My Millis Experience -

Been a slow week or so for me - not sure why but not liking it at all.

Got dispatched out of Indy for a load going to Newington, CT that delivered on Monday. Was told that I could drop the load in Trenton or I could take the load. It has plenty of time on it and since I was in need of a reset I took the load. Get almost all the way there on Saturday and stop and get a reset done.

Deliver the load on Monday morning way before the scheduled time - thinking I could get a load out early and roll on - but instead I sit there for 4 hrs waiting....waiting and still waiting.

I get a dispatch to take my MT to Versalles, CT and drop it there. The BT to Randolph MA to pick up an MT. I get to Randolph with about 1 hrs to spare on my 14 and it's raining sideways and cold as crap. Just as I hook up to the MT I get a dispatch to North Dartmouth for a load that picks up in the AM. No problem and call it a night on the customers lot. Was another Millis driver there also.

Grab my load the next morning and head for Eden again. I95 is a friggin mess in CT and I have to detour around a bad accident that adds another 70 miles to my trip. Hit back up's on every leg of the detour but finally get around and call it a night yet I have only gone about 300 miles. I was tired with the rain and bumper to bumper traffice for hours.

Get to Eden and drop the load at Miller. Run back over to the yard and grab a quick shower while waiting for dispatch. Again I wait and wait and wait. Usually get a "no load available" message but this time I didnt even get that. So I headed to Wal-Mart and got re-stocked and got a hair cut next door at the Barber. Run back out to the truck thinking surely to God I have a load by now.....Nope!

Hung out with two other drivers at Eden that where waiting also - great guys and enjoyed talking to them. Get up the next morning at 6am (for the second time) my batteries are dead. I didnt idle since it's been so cool at night - left nothing on and ensured I re-checked it before I laid down. But still was dead. Get the shop to jump it and I figure what the heck - Hit ready for dispatch again and - Poof I get a load.

Of course it's a Miller load out of Eden going right back to NY. Funny thing is all three of us ended up at the same customer. So while waiting to unload we continued our process of solving the worlds problems. I let dispatch know I needed (soon) to get to a terminal to get the batteries and charging system checked since it's three times having to jump it.

Once unloaded - get dispatched to DH to Coxsackie, NY to grab a load going to Syracuse. Great - can get this load off quick and go by Weedsport and get them to ck it out.

Wrong again - Get to the customer and my spring release breaks on the fifth wheel. Cant get un-hooked from my trailer. Since this is a double drop and hook location - this really puts a damper on things. One of the dock workers comes out to see what's the issue and helps me get unhook by pulling the manual release while I pulled forward. Got unhooked. Took me another 2 hrs to get it working enough that I could get the load moving and be confident that it would hold.

Get to Syracuse in enough time to make it too Weedsport before they leave - but NO - they take 3 hrs to unload me. Get dispatched for a load from Niaraga Falls, NY going to Neenah, WI for a Monday delivery. So I head to Weedsport - they are closed - so I grab a shower and dinner and call it a night. I know I am going to get a stern talking too since my idle time must be high - but I am afraid to turn this off for too long as it wont start again. Get up and out of there at 5:30AM and head for Niaraga Falls.

Grab my load and get out of there quick. Now sitting at the t/s on 90 close to IN border. Will head up the rest of the way Sunday and get hit the T/S just before Neenah and catch some football games. Dont deliver until 10am Monday.

Just hope this past week or so was a fluke and not a sign of the times to come. I cant handle 2200 mile weeks.

 

Yea thats what I hear too. We'll see how this week goes after I deliver in the morning. I am scheduled for a few days off this weekend so looking forward to that. Have been out for about 90 days now and need a few away from the truck.

 

Who did you get for a trainer and which truck are you in so if I see you guys I can say hello?