Epes Transport 11.10.11

Well I have tried the local run for two nights, Sunday and Monday. The entire operation seems very unorganized. Customer or Epes fault - who knows, doesn't really matter. Even tho the pay is per hour whether you are sitting or driving I had a hard time sitting in the middle of the night for 7 out of 8 hours the second night. The first night I did manage 3 runs to Hannahan. I figured it should have taken at the most 3 hours per run. Turned out to be a 13.5 hour night because of all the waiting on empty trailers or spots to drop full / empties.
Oh well, I tried and it's just not for me. I'm going to work Thursday and Friday local, to finish that schedule for the week, take Saturday and Sunday? off to get my restart and go back otr Sunday pm or Monday am.
I hope I can make it the last two days. It's supposed to rain and this local shipper and consignee have very little paved areas and a tremendous amount of dirt and major potholes. It will surely be a huge muddy hawg pen. I hope I don't lose my truck if it falls into one of the crater like, mud and water filled potholes. If yall haven't heard from me by Sunday, come looking for me!!

 

So far the only place I have sat for a restart was at home with Epes. The only experience I have with elogs so far is the last two weeks I was in training. I really liked them and hope to get a truck with elogs as soon as possible. Epes still has some that are on paper logs and I have one of them. To me it is so much easier to not have to constantly check and re-check your paper logs to see how much time you have left, draw the stupid little lines every time you stop and then have to go back and add it all up at the end of the day when you are tired and ready to do something else. Maybe that sounds petty but who cares. I hate paper logs that bad and maybe I will change my mind about elogs at some point. Stay tuned....
I hope Epes is not making you wait too long for an answer. They do check everything first. Give them a reasonable amount of time and if you haven't heard back from them call up there and ask for Melissa Davis. She is over recruiting, a really nice lady and will get you an answer quickly.
Good luck and let me know if I can help.

 

Hey JohnBoy, did you see me going up and down the road? I'm not sure my attitude was very good the two nights I was traveling up and down the road. haha! I'm not really complaining. That particular job or route is just not for me. I like being busy and I love driving the big truck not just sitting in a dusty, dark parking lot sitting in my truck. Hourly pay or not. I need money just like everyone else but would rather be out earning it.
I can't wait to get back otr. I have really enjoyed that so far and understand that all days out there aren't going to be easy. But that holds true on any job. More adventures to come, stay posted....