Climate Express

We're at bailys in Houston for delivery at 7.

 

Reloaded in Clovis headed to Carthage. Not the cave gladly. Got delayed replacing the battery on my reefer. Picking up a reload near Joplin dropping it at the yard. Then doing a local delivery for Monday morning.

 

Just put it in the dock at mt. vernon. Takin empty to Midwest DC. Swapping there for an ogden ut load. Then gotta stop at yard. They're having us switch trucks. Why , i haven't a clue. It's 2 to 3 months earlier than usual. We will be in 1260 after today.

 

154000. They said one of the other teams swapped yesterday with about the same mileage on their truck as well.

 

Could possibly be they don’t want the miles to run up too fast due to the issue of delays in receiving new equipment from the manufacturers so they want the truck to last a little bit longer because of that issue I’m guessing.

 

They usually keep our teams in a truck for a year. After that solo drivers run the miles off of the truck. That way the unit stays intact with the rest of the fleet on trade cycle. Just thought it odd that we didn't keep that one the full year. That an I'll say it !! I hate switching trucks!!! I know I'm outta shape but dang i hurt when I'm done.

 

We got one of those 2021 trucks with the 25 year badge on the side to commemorate climate's 25 yrs. What sucks tho is it didn't come with a cd player. Just am/fm. Always had cd players before. Got the new outward dash cam in it. Has a smart drive keypad on the dash by the load guage that looks like a mini calculator. I asked the mechanics if i had to do anything with it and they said they don't know jack about the set up. So i guess maybe safety will have some info for us in the future about it.