PEOPLE TRUCKERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH

Last night I was unloaded by 12:30 am. My next load was Smuckers in Cincinnati, Ohio. When I got there the shipping clerk at Excel (the people who run the trailer yard for Smuckers) was not really rude but very close to it. They have signs up that say DRIVER STOP HERE she had told me to stop 10 feet past that sign so she could see up in the trailer without getting out of her chair. It was to dark to see up in my trailer so she got mad at me. GO FIGURE. I dropped my empty trailer and picked up the loaded trailer it had 42987 pounds of product on it and the landing gear was cranked way to high, when I backed under it a large chunk of ice was knocked off the front of the trailer and blocked my king pin from locking; although it appeared to be locked (this caused a high hook --when the pin is on top of the lock instead of inside it) when I made a sharp turn to scale my load I lost the trailer no damage just a lot of work to crank the landing gear up high enough to get the tractor back under it. Easy for the spotter to use his truck as it has a lift on it. So I ask him to pick it up he told me he did not have time, and went back into the office to sit by the heater. Well I finally got it cranked up and got the fifth wheel lock reset, it was 05:00 am when I left.
We have to deal whith thes type people almost every day. THERE ARE HOWEVER A LOT OF VERY HELPFUL PEOPLE WE DEAL WITH ALSO. When it is 12 degrees and snowing a little help goes an aughful long way.

IN KENTUCKY

The snow is still falling and the tempature is 27 degrees here in north west Kentucky. My next load picks up in Cincinnati, Oh. tonight when I can get there(it is preloaded) and it delvers Friday afternoon in University Park, Il. (Chicago).

Pennsylvania uses cinders on their highways to help with traction on icy roads.
The problem with that is the cinders are black and blow in the wind and you cannot see anything at all. Last night I got behind a snow plow that was putting out said cinders, he did not have a tarp over his load so the wind was blowing them out and making visibility 0, I could not even see my mirrors. I was forced to stop in the middle of the interstate. Several cars had already stopped, it was a wonder there was not a collision. I let the plow get about a mile ahead and just followed carefully, he turned around at the Ohio line. Ohio uses salt but most times they do not plow the roads until the snow stops.

Tonight I rented the new W.E.B. Griffin book BLACK OPS. It just came out on Audio Adventures. I used the points I get on my Pilot card to pay for the rental. I truly wish GRAPHIC AUDIO and W.E.B. Griffin could get together that would be great.
This is the fourth book in the presidential agent series and it is great.

(SIDE NOTE): WHEN A DRIVER FUELS HIS TRUCK AT A TRUCK STOP HE IS GIVEN CREDIT OF 1 PENNY PER GALLON ON HIS CARD WHICH CAN BE USED AT THAT TRUCK STOP TO PAY FOR COFFEE, SCALES, OR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. EXCLUDING
LOTTERY AND LIQUOR

MORE TOMORROW, STAY SAFE

IN NEW YORK STATE IN THE SNOW

It is snowing here in New York state today, at least where I am. temp is 28 degrees. I am on my way to Hebron, Ky. Looks like I will be in bad weather all the way. I am due to unload at 23:30 Thursday night.
As usual in this kind of weather the interstate looks like a wreaking yard with all the accidents.

HOW DO TRUCK DRIVERS GET THIER LOADS?

Well today is Tuesday, I emptied out at about 10:30 this morning and by 10:35 I had recieved my next load. For those of you who do not know how this works I shall attempt to explane. Most trucking companys nowdays equip thier trucks with a Quail Com communication system. This system, to put it very simply, is like a dedicated E-Mail only it's limited to you and the company. (unless the driver wants to pay to have it opened as an e-mail account) They send me loads and the info I need to get the job done.
So I am empty and on my way to Waverly, NY to pickup to go to Hebron, Ky for Thursday night at 23:30 (11:30pm)
I is snowing and cold up here tonight, the prediction is for 3 to 6 inches of snow tonight.

JACKKNIFE

I am in the eastern part of our great nation today. As I write this I am parked at the TA truck stop at exit 7 on Interstate 78 in Bloomsburg, NJ. I have a load to take to Ballston Spa, NY. That's just north of Albany, NY. Or as they say up here, UP STATE NEW YORK.

Graphic Audio released a W.W. Johnstone book called JACK KNIFE just before Thanksgiving in 08 it is terrific.
No one captures the true spirit of America like William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. Jackknife is their most pulse-pounding and timely thriller yet.

A sleeper cell of Middle Eastern terrorists are targeting the heartland: an all-American superstore on opening day, right outside of Fort Worth, Texas. The day after Thanksgiving. As insurance, the terrorists have also hidden a suitcase nuke somewhere in the store which they plan to detonate—a strike fifty times worse than 9/11 that will paralyze America.

The only thing stopping the kill-crazy terrorists is already inside the superstore—a truck-driving, former Special Forces op named John "Jackknife" McCabe. He's where the perfect terror plan is about to blow apart. Because Jackknife won't go down without a fight. And with this guy as leader, the terrorists will find their way to paradise a lot sooner than they think...