Trucker Tomo and the smokey Truck!!

On Wednesday, March 16th, Trucker Tomo left the truck yard at Anaconda, Montana and headed out with another driver as his was still in the shop.  Tomo joined this driver, Roy and they team drove down to Salt Lake City, Utah to pick up a load of groceries for a warehouse in Edmonton, Alberta.  Once back in the yard at Anaconda, Montana, Thursday, the 17th,  Tomo was assigned another guy's truck to use until his was ready.  Tomo headed north to Edmonton, Alberta to make a drop at an appointed time at midnight.  Unfortunately the truck was not willing to cooperate, being a bit on the sluggish side, he didn't have the power to really travel like usual.  So Tomo missed his appointed time by 2 hours arriving at 1:45am on Friday.  

So, that morning he dropped that trailer at a truck stop and bobtailed down to Calgary to pick up a spare trailer that was waiting there.  Tomo took this trailer to Edson, Alberta and picked up a load of lumber that was bound for Cresco, Iowa.  

picking up a load of lumber in Edson, Alberta

Since Tomo has been assigned another driver's truck while his has been in for repairs, the other driver was on holiday and so things seemed okay!  He thought this would be for only a few days. The other driver is 'JIMMY THE CHIMNEY' is a chain smoker and so Jimmy's truck smells like ... (well, you know!!)  

Tomo has been driving with the air conditioning on to keep the smell down and was so ......... he is really hoping to get his own truck back!  As it turns out, his truck is ready in Anaconda, Montana but Tomo was up in Edmonton, Alberta with a load headed for Cresco, Iowa.  

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So ... (UGH!!!) now it looks like the Jimmy the Chimney is going to be driving Tomo's truck and at some point they are going to meet up and swap trucks!!  All of Tomo's stuff is in his truck of course and so .... Tomo will get to do a bit of truck fumigating and laundry when he gets his truck back!

On the way to Edson, Alberta to pick up the lumber. 

After Tomo drops the load of lumber at Cresco, Iowa it seems he will be headed to Muscatine, Iowa to pick up another load and head back up north!!  That is a guess at this point and everything can change around in a moments notice.