With the addition of electronic logs to the fleet comes many more relays that need to be done. This may be in part to drivers not being able to change there old ways of taking breaks during the day then using "creative logging" later to make it all fit within the 14 hour rule. I know for me it gets tough especially during the early morning hours because I like to be able to take a nap sometimes but I cant because the 14 hour rule will mean I wont be able to get all the miles done I need to for that day. I was headed out to Denver when I had relay a load in Spiceland, IN that needed to be in Lees Summit, MO and Harrisonville, Mo the next day so I did that and took my break in Harrisonville before making two more deliveries in KS the next day.
The only place for taking a break was this little small cafe off of the US highway there. It was pretty neat to see an old smoky cafe with the farmers all sitting around BS'n and having dinner. It definitely had the southern home style feel to it, and the food was great, I had the catfish. Anyhow after my break was up I made my two deliveries one down by Wichita and the final in Hutchinson and then I took another 10 hour break there and headed to Holcomb, KS where I picked up a load going to PA.
I made it into Ohio but I was going to be about three hours late so this time I needed a relay, so we relayed just north of Columbus and I took his load and spent the night at the house and delivered the next morning in Huron. I then reloaded in Huron for a load going to Memphis, this was on a Friday and the load didn't deliver until Monday, so I again relayed a load and took it up to upstate New York and drove through a driving blizzard and delivered that then went to NJ and picked up a load to Lenexa, KS , which I actually got to deliver, but while waiting to reload back at Lees Summit I got asked to relay a hot load going back to Edison, NJ so I went back to the Petro at Oak Grove and relayed the load and finished my 10 hour break and also had dinner with Trucker Steve and Trucker Adam.
I got that load delivered in NJ on Friday and picked up a load going to Loveland, CO which I relayed in Girard, OH and came home for a few days off. I'll be back on the road Tuesday.
