Shadowing Practice: Trucking West Thru Oklahoma, Kansas & Colorado | Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen from the beautiful state of Oklahoma here on I-40 right now heading eastbound to Arkansas.
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We are heading to pick up a load in Waldron Arkansas I think that's how you say it.
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Tyson plant.
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The pickup was supposed to be from last night midnight to tonight at 3 in the morning on Thursday morning basically.
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I got unloaded early as you guys recall a nice load
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right i got to the petro i had like four hours and 57 minutes left on my clock
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i went
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and got my free meal i got a nice burger standard
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american burger with uh medium rare obviously with some fries it was delicious it's free you know can't complain
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and a nice burger once in a while is definitely worth it
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so i went there at the petro got me a nice burger
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went and took a nice shower just to get back outside
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and get back you know get back to being sweaty man
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it's 100 degrees outside earlier it was 107 at the petro in oklahoma city
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and um long story short we're going to pick up this
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load it's going to be a far load we have three
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days to get it there we're going to from here to
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from uh walton arkansas all the way to boise idaho
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so the route is going to be back this way again
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west on 40 till they get to um the kick a
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foot turnpike take the kick a boot turnpike through tulsa
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and tulsa we'll catch um
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that 35 northbound we're gonna go uh 35 northbound to wichita again
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and then we'll go on the 135 till we get to i-70 we'll take i-70 across to denver
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and then we're gonna go ahead
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and go up north on 25 all the way to cheyenne wyoming
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and we'll take cheyenne wyoming all the way down
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so we'll get to utah and i believe it's 84
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that brings us all the way to boise from there from
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that 80 to 84 intersection
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and we'll go through we're not going to go into salt
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lake city we're going to go around here like brigham city utah
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and all that uh and it delivers at sunday midnight 01 basically 1201 a.m
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which is basically it's like saturday night or whatever
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so we only have three days to do 1800 miles is
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it possible yeah the load is not too heavy i think either
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so it's going to be nice the only thing i'm really hoping right now
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when i get here it is ready for pickup we're gonna go ahead
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and drop this empty i already got fuel i'm topped off
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on everything right there as you guys can see this load gave me a thing on 938 dollars in fuel
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so i topped off everything our next fuel stop will be in um cheyenne wyoming
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or not cheyenne wyoming i'm sorry
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and rollins wyoming at the ta to get fuel uh more fuel before we go down to um our delivery
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and we'll have another load to pick up hopefully that's why i want to get there as soon as possible
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because i'm more than likely going to pick up either out of twin falls chobani
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or we're going to pick up out of uh what is the way to farms the potato load
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which those pay amazing so hopefully that's what will happen
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but we shall see guys we shall see
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so right now i'm dead heading there was about a 238 mile deadhead four hours
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and all i had was four hours 57 minutes to get
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there um what oh okay no it's right i got 3 11 to get there three hours
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and 11 minutes left to get there to the pickup we
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got four hours six minutes on the clock the plan is get there check in
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and hopefully like i said the load is ready if it is we're going to go ahead and grab it
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go ahead and balance everything out
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and then probably head back to oklahoma thing is like a
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couple miles into oklahoma there's a pilot i was looking at
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the spots it was saying many spots not too long ago
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so hopefully you know when we get to the tyson i'll see what it's saying
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if it's still saying many i'll head to that pilot
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and park for the night that's what we'll do our 10
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hour reset as soon as the break ends we're gonna have to hit the road
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and we can't mess around stopping or anything like
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that too much besides for a 30 minute break
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because this load is going to be kind of tight
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because we have a lot of mountains in wyoming and stuff like
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that and yeah man
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so we're going to get this load there asap it's going
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to be fresh meat obviously it's tyson load i think 25 degrees not sure on the weight i think
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when i saw the notes is like 30 000 some change maybe 38 000 32 000 something in
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that area i don't know but uh we're going to get to fort smith
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and then go around Fort Smith there to get to Aldrin, Arkansas.
