Indian River

Living in San Antonio, I’m technically a Mission driver. About the only time I see it is when I go home. After my time off they dead head me down there to pick up a load that kicks me out in the system. Afterward, I don’t see it again until the following home time.

Most of the loads I pull out of there go to Spokane, California, New Jersey, and Murfreesboro. During juice harvest a lot of the loads out of Mission go to Florida.

 

I forgot to add that it is in a good location. Everything is drop/hook down there at the terminal. They have a few shuttle drivers who preload everything and some come across the border. There’s a truck accessible Walmart about 2 miles down the service road, plenty of places to eat nearby, etc. It’s a safe area to sleep too, but if I’m waiting for a while I usually bobtail 24 miles to the Loves/TA in Edinburg.

 

That shouldn’t be an issue. I live 252 miles from the Mission, TX terminal, and I leave my entire rig at the truck stop in San Antonio for anywhere from 5 days to a week at a time when I go home.

Being in Florida, you could probably even drop the tank at the customer in Arcadia and bobtail home from there. I’ve always kept the tank with me, though. In order to get you home, they may route you to Arcadia (which is a drop/hook with many staged tanks sitting there) and tell you to go home from there. If you happen to be in Winter Haven, it may be something like:

“Take this freshly washed tank from the terminal to XYZ customer and drop it, then bobtail home.”

I would bet you my next paycheck you won’t be forced to drive your personal vehicle to back and forth to the terminal.

 

Sorry for the delayed reply. I haven’t been logged in this last week.