OH-IA

Got a load from Van Wert, OH to Dubuque, IA that delivered yesterday morning at 0600. Filled the tanks ($356.00) and kept the mileage computer readout on the whole way. Stayed between 58 and 60 MPH and averaged 8 to 10 MPG on the flats. On hills it dropped to 4 to 6 MPG. Completed the run (614 Miles) and the tanks show 1/4 left.

Found a little truckstop north of Davenport and pulled in there rather than stay around Dubuque. Dispatch called with a load from Joliet, IL to BFE WI that I turned down since the deadhead was 150 miles and the run was only 143 and chances of getting out from that far north in WI are slim. They called 5 minutes later with a load from Savanna, IL to CAT in Peoria that picks up at 1300 today. It pays less but will put me in better shape to get a load Friday, and hopefully something over the weekend.

Both Sprinters are moving and one got a strange load from Chicago this afternoon. A Hazmat load that turned out to be a canister of liquid Nitrogen that contained Bull Sperm. It had been shipped to Argentina, refused and returned. Guess the bull wanted it back.