Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

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  1. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    i complain to our only DM on the way out the door
    on the way to CA if I dont know when I will be back:biggrin_2554:
    but we only have 6 CA trucks
     
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  3. The Challenger

    The Challenger Kinghunter

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    What kind of company you working for Cranky Yankee???

    KH
     
  4. Bumper

    Bumper Road Train Member

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    Do you still have a trainee or is it all your run?
     
  5. JohnBoy

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    Still have him, he met me at the yard Thursday morning. I'll have him with me until Thanksgiving, then he will finish with another trainer and my wife and I will be leaving on a 10 day cruise the day after turkey day. My trainee isn't invited to go on the cruise with us.
     
  6. RoadCall

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    Thanksgiving!? Wtf? Then he goes to another trainer, holy ####! How long do trainees go with a trainer there John?

    Not or sure how you do it, I would kick my wife out of the truck after a month or so.
     
  7. JohnBoy

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    Brand new right out of the box (school), it's six months, or if he progresses in a timely manner, sooner. It's on the trainers recommendation.

    About the wife, I took my wife last year on a day trip, out at 5am and right back to the house at 5pm, you would have thought we had to go across the desert in Egypt. Needless to say she hasn't been invited to go with me since, and she hasn't asked to go.
     
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  8. Voyager1968

    Voyager1968 Road Train Member

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    I have begged and pleaded with my wife to go out with me on a trip, but she flatly refuses. Perhaps that's actually good thing...
     
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  9. jlind

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    My wife took a trip to the left coast from NJ back in 92, by OKC she wanted to fly home!!! well.... not in the budget back then or time frame for trip... much to my surprise she got her Class A in 96, we teamed quite successfully until I built her a spacious home here in good old Floriduh, hasn't been on the road since, well, except for one trip when I was doing oversize, she wanted to see what it was like being 16' wide was like I guess...

    We actually filled out apps for Abilene in 2001 but since we were moving to Florida they didn't think they would be able to get us home, of course a lot has changed since then I guess!!! You guys seem to be over by me on I-75 all the time... Too bad we don't team anymore, miss those days!
     
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  10. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    Patty rode with me a lot with Trans Am the 700 was a nice truck for 2
    she was ok as long as she knew where the next bathroom was :biggrin_2554:

    i would look over and the pocket truck stop guide would be on her lap
     
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  11. RoadCall

    RoadCall Road Train Member

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    Wow, 6 months! Geez, more power to ya John

    So where's the next cruise going? That's one thing I miss about living in Florida, having such easy access to all the ports. Plus the last minute bargains, we did a 7 day cruise to Jamaica out of Miami once for $350 each. Can't beat cruising
     
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