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ROUTE: Leominster, MA to Ubly, MI: 997 miles (910 loaded + 87 deadhead) Wednesday 02/25 I started my day at 10:00am. I had driven the night before to the consignee so I could have all my hours at the start of the day and this facility allows for overnight stay. The shipper for this assignment…

ROUTE: Newport, MI to Windsor, CT: 748 miles (693 loaded + 55 deadhead) This is one of my usual routes as it gets me home when I request is, but today it’s just another assignment. Sunday 02/22 I was at our terminal in Canton, MI, getting the truck’s 20K mile maintenance done and checking on…

ROUTE: Ecru, MS to Auburn Hills, MI: 867 miles (780 loaded + 87 deadhead) My original assignment was from Pontotoc, MS to the same consignee in Auburn Hills, MI but Friday 02/20 when I woke up the batteries of the truck were dead. Different to a car a truck has four batteries. On Super Bowl…

ROUTE: Pontiac, MI to Memphis, TN: 834 miles (763 loaded + 71 deadhead) Tuesday 02/17 was a long work day, technically 17.5 hours! This assignment was supposed to pickup at 6:00pm, but the shipper is a 24/7 facility and the load was drop-and-hook so basically I could pick it up at anytime that day. The…

ROUTE: Youngstown, OH to Lansing, MI: 346 miles (291 loaded + 55 deadhead) The pickup on this assignment was scheduled Tuesday 02/17 at 13:00. I had started my day at 08:30, so technically my 14-hour clock would end at 22:30. This was a live-load and it took just over two hours to complete, therefore satisfying…

ROUTE: Romeoville, IL to Solon, OH: 427 miles (374 loaded + 53 deadhead) This is a short assignment of roughly six drive hours but after four consecutive long ones it’s OK. Also, I needed to make my way back to Michigan for a dentist appointment on Saturday 02/21. The assignment was to pickup at a…

ROUTE: Baltimore, MD to Dekalb, IL: 808 miles (762 loaded + 46 deadhead) This assignment picked up on Friday 02/13 in Baltimore and was scheduled to deliver on Monday 02/16 in the morning just outside of Chicago. The trip required roughly thirteen drive hours so it could be done in a day-and-half. I was going…

ROUTE: Jeffersonville, IN to Forestville, MD: 752 miles (618 loaded + 134 deadhead) This assignment was scheduled for a pickup on 02/10 at 17:00. I was running behind because of a four-hour delay starting my last assignment due to a dead battery caused by excessive cold in the New York area. It was my 64th…

ROUTE: Clinton, CT to Clayton, IN: 964 miles (856 loaded + 108 deadhead) Friday 02/06, my last assignment ended at 11:00 and I had a two hour drive to this assignment’s shipper. I was fortunate to get this assignment as I had requested home leave for the weekend to watch the Super Bowl and celebrate…

ROUTE: Maumee, OH to Franklin, MA: 812 miles (750 loaded + 62 deadhead) The last assignment brought me back to our terminal in Canton, MI on Tuesday 02/03 in the evening as the load was scheduled for delivery on 02/20 so a Local Driver would deliver it. This suited me perfectly as I needed to…