FedEx Ground Linehaul with JohnBoy

On my way home from the Keyes. Spent 2 nights at the closest point to Cuba from the US, excluding Hialeah which is referred to as little Cuba. Got the call to get my backside up to Humboldt for Monday. Picking up my rental this evening at the Palm Beach Airport on my way home. Will leave out tomorrow morning for the 990 mile drive to the hub to pick up the truck. Back at the grind Tuesday morning.

 

All moved in to the new Volvo. Only thing missing is the license plate and IFTA sticker. Those will be here Friday. Then I’ll run over to the Murfreesboro hub and pickup my teammate. Meanwhile, I’m in my last truck doing local work so I can earn my pay. Boss man is paying me a full weeks pay plus my 3 nights in a motel and rental car. Nice jester on his part, but it’s time to run wild. Of course that all depends on FedEx.

 

So, as with any major corporation, things move at a slow pace I had to wait until Monday to get everything needed for the truck. We wound up taking a truck out of the fleet that was going to be in the shop for a while and transfer the license plate, bestpass and EZ-Pass over to it. Then I had to wait on the new IFTA stickers and NY HUT permit. While waiting on all that, we had to get the new fuel card assigned and the new registration showing the transfer of the plate. It was easier doing all that instead of FEDEX approving it in the system. The final issue was getting my set of chains from the shop. All that was done around 3pm. I finally left Humboldt and bobtailed to Murfreesboro to pickup my buddy. Got there about 7:30, fueled at the Pilot and grabbed a shower. We went to Texas Roadhouse for a steak then called it a night. The call came in at 0400 to hook a loaded ‘53 and head to Saint Paul. Got there last night about 9:30, dropped the load and checked in with Linehaul. They said it would be about 0600 for a reload. That call came in at 0500 with a load to Sacramento. Another ‘53. Left at 0530. Right now we’re just going through Lincoln Nebraska. I take over in Gothenburg. We’ll be in Sacramento about 6pm tomorrow.

The truck rides great. Comfortable and a pleasure to drive. This truck though has fsr to much technology. Personally, I think it’s a little overkill. But, I’ll enjoy it while I’m still sightseeing across the country.

 

Hey all, just checking in with an update. My teammate and I are running strong with the new truck. We’re both going home next Friday for a week, him to Fredericksburg Va me to South Florida. He’s got his pickup at our assigned hub in Savannah and I’ll rent a car and drive home. Miles have been steady, here’s what we’ve done since getting on the truck together.

Murfreesboro Tn to St Paul Mn 915 miles
St Paul Mn to Sacramento Ca. 1976 miles
Sacramento Ca to Denver Co. 1196 miles
Denver Co to Portland Or 1242 miles
Portland Or to Eugene Or 133 miles
Eugene Or to Tracy Ca 558 miles
Tracy Ca to Ellenwood Ga 2435 miles
Ellenwood Ga to Denver Co 1426 miles
Denver Co to Aurora Co 20 miles
Aurora Co to Sacramento Ca 1196 miles

Safe travels everyone!