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It's going to be dark by the time I get there.
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It's going to be 22.12 it's showing right now
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which is 10 12 p.m and probably not going to record there
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because it's going to be too dark you're not going to be able to see anything
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so I might just pick it up tomorrow and record when we're driving across.
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I have to plan everything out where I'm going to stop tomorrow and stuff like that.
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No messing around you know.
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Time comes back, Pretty much got to go.
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Got to get it going.
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Got to get this thing moving.
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Got to get that load going.
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It's not one of those loads where you can just like, oh, I got time, you know.
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It's not that far.
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I got three days to get it there, so I can just kind of drive and then stop and get some coffee or some food.
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No, man, this load, you got to just hammer down and keep it going.
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So I'm excited because we're going through Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming, all the way to Utah from there.
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I'm excited, man.
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I haven't been through Wyoming in a while.
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I'm actually looking forward to driving probably busy right now
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because there's a lot of people traveling in summer for summer break
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so more than likely i-80 will be really busy in Wyoming
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but I don't mind it I'll enjoy the ride and stuff like that I'm excited like I said
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tomorrow we'll see where we're going to stop just depends
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if we start from here Oklahoma we can probably get all the way to Bowlby Kansas maybe the Petro
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and then from there from Colby, Kansas, we're definitely gonna get somewhere to Wyoming maybe like Wom Sutter or maybe even further, Evanston.
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And then from Evanston, we'll make it all the way to our delivery in Boise, Idaho.
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So yeah, man, I'm excited.
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I'm excited for this nice drive for you guys.
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Probably gonna go ahead and use the camera on the front though
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when we go through the nice scenic areas and Utah and stuff like that.
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Because you guys see, man, I'm too tall.
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I literally got the seat all the way down look you hear
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that no more air going out completely down on the floor literally
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and i have the camera pointing down a little bit because
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if i point it up you're going to be looking right here oh man being too tall is cool
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but at the same time it's not cool for the videos maybe we'll switch to the tripod
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or something like that shout out to all the people
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that are joining prime
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and uh coming to do their cdl we can always use
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you we can definitely use a lot of drivers right now
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and will this company be a long-term company for you i
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don't know i can't say i can't speak for you like
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i said whatever works for me might not work for you
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and your family right
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so can it be a long-term company yeah can it not
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be a long-term company i'll say yes it's like a 50 50 chance it just depends on you
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but for me this company is phenomenal i have nothing bad to say
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if you learn how to run your hours and how to feel right
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and be efficient with your clocks basically meaning you get to
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your delivery you do a reset you deliver the load you have a full clock to pick up something else
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and keep on rolling and not messing around because
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if you just mess around you're never going to make money
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that's another thing my lead manager was like hey buddy i see you dropped off
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that load i'm like yes sir i did he's like i
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got you under the load you want it i was like
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depends what it is send it over i'm like okay sure
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yeah i'll take it you know he's like you want to
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work hard right you want to deliver this load early one day
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so you should go pick up this one
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so i'm like yeah why not you know i'll definitely do
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that because if i'm just going to sit around at the petro
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and wait till tomorrow and sleep in and this and
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that i'm not going to make no money you know all the good loads are going to be gone
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so i was like yeah i'll take this man
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so everything is topped off fuel wise like i said reefers
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stopped off pef is stopped off we are good man trucks
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looking good besides my cruise control not working we are dead
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heading empty right now we're getting 11.6 miles to a gallon i'm gonna go ahead
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and jump over while we're clear it looks like their car is dead
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and they're jump starting it maybe
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because they have cars like face to face i don't know no they're not i don't know
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but anyway it's guys we're gonna go ahead
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and keep on cruising i'll see you
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when we get up to here on to arkansas state line
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we are still quite a ways away about 120 miles or
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so from the arkansas state line actually it'll probably be dark by the time i get there to be honest
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now that i'm thinking because two hours from now will be 9 pm if anything i'll see you tomorrow
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good morning everybody from Oklahoma once again so I picked up this load
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and last night we got headed back to the pilot
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So we dead headed back to Pilot in Rowland, Oklahoma.
