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

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  1. csogbk

    csogbk Light Load Member

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    JB saw you take the exit @ Beckly, I was east bound on 77. Got another 250 mile run today, Wythville to Fredricksburg. This is getting kind of ridiculous. Hope it changes soon!
     
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  3. JohnBoy

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    I saw you too. I was busy trying to stop my truck on the off ramp to the service plaza so I could do my log before the bells and whistles told me I was a bad boy. I spent the night there and got up at 3 am to drive the last 350 miles. As it turned out, I read my dispatch wrong, I thought it said 10am delivery, it's really 10pm. So I get asked to leave the property at 9:30 this morning and not come back until 10pm tonight. So here I sit, at the Pilot built in some cornfield for 12 hours.
     
  4. JohnBoy

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    Brian, I just read your post again. They did that to utilize a loaded truck. I'm quite sure when you are finished you'll be sent right to the yard and grab something there to keep rolling over the weekend.
     
  5. Cranky Yankee

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    i hate getting old
     
  6. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    Boy ain't that the truth.
     
  7. RebelChick

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    i did that load last week. Ran out of time and no parking at that lovely pilot. Got hit on my passenger side. Lovely hole in the fairing and bent my fuel tank. Gotta love those sabra loads.
     
  8. JohnBoy

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    The jury is still out with my thoughts about Sabra. Anytime I go to Riverside, Tracy or Sumner everything is cool, anytime I go to University Park, Miami, Deerfield Beach or a place like this, there's nothing but screw ups, late loads due to shipping or wrong delivery times. I know Bo is doing his best, in fact if anyone could straighten out this mess, Bo can, but boy does this gets old.
     
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  9. JohnBoy

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    So, just coming off hometime I've done nothing but babysit instead of drive. My reload after this one is no exception. I have to deadhead to Groveport, 180 miles to pick up a loaded trailer and do a 2 dropper in Roanoke Va and Durham Nc. 660 miles between now and Monday morning. I got this load after hours and Tim will be in in the morning. His first order of business will be dealing with me and getting me to drop this in Wytheville tomorrow about 3pm. I can't imagine sitting on this load until Monday.
     
  10. RebelChick

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    There's been a lot of that lately. Not just with sabra, either. Late dispatch and deliveries across the board. Several drivers have said the exact same thing. Weird miles and either a ton of time or not enough. Not sure what's going on.
     
  11. FatDaddy

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    If it's any consolation. It dosent seem to be just your company. I've had more strange dispatches In The last week with my company than I have in the previous 3 years. I wonder if ol man winter had anything to do with all this and everybody is just playing catch up
     
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