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

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  1. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    One of my favorite loads at Abilene was a convention load out of Las Vegas. Communicated with my contact and kept her in the loop the whole way. She was a very nice lady.

    Turns out she had been a customer of Abilene for like 40 years and was the President/Owner of her company…

    and a very good friend of our big shot at the time.

    Abilene’s Top Brass got a very nice email about my Customer Service and I got a pat on the back from the Big Guy directly.

    The pat on the back was nice, I won’t lie, but the fact that she took the time to write her “old friend” gave me the warm fuzzies that I’ll take with me for some time.

    not blowing my own horn,
    just a find remembering.
     
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  3. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Just missed me. They sent me to the Love’s in Fort Pierce to rescue a load heading to WPB area. They can’t take it today as it was late so I’m overnighting it at your local Turnpike Rest Area for the night.
     
  4. ExtremeUnction

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    Each roll now comes with a tiny padlock. You have to have a key to roll some out.
     
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  5. MidWest_MacDaddy

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    Three square limit too?
     
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  6. JohnBoy

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    I got into the habit of never going into an Abilene bathroom without my own roll.
     
  7. JohnBoy

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    Today is the one day of the year that I truly love our parent company called Knight/Swift Holdings Corp. They deposited the yearly match into my 401K. Tomorrow will be right back were it usually is.
     
  8. BM 58

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    That’s alright JB. Just start counting down your days to retirement.
     
  9. JohnBoy

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    Truck serviced, 2 new steer tires, new winter wiper blades, and the reason for the new steers along with 2 new rims, one of my rims had a hairline crack in it so the shop boss said new tires and rims. I check my lug nuts and rims everyday before I start my adventure, and this crack was not noticeable to the naked eye. I’m just glad it was noticed while in the shop and addressed. Have a 2 stopper, Spokane Washington and Prineville Oregon. Get to play in the snow this weekend in Montana and Idaho.
     
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  10. jarhead0311

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    Left RVA early this morning and dropped my target load at west jefferson and lo and behold I get the darn core tech. load to Radford again......here I sit again......truck just rolled over on the ramp to 270 south/east from 70 going too fast.....thankfully can go around it when I get out of here.....
     
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  11. jarhead0311

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    Slim pickins at Target trailer wise too....either the lights were missing completely, lights not working or other crap wrong.....pick which jacked up trailer I want to deal with, lol!
     
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