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There was no free spot so I parked in the paid reserve spot.
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I had an old receipt so I just hanged it up.
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Nobody bothered me plus the trucks around me.
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I didn't see them.
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They paid to park there.
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They didn't have any receipts hanging.
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So I just parked there.
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But yeah, right now we're heading up to 351 North and we'll head towards Tulsa.
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Then from Tulsa we'll take 35 all the way north to Wichita, Kansas.
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That's the plan.
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And then we'll go across 135 up there to I-70.
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When we get on I-70 we'll just go all the way to Colorado.
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Just before Denver.
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And then we will take 25 north to Cheyenne and then take 80 all the way across Wyoming.
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I have to stop our grocery run tomorrow at Walmart.
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Tomorrow is payday so might as well get some groceries.
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Well we are just trucking along today.
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It's gonna be a long day.
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I started, I had to do 640 miles today, about 10 hours it said.
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Hopefully everything goes smooth and we don't run into any kind of traffic.
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As long as we can get through Wichita and Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, we should be all okay after that.
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It should be pretty smooth all the way to Colorado where we're going trying to get to Burlington, Colorado over tonight at the Luggs.
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But I'll check back with you guys in a little bit when we get up to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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0.9 miles ahead, take left ramp tied to 44 West Keystone Expressway.
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The road
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is in the middle of the road to I244 West Keystone Expressway.
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Take left ramp to I244 West Keystone Expressway.
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All right.
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28 miles ahead, take left exit 5 into US 64 West Easton Expressway.
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Alright, where is the office?
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Isn't it in Duck City?
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Oh, it's not.
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Oh, it's in Dallas?
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Oh, okay.
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0.3 miles ahead.
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Right, right.
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Take left exit by BGUS 64 West Keystone Expressway.
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Take left exit by BGUS 64 West Keystone Expressway.
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24.4 miles ahead, stay on US 412 West Severan, turn minus US 64 splits off.
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Welcome to Kansas, ladies and gentlemen.
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40 miles out from Wichita.
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There it is.
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All right, everybody.
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Making it to 135 north towards Selena.
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About to drive through Wichita real quick.
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Okay.
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Got about 360 miles left to our stop for the night in Burlington, Colorado.
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I'll have to take a 30 minute break.
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I have about three hours and 34 minutes on the clock before I have to take that 30 minute break.
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Kansas to the loves there take a 30 minute break buy some Godfather's pizza I've been craving some pizza
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so I'll probably just grab that
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and then we'll just keep on rolling basically
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towards Burlington Colorado we're getting there kind of late to Burlington we're getting there around 19 19 26
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which is 7 p.m like 7 30
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but we have to a 30 minute break
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so we'll be there 8 pm which more than likely
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that truck stop will be already pulled by 8 pm but hopefully not we'll see we shall see man
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one mile ahead use the right two lanes to stay on i-135 north
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We're going north so we gotta go towards Selena.
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I got a fuel stop tomorrow as well in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the Flying J.
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We'll have some fuel to grab over there.
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Probably see how many miles we got left and then top it off maybe.
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Gotta top off the reefer as well.
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Come on guys, merge in, let's go.
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The Let's
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go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go. so All
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right, everybody coming up on the I-70 interchange right here.
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Approaching a high-risk rollover area.
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Please proceed with caution.
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We're going west to our tanks.
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We're going to start slowing down because it's a 25-mile-an-hour exit.
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Clear to know what it's coming.
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5 feet high 70s.
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Nice and slow, nice and steady.
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The I-70 is actually pretty busy today.
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Look at that, somebody went into the woods over there.
