STRAYCAT’S DOGGONE BLOG

Life Day 21187: Off to Oxnard

July 15, 2005 on 12:51 pm | In On The Road |

This AM, the 15th, the MMM woke me at about 0700. Shortly after their morning ‘exploration’, I was contacted via QualCom by one of my former DM’s who now heads up the COSTCO Dedicated Account. He said that he needed my help with a 3-stop load (Oxnard, Goleta, and Santa Maria)( 0 miles empty and 430 miles loaded). Evidently the driver on this load, one of his drivers, has stopped communicating for some reason. He asked if I could cover the load which is located right here at the TA Truckstop. It was supposed to start delivering in Oxnard at 0800 this AM (the load has already been re-scheduled once because this driver had a flat tire and waited to inform his DM or On-Road until it was too late to make the original scheduled delivery). I of course said that I would help him out. The load was re-scheduled (again). The 1st stop now delivers tonight at midnight (2300 PDT). The 2nd stop delivers tomorrow at 0800 and the final stop at 1000. {I hope that this driver buys a Sunday paper because I think he’ll be seeking gainful employment elsewhere. A “little birdie” told me that a Team has already been dispatched from Salt Lake City to pick-up his truck and trailer, the empty that I dropped to pick-up this load}. The only way to make my Log Book “appear” legal and still make the deliveries on time is to wait until about 1630 to leave here and drive to the 1st stop and make that delivery. I will be legal to that point. After that, I’ll have to be “creative“, but I will make the deliveries on time. I’ll be in a ’slow’ freight area when the load is complete, and I’m not entirely sure what time I’ll be available after the Log Book matriculations, but I’ll be sure to show 10-hours off before I make myself available so that whenever I’m ready, I’ll be starting out legal.