Climate Express

Oh yeah man, Climate is getting a whole face-lift lol

 

I'm not much for office gossip, but I'd love to know wtf is going on in there.

 

I know right?! I just assumed they found a better job. Both of them had been there for so many years. Travis had told me in the past that he woild have been there 10 years by April or May of this year. They've had some great stability there over the years.

 

I don't know, but when long time employees start leaving it could be new ownership coming in...

 

What's the 411 on Fort Morgan - Western Sugar? I know clean trailer of course, but do they usually work in before appointment? Is there room for early arrivals or just overnight parking for those loaded late at night? Reviews were a bit of a mix on Google.

Appointment isn't until 13:30, but hoping to get loaded a bit early so I can deliver it to Craftsmen instead of Hazelwood

 

I do know WFX merged with IWX and Artur/TTS have been expanding pretty quickly into refrigerated. Both of their lanes fall exactly where Climate would benefit them.

Just me throwing on my tin foil hat lol.

Same here. The sudden loss of Rob and Travis and the barrage of trailer tails, fuel stops, and no phone calls messages over the last month have made it seem like it's not sunshine and rainbows in there lol.

Maybe we should all call in and ask for some more info on it all

 

Oh yeah, in fact, they love it when you come early. The guy told me that last week lol. There is plenty of overnight parking there. I'm sorry I didn't see your message sooner brother. They will load you quick as hell too

 

Got here at noon and yeah, appointment time was irrelevant lol. Only mistake was showing up right at noon since their lunch break is 12-12:30. 5 or 6 trucks in front, so looks like I'll be knocking out a split, but no biggie. Just means empty roads and an easy ride to MO

Think I'm gonna give 34 to 27 a shot and save a few miles compared to 385.

 

Lol I gotta admit I chuckled some. I feel the need to offer perspective here. We lost a dispatcher and a safety manager to what in assuming to be a chance to better themselves. It ain't the first time that they've fussed about the tails and fuel stops. Climate Express management can definitely be anal about fuel usage and stops. I've heard other drivers get a phone call when they showed up at the yard with their trailer tails closed. I've been told that some of the drivers liked to call and shoot the breeze with dispatch...that's why that message about using the computer came about. Who has time for that? We all know how truckers like telling stories lol. I hardly ever call the office. It has to be dire if I call them. I don't hardly talk to dispatch any other besides the computer. It's been almost 5 years and I couldn't tell you the names of most of the people I see in the office.....and that's a good thing. There are drivers that can....amd they may not be running many miles.

 

Ahhh ok, how did that routing go? I'm 80 miles into Missouri. I got this heavy ### load out of New Orleans. A load of metal. About 3 more hrs or so and should be in East Alton for delivery. It has a 3 pm to 11 pm window so maybe they'll take it off early. One could hope