Plan "B"

Sorry the blog hasnt been updated for a couple of days but things have gone awry.

I didnt go to Pensylvania as planned but had to take a "Hot" load down into Tracy in California and it had to be there as soon as was humanly (and Freightlinerly) possible.

This proved to be my toughest job yet, i had to do some cross border work first and i was to pick the trailer up in Milk River, clear customs and meat inspection then run with it.

Trouble was the customs people were on a "go slow" or work tob rule or something and the 2 inspection houses were sharing a meat inspector.

.............and to top it all the trailer was too heavy on the rear for California.

Oh how i laughed !!!!!

"How did you get on then", i hear you all ask.

Well i was running against the clock, i had 30 mins to get from milk river into meat inspection with a trailer that was ileagal for where i was going. The trailer axle was 34500 lbs (500 over)

Well to be honest i took a calculated risk and it paid off.

First i moved the axles back passed the 40 foot threshold to be States legal but not California legal, just to cross the border.

While in meat inspection the inspector kindly squeezed the load forward by rotating skids and gained 16 inches off the rear.

After the inspection i set the wheels right on the 40 foot mark and went down to Shelby to scale off.

The trailer axle weighed in at 33760 which was good to go.

Then we made a dash for Tracy, every minute was counting, i drove every minute i could and rested for the minimum alowed.

Two days later we arrived and backed onto the door with 9 minutes to spare.

Tah Dah !!! Job Done.............................