Climate Express

Heck yeah, those few hundred miles are nice. Better than having a short day this weekend. And Pageland is definitely one of the better Walmarts to get stuck with.

They've got me pre-planned out til next Wednesday now lol. Picking up a short haul from Craftsmen to Holts Summit after I drop and then picking up from Holts Summit headed to Bessemer, AL for a Wednesday morning del.

Gotta say, working with only Rob and Travis was awesome as well, but Justin seems to know how to cut the loads down to only an hour or two to spare instead of 5-6 hours. Could just be coincidence, but this is two weeks now of cookin' along all week with almost no down time. Planned out perfectly to sneak in a 34 on Sunday, assuming all goes smoothly headed back.

 

Actually ended up being a two stopper when I read closer. One in Puxico, MO at Holloway Distribution and one to Piggly Wiggly in Bessemer. This and the 3 stopper last week are PFS loads, so looks like we'll be getting used to them lol. Seems like there'll be some interesting loads compared to our normal lanes. Hopefully they're all decent miles like these 2 and it doesn't turn into a ton of 3 stoppers within MO.

Excited to pull a trailer with chicken tenders on the side though whenever we get the chance lol

 

When I worked for the other reefer company in Union years ago we had a lot of those PFS runs. Ours came out of St. Peter’s. Puxico MO, Paducah KY, Batesville MS and Appleton WI are the ones that stand out in my mind.

 

Oh did ya pull one of PFS's trailers?

 

Apparently Climate is taking over their transportation. Trailers, trucks, and drivers. They were scraping off the PFS stickers from the front of the reefer units when I was there yesterday and saw 6 or 7 Climate trucks picking up while I was there.

They had the door logos and DOT numbers off the PFS Cascadias too.

Curious how it's gonna play out. I like multi stoppers cause I just view it as the same miles with extra pay, but I know some people hate it.

I know the two I've done so far have been scheduled pretty tight and require splits, so I guess it'll just depend how fluent drivers are with HOS lol. But it's good news for Climate as a company and job security, at least. I assume their backhauls come with it.

 

Yeah, it's a tough balance for sure. Freight picks up this time of year and wanna run, but also the time of year where family's start having more time and reasons to go home

At least you got a few more miles and get to avoid the grocery warehouses. And down to Searcy is a better ride than Ohio, so it's a win win.

Those 36xx trailers get a little rough around the edges lol. They stress me out on refrigerated loads