This morning when I woke up the parking lot had filled up. There were trucks all over. Then I saw a bunch of trucks go in to load hubs. There I sat, again. So I walked back over there to inquire. The same damn thing happened again!!!!! I got lost in the system for the second day in a row!!! After all the other trucks got loaded, I was finally called in with the next batch of trucks. I was still last in line, they made sure of that. Eventually the fork lift came over and moved the hub forward about a foot.
I secured it again to the trailer and left. Went back to the scale at the Oasis in Robertsdale, Alabama. Well, I guessed it wrong again. I was still 800 pounds overweight. So, I spent another hour and a half flipping the neck on my trailer. I knew what a pain in the butt that was so I was holding off doing that unless I had to. Well, I had to. It looks like an easy thing to do, and in all honesty, it should be, but it isn't. Not without the right tools. It wouldn't be too bad if the pins lined up, but they don't. To make a VERY long story short, I finally got it flipped. Scaled up again. This time it was fine.
By now the 98 degree heat, humidity, and bright sun (no shade) had taken its toll. I was exhausted. I stopped at the TA truck stop in Grand Bay, Alabama to shower and re-energize. That helped some. After that I drove to the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana for the night. I am really whipped tonight!! I wonder what will go wrong tomorrow.
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