I arrived at the Michelin plant in Greenville SC, but not before missing a turn where US-25 went right and I went straight into a residential area. I realized this as soon as I was half-way across the intersection, and stopped just on the other side. I got out my Kyocera 6035, opened up the MapQuest web-clipping app, and got a map of the local area to include my destination. Sure enough, I was supposed to have turned there. DOH! Thank God I'm a techno-geek. I carefully checked my surroundings, and as it was 0030, no one was on the road except us trucks and the occasional drunk driver. I carefully maneuvered my truck to a point where I could turn around, and got back on course.
I dropped the MT in their dirt lot (almost got lost in the ruts!) and picked up our load of 1,212 tires destined for the Ontario DC in California. Again, we were to drop-relay the load, this time in the Fontana CA OC. I drove us as far as the Pilot at Exit 16 on the Atlanta circle (I-285), where I fueled, and Lori took over driving. She got us all the way to the West Memphis AR OC via I-20 and US-78. I awoke at 1 pm to a mechanic knocking on the side of the truck wanting to do a PM (Preventive Maintenance). Our truck (39789) was due for one, and Lori had arranged for one with our STL for 2 pm. I told the mech I was sleeping, and we weren't scheduled until 2. He replied they had a slot open now, and wanted to get on it. How can I argue with that logic?
As it turns out, they finished the PM in less than two hours, but in typical West-Memphis-OC fashion, nobody told us! They did not make a courtesy page, such as "tractor 39789 is ready" or anything! Of course, it was many hours later that we found this out. Argh! I was on the computer right there in the same room as the fuel desk the whole time. Anyway...
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