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You guys see those tracks?
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We've got about 2 hours and 3 minutes on my clock before I have to take
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that 30 minute break and brake so I will just continue rolling
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because I don't want to stop you know I still have to drive four hours today
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so I want to keep on trucking down the highway as much as I can if it makes sense
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about 14 miles away from Ellis Kansas we're gonna go ahead
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and stop there at the loves
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and take my 30 minute break i've been driving for almost seven
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and a half hours right now
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so right now i got 37 minutes left on my eight hour clock before i have to take
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that 30 mandatory break 30 minute mandatory break
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so i got 37 minutes remaining uh that means
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when we get to the loves i'll be driving for like seven hours 45 minutes straight non-stop
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and then after we take
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that break at love in 13 miles we'll have about looks like 165 miles left to burlington colorado
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who's calling me from oklahoma i gotta answer this
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anyway i answered the phone
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and there was some spam caller like we're starting trying to sell life insurance it's like automated thing
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so yeah man we're almost there uh go ahead
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and take a break riley grab some godfather's pizza i was being craving pizza for a while now
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i don't think i'll need any more coffee to finish off the day or whatever uh we're almost done so
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yeah man we're just gonna go ahead
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and take a little break hopefully there's still a spot back
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in there take a 30 clean up this dust a little bit wrap everything up for this evening get to that loves
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and hopefully it has some parking at the burlington one colorado
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where we're going to be done for tonight we'll be there around uh 8 p.m
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so what does that mean
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that means our time will come back tomorrow around uh six in the morning
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so that's the time we'll wake up we'll wake up around
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like 5 40 5 45 ish uh just drink some water
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like i always do go freshen up grab my cup of coffee
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and do a pre-trip
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and uh hit the road tomorrow i'm gonna try to make
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to edinston wyoming probably somewhere over there i've got to do a walmart run
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but i don't know if i'll do walmart tomorrow or walmart
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when i get to idaho since we'll you know like i'd rather just get down there
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if I can because it'll be a weekend in Utah
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and it's probably a lot of people on the road unless a lot of people traveling
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or whatever since the summer break but I don't know we'll see
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so yeah but it's a beautiful day out here in Kansas it's actually really hot 103 degrees guys 103 degrees man
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beautiful day quite windy too though if you look at
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that flag over here on my right it's blowing for my uh left
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so it looks like it's a southern wind blowing north right
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now south wind southwestish kind of like a headwind for us
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but we're getting good fuel mileage 9.3 miles to a gallon
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this load was like 37 000 pounds not heavy 19 pallets i believe
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or 21 pallets i think that was 19 pallets was on the last load got 21 pallets of chicken
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21 pallets chicken but they wanted the reefer in continuous run
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so now i have it running in continuous run what's up
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everybody just got to the loves easy pulled in here nobody's here
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so i kind of spun around uh went by
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that truck spun around like that
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and then straight line backed over here now i'm gonna walk inside uh freshen up a little bit clean up
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and grab me a pepperoni pizza from godfather's i'll have it
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inside there as well i'm just going to get it up
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in there relax a little bit get out of the truck
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also dare queen is here probably grab me a orio shake
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and then we'll finish off the last 159 miles for today burlington colorado loves let's go ahead and pull up the
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the app and see this real quick see how we look on the parking over there
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burlington colorado zoom out loves oh no one hour ago said some
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so i don't know
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if it's already some one hour ago maybe by the time we get there might be full
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but stay tuned guys as soon as we're done out of here we're gonna go ahead
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and head to colorado we are rolling back on i-70 westbound right now towards denver
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or the colorado state line i should say got me a nice dairy queen uh Biscoff shake it's brand new
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if you guys haven't had it
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if you have a dairy clean here by go try it out I highly suggest it's really good
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this top shake I got the medium
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I call it the Delta cookies for those of you who don't know what best cop is
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if you flew Delta Airlines think of those biscoff cookies they're
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like the I call it the Delta cookies man it's really good
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but also when I got there didn't have any pepperoni personal size pizza
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so the guy was nice enough to make it for I had to wait like 10 minutes
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but as soon as I got back to the truck put
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this uh this cup shake in the cup holder my time
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wasn't back yet I look back up again it's back
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so it's perfect timing had my uh pizza had to shake
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and now we're uh cruising down the highway 155 miles left
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to uh Burlington Colorado loves where I'm trying to park for
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the night hopefully there's a spot left we'll take a quick
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shower brush our teeth you know lay down for a little bit talk to the wife
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and then uh head to bed wake up back at six in the morning tomorrow
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and continue on somewhere to Wyoming probably do a
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I guess a trip planning to see where I can get to tonight or I mean tomorrow night sorry
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and now we'll go from there driving tomorrow on my 30-minute
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break I might try to stop at a Walmart somewhere in Wyoming
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and do a quick grocery run that's the plan
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but for now let's Let's get to cruising down the highway to finish up these last two hours and 23 minutes, man.
