way I intended and I was given a load heading out from Kansas City, KS at 900pm tonight, effectively misusing the available hours I had available.... again. I personally thought a planner did just that.. plan... but in this case it didn't happen. So, I opted to head over to the Con-way yard and sit there until 900pm to pick up my load.. then sit until midnight when I can actually move again after a full 10 hour break. I can honestly say i'm starting to get frustrated at the entire system used on solos.