End of Week 2
Ok. This is going to be pretty short since I have to get back in 11 hours. Don't have my logbook with me so I'm not going to try and sort out the days.
Week 3 - Lebanon, TN to Elizabethtown, KY. We were supposed to unload there and run back down to Red Boiling Spring TN to pick up a load to Harrisburg PA but weren't going to make the appointment so they sent another driver. We deadheaded back to Ashland City and picked up a trailer on the yard that was bound for Berlin NJ. Unloaded in Berlin and deadheaded to Curwensville, PA for a load of leather headed for Hartmann Luggage in Lebanon. Picked up a loaded trailer in Lebanon headed for North Haven CT. Deadheaded North Haven CT to Middleville MI for a drop and hook coming back to Lebanon yard. Dropped trailer and hooked to loaded trailer headed for Burlington, Ont. , Canada. Leave tomorrow morning a 0800 for Tueday delivery. This is my last week in training -- I should get my truck a week from tomorrow.
Observations There are a lot of really gorgeous historical farmhouses along I80 in PA.
Political Commentary I see that most states have started to collect on the 'Work Zone' Scam. This is where they line a row of orange barrells along the shoulder of the road (typically in the grass) for 12 miles, drop the speed limit by 10mph and call it a construction zone in which the fines are doubled or worse. The fact that there are never any people in these work zone and that no actual work ever gets done doesn't seem to bother anybody. My grandfather worked for the highway department so I'm familiar with the dangers posed to workers along the roadside and support strong laws to protect them. I'd also like to see the laws address the fact that they must be actually PRESENT along the roadside to be in any significant danger.
Week 3 - Lebanon, TN to Elizabethtown, KY. We were supposed to unload there and run back down to Red Boiling Spring TN to pick up a load to Harrisburg PA but weren't going to make the appointment so they sent another driver. We deadheaded back to Ashland City and picked up a trailer on the yard that was bound for Berlin NJ. Unloaded in Berlin and deadheaded to Curwensville, PA for a load of leather headed for Hartmann Luggage in Lebanon. Picked up a loaded trailer in Lebanon headed for North Haven CT. Deadheaded North Haven CT to Middleville MI for a drop and hook coming back to Lebanon yard. Dropped trailer and hooked to loaded trailer headed for Burlington, Ont. , Canada. Leave tomorrow morning a 0800 for Tueday delivery. This is my last week in training -- I should get my truck a week from tomorrow.
Observations There are a lot of really gorgeous historical farmhouses along I80 in PA.
Political Commentary I see that most states have started to collect on the 'Work Zone' Scam. This is where they line a row of orange barrells along the shoulder of the road (typically in the grass) for 12 miles, drop the speed limit by 10mph and call it a construction zone in which the fines are doubled or worse. The fact that there are never any people in these work zone and that no actual work ever gets done doesn't seem to bother anybody. My grandfather worked for the highway department so I'm familiar with the dangers posed to workers along the roadside and support strong laws to protect them. I'd also like to see the laws address the fact that they must be actually PRESENT along the roadside to be in any significant danger.
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