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Should be a pretty smooth drive out here in Kansas.
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Good evening, guys.
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If the windshield is dirty, I apologize guys.
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But we are approaching the Colorado state line right now, which is straight ahead.
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We've got a nice beautiful sunset going down right now.
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Time is currently 849, but when we enter Colorado, we'll be in the mountain time zone, so it'll be 749.
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And we've got about 14 miles left to Deluxe.
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One hour ago, they said some spots, so hopefully when we get there there is some parking for the night
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if I see a lot of spots
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when I pull in there I might quickly pull up to the fuel pump
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and clean these windows up so we're prepared for tomorrow to drive up to Aurora, Carolina
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and take 25 north around Loveland I think there's some bypass
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to get to Laramie to not have to go all the way up to Cheyenne
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so we'll see as we go on
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but under this bridge right here up ahead will be the
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Colorado sign as soon as we pass underneath this bridge it'll be on right it's a wooden brown sign
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that says welcome to the colorful colorado it's right by the trees there it is welcome colorful colorado
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you are now entering colorado yeah we made it
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the drive today we started in arkansas and then we got through oklahoma
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all the way through Kansas
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and we made it into Colorado about 640 mile a day
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not bad man not bad I haven't did one of these kind of days in a
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while but you know this load is a bit tight
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so I want to get it done as quickly as possible check back with you
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when we get to this loves here in a moment all
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right we just got to the As you guys can see there's a few empty spots
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so I will go ahead and go park right now.
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Go ahead and do a straight line back by that Peterbilt ahead of us over there.
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But there's another straight line back over there I'm probably gonna go park at real quick.
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And that's about it.
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We'll call it a day.
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Good drive today.
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We'll check how much miles we did.
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We'll park next to the Jet over here because he's a reefer
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and then the other truck I think I think he's a dry van.
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Yeah, the other one is a dry van, but the other one is a reefer, but he's off.
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So you don't have any load in the trailer. But hey, it's okay.
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Just the easy straight line back.
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Nothing crazy.
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Looking good over here on this side and looking good on that side.
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Yeah, perfect.
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go ahead and certify the logs all right let's see moment of truth how much miles we did today
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so we did it 10 hours
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and 24 minutes as you guys can see total miles 642 miles this is a good day today
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and how many miles do we have left we got only 983 miles left we only have 15 hours
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and 15 and then it's left to go to the delivery.
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So what does that mean?
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That means tomorrow we can probably just drive nine hours and the next day six hours maybe.
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I don't know.
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Maybe tomorrow we'll push 10 hours again.
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Kind of.
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We'll just see how it goes because Wyoming with the mountains, you never know.
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So that's the plan, but I'm done.
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Go ahead and turn off everything.
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Lights.
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Ready for a shower and I'm ready for bed.
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check back with you guys tomorrow morning when we wake up.
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