rondog wrote:
I rushed into Houston and made my delivery on Wed. afternoon. A lot of people were already leaving and I wanted to get out too. My dispatcher said to stay the night. They hoped to find a load on Thurs. morn. I told them that everybody will be closed and to forget it. On Thurs. morn. I called in and he said to just get the heck out of there. So I went from east Houston to downtown on the I10, 16 miles in 10 minutes. Then the next 40 miles took 15 HOURS!!!! It flowed pretty good from Katy to San Antonio. Katy is where us big trucks could get on the wrong side of the road. Cars were able to do it sooner but there was long lines the way they had to go to get there. Katy is also where the K rail in the middle ends so people were going through the gas median after Katy.
So all in all I was behind the wheel for 20 hours straight, to go from 227 miles from Houston to San Antonio. I got home last night (Sat.) and leave for Idaho Falls Idaho in Monday morning with crane parts.
hey you will be comin up my way......Yell a hello
good luck on your journey