Oak Park, GA

Twenty-four hours ago, I was expecting to be in Alabama on Friday. And normally, I might be disappointed that that won't be happening, except that I'll be home all weekend instead! Thinking that I only had to go to Alabama by tomorrow, I called it a day around 6pm yesterday and started my ten hour break. I got an early start this morning and made my pick-up in Florence before heading to Savannah for the delivery. Along the way, I got a Qualcomm message saying to take the Alabama load home for the weekend. Sweet - I'll be home tonight! Maybe. Because I was lazy yesterday and didn't drive into Florence, I had farther to drive today. I made the delivery in Savannah with no problems and and drove over to the shipper for my pick-up. A recycling facility. Great. I crossed the scale and drove around back - through the mud and water-filled craters - to the scrap paper docks. Which were all full. "They're supposed to move that trailer in 20-30 minutes. You can have that spot when they do," says a dock worker, as he points to one of the seven trailers. Great, I wanted to sit here all afternoon anyway. About an hour later, the trailer is moved and I back in. And wait. Two hours later, they have me loaded. Only, my suspension gauge tells me the load is overweight on the drive wheels. A quick look in the trailer confirms the load is not properly distributed. The trailer is barely half-full, so all the weight is obviously on the front of the trailer. FNG's. I got my paperwork and headed to the nearest scale. 1,500 over on the drives. After sliding the tandems all the way up, I got it to...uh, let's just leave it at "I slid the tandems all the way up." That's the best I could do. The company guys said to roll with it, so I rolled. I guess they know what they're talking about - I got the green light at the weigh station. Works for me.

My 14-hr clock was up at 6:15pm, so Oak Park is as far as I was able to make it tonight. I'll take a ten or twelve hour break and head home in the morning.