Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

Gotta love Fletcher, Ok. lol !!! Read thru this entire thread this am as bebe is at daycare, wife is at work, and i dont deliver until sometime between 8pm 2nite and 5am tuesday am so dont have to leave louisville for a few more hours, one hour earlier than necessary to avoid Cincy rush hour. Would rather leave an hour early than drive in rush hr thru cincy for an hour and ruin my MPG which was 7.6 for the 1st quarter last sunday and prob a bit higher after last week.

As others have said, its good to see positive attitudes and enthusiasm. Those who know me, or of me, know my glass tends to be half full if not running over and dont really care to surround myself with negativity or people who insist on complaining about anything and everything. A wise man once told me he walks up on people complaining about the company and asks them, "is there anything you like about working here?" hilarious!!!

My student and I loaded in fletcher last week wednesday and believe it or not...the docks are still tight and oklahoma is still windy. lol.

Re Backing: As long as the only thing you hit is the hole, who care's how many pull ups you take. Like I told my student, it's like golfing. The people behind you paid the same green fees you did so either ignore them, or let them play through. Turn off the CB and any other distractions and focus on the task at hand.

Looking forward to meeting those of you who are in your own truck now and those of you who are reading the thread to decide if trucking's for you and what company to sign on with. Who knows, I might even be lucky enough to be your driving instructor. Have fun, be safe.

 

####, driver! 7.6 mpg with a student or two over the last quarter! I'm in awe, that really is impressive!! Try as I may, never passing a soul all day, still haven't passed the 7.3 mark. And with a student--you run it in auto or manual shift?

 

Hell, all winter I haven't been able to get over 6.2 mpg.

Since the weather has warmed up I am back up to above 6.5 though. I was averaging 7.2 last year.

 

Everyone makes mistakes Jim... good thing no one got injured or no major damage.
Keep your head up...and be careful !!

 

Yes...everyone does make mistakes. I've almost done what you did a couple of times...last time was at Charlotte Pipe.

And how did you have a great day loading in Columbus...if you got in and out of there in less than 6 hours you have set a record that will never be broken.

In other news...
When I filled up the fuel tanks today...I had averaged 7.5 mpg for that tank. 122 gallons for over 900 miles...I forget now exactly how many miles, 917 maybe.

 

Thanks jim for the thread. I am leaving friday to go to little rock. I hope I do well. I wo'nt lie and say I am not nervous, cause i am! been laid off and on going on 2 years now. If my nerves do'nt get the best of me i have confidence that i will make it ,as i am serious about being a respectful employee to them.

 

JimTheHut; sorry to read of your small mishap brother; dont beat yourself up; whats done is done, just look foward to tommorow and start each day praying that it is filled with safety, wisdom, ability and blessings.

I know its easy for me set here and post that to you from the comfort of my couch; but Lords Will I will be out there someday and it could happen to me; so just pray and put it in the Lords hands and all will be taken care of according to his will; drive on brother you will be just fine; you will be in our (me/wife) prayers.

The place where I work; a delivery was being made at about 0100 hours; upon the delivary being made the driver struck a concrete barrier while attempting to back into spot for the night; I was notified (I am a Security Police Operations Supervisor) and responded; the driver stated that he/his company would not require a Police report; well because of our policy we had to have one made; he was not thrilled of our policy, the report and it going to be on his almost 20 years of no mishap driving (I apologized to him and was sympathetic to his situation, I may be in same boat someday); my point being; two days of driving or 20 years of driving things could/may happen; I hope and pray it does not, but it could; I just pray and drive on no matter what it may be.

God Bless and safety to all.

 

There's a beverage can company somewhere in the Winston-Salem NC area with a dock like that. I delivered my 1st solo alum. coil load there, way back when. Was glad I had had such a good trainer at the van company I had just left!!