Truck Abandonment

Honestly some of it was my fault. My head wasn’t straight and I was like sure I’ll do it. Then it hit me and I was like WTF am I doing. But yeah there were a few other issues I had with them I personally didn’t like a lot. The miles and pay were pretty good but so is a dozen other places. I was liking pulling tanks, but not that much. I’ll definitely consider doing that thread though

 

So I’m booking it home and got almost all the way there before fatigue just couldn’t be overcome anymore. Including driving the truck to the terminal, I had been driving for pretty much 21 hours straight. A long the way I discovered a few things. A lot of truckers are boneheads. I mean yeah you see that car flying up behind you but go ahead and get over and try to pass the 65 mph truck in your 65.1 mph truck. And nobody budges for miles.

Second when the people at the border patrol checkpoints ask if you’re a us citizen just say yes. I mean how do they know if you’re lying and now you’re backing things up getting interrogated.

And why when the speed limit is 60 everyone wants to go 90, but when it’s 80 across west Texas everyone is going 70?

 

It’s alright. I was able to get home at least two days sooner, probably three if I had taken to load. I was ok with doing it at first, but when it started to settle in more I found myself driving like I didn’t care. I would’ve been fine with securing the truck, flying home, and returning later. But their apparent lack of empathy kind of sealed the deal. I had a few other things I wasn’t liking a ton about them anyways. I was able to get them to verify in writing I returned their equipment to their terminal and have a job lined up for when I come back out. It was a parent and I just wanted to get home and not be alone in my truck for four or five days either way