Another Topic Just For Fun - What Was Your Last Load? How Much Did It Weigh? How Many Miles?
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A Nestle' backhaul from Breinigsville Pa back to the DC, 21 pallets of Deer Park weighing 45,782lbs. That was the last stop of a 4 stop run totaling 362 miles, a tad over 12 hours to complete.
The initial outbound store delivery run of dry grocery, 29 pallets was 40,211lbs. Millville NJ 9 pallets, Vineland NJ 12 pallets, & Williamstown NJ 8 pallets.
Came from home time in Fort Pierce, FL. Picked up a trailer in Lakeland, picked up 37k of Minute Maid bottled OJ. Delivered to Dickson, TN at +35 in the reefer.
822 mi.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
1 steel coil and 9 skidded coils that went from Niles Ohio to Mansfield and then Bellville Ohio. Following the permit route, right around 265 miles at a weight of 79,540#. Total gross 115,540#
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Shingles, 47,000 ish, 225 miles. Not a bad afternoon.
My previous load was 9876 lbs of plastic action figures that I had loaded at Funko in Everett, WA. Delivered that today (Thursday) at a WalMart DC in Jurupa Valley, CA. This was right beside a busy Swift terminal. 1272 total miles. Was pretty neat topping Grapevine Hill in 10th gear at 57 mph on I-5 coming south. My average for this trip was 9.2 mpg.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Frozen / Dairy mixed load, 2 stops, 39k
And a backhaul from coca cola bottling 401 miles round trip
Johnstown, NY to Fishkill, NY to Newington, CT to Northampton, MA back to Johnstown, NY
Smyrna TN to Plainfield IN. Had about a 45m deadhead from Portland TN, just before the KY border. Had to go through Nashville during morning rush hour, thank God for TN-155/Briley Parkway (got through in about 15m). About 325m from pickup to delivery. The load was automotive parts going to a pepboys warehouse. Just under 9k lbs loaded not even 1/4 full. Such a waste of floor space, but what do I care; we get paid regardless.
Deadhead:
To drive with an empty trailer. After delivering your load you will deadhead to a shipper to pick up your next load.
7 coils of braided cable. 45530 pounds. Tennessee to North Dakota. 1132 miles.
Trip before the last one I posted, I reached a personal milestone. Finally got through North Dakota, from east to west. That's my 50th state, doing all of the lower 48 and 4 Canadian provinces in under 2.5 years. Some day I want to take a load north to Dead Horse.
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Picked this behemoth up in malvern, AR and went to Louisville, KY fairly light at 32k. 500 miles or so