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

Been rough gents.Sitting at the yard,getting my windshield replaced after a big 300 mile day,and they act like they don't have anything.

 

Got pulled over for a level one in KS at the very last rest area before CO. My first ever level one in the 18 yrs Ive been around this industry, only ever had 2's and 3's. Went good, just wrote up my license plate peeling on the report, no citations though. I told them I informed my DM over a month ago I needed a new plate, not sure if one was ordered or how long it takes to get a new one, told safety though and supposed to be on it today.

 

BH customer unloading me early today instead of tomorrow morning. No plan or dead head move yet for tomorrow.

 

I, too, am on the yard, trying to get a load for tomorrow.

 

Wow, actually got a load assignment before empty today. Live load in Henderson tomorrow morning at Lineage to the Columbus area for live unload at Kroger early Saturday morning.

 

I wound up with a pickup at Jarratt, to deliver in Groveport. I expect that a load from Groveport to a Boars Head distributor will follow.

 

Gotta love it when told to show up for a 0900 appt. To get loaded then check in and told they will call u when they have a dock open up. Is it wrong to expect to get a dock and loaded at your appt. time?

 

Depends on if there's actually an appointment time. Lotta the places I get sent for pickup or delivery do not operate by appointment. They're FCFS, and any "appointment" time listed on the load assignment is either the time their shipping/receiving hours start OR is just straight-up wishful thinking by the load planners.

If you are at a place that operates by appointment, then yeah it's pretty reasonable to expect them to have a spot for you when your appointment time rolls around, and I would love to see Abilene increase both detention pay and layover pay to compensate the drivers better when shippers and receivers waste our time. I've been here six years and the detention and layover rates are the same now as they were six years ago. And I'd bet a shiny new nickel they were the same nine years ago when JohnBoy started.