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

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  1. Danch

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    So is a large bookbag kind of like a military molle bag big enough?
     
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    Somewhere between a book bag and steamer trunk will work.
     
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    This backing conversation is one for the ages. Someone I trained 2 years ago is still in the learning faze. At what point will the company say no solo driving until you pass a backing test? And please, can I write the test?
     
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    Where in miami?. There are a few rat holes down that way. One at us27 and griffin rd, the other is us 27 and 826(palmetto xpwy).

    There is also 595 truck stop but that is $15 to park. Not sure if they have that deal where you spend money in shop and get free parking.

    If you have a reefer there is a cold storage warehouse in doral you could sneakily try as no-one actually checks if you are supposed to be there or not.
     
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    Carry 7 days clothes, 1 pair of shoes or sneakers, towel & washcloth and toiletries and bedding or sleeping bag.

    That is all you will *need*. If you can fit all that in a book bag then you must be tiny. :)
     
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    Man in the last 100 miles I passed 9 AME trucks headed west on 35 in Ohio are y'all havin a jubilee or somethin? I even passed a blue truck I never seen a blue AME truck before.
     
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    The owner/lease ops have different colors.

    35 is one of our main routes west. One of our bigger customers has a facility in OH and there is a walmart DC we deliver to alot also in OH. We use 35 to get to the midwest a lot. 9 trucks isn't a lot to see on that route.
     
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    Yeah right on I sorta figured that. Boy them trucks of y'alls sure do make a guy wanna come drive one they're SWEET
     
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    We do have some nice trucks changed every 3 years, nicely optioned too. About the only thing missing is an apu.

    The trailers are rotated regularly too. I have yet to pull one that wasn't in great shape. Not like some of the scabby dogs I see some big league companies still using.
     
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    I don't know if they are changed every three years or not. We still have 12s and 13s around.