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I had two loads that, without question, sucked worse than anything I've ever seen.
The first load I pulled from New Jersey to Ohio. The load itself wasn't bad, except that when I got up in the front of the truck to leave, nothing happened when I turned the key. Starter failure.
And the second, I pulled from Ohio to Michigan. I had to take I-90 for part of the distance, and going through Cleveland I thought, "this road will cut about 30 miles off the distance." Unfortunately, the road was being stimulated and I had to weave around Cleveland for three hours trying to get out.
Once I got rid of that one, things started looking up. I first picked up a load of paper in Battle Creek, Michigan, and took it to Kentucky to turn into boxes. Once I dropped it, I got to do a "two stop" pickup at two of the companies I always wanted to work for--RR Donnelley and Quebecor World. But that turned out not to be the most entertaining part of the trip--that came at the end, when I found out the delivery address was inside a cave. In Kansas City, someone built this huge labyrinth of tunnels and workspaces inside a mountain. They've got a network of two-lane roads, 13'6" ceilings, enough room to turn and back in...just everything a growing trucker needs.
Unfortunately, what KC is very short on is truck stops--they don't freakin' exist here for some damn reason.
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