The start of my first year with Swift.

I'm sure that would go over like a turd in the punch bowl!

Texas was a bit chilly when I went through. I saw some snow in the panhandle and there was ice on the roads in central TX.

Hang in there. You can do anything you have to do, as long as you know it's not forever.

 

Unfortunately I have time for a mid day update. Have I mentioned anything about hating the Alabama mud!! I got a load I was to pick up from a mill. When I got there they rejected my trailer. The good news is that Swift repairs the trailers onsite and I was hooked back up and ready to roll in no time. I got in line and there were several trucks in front of me. The guy at the shipping office said, "drive back into the gravel parking lot and wait there." Why am I the only one back here...duh. Well, I got back there and it was a really tight area. I was trying to get turned around and just when the truck and trailer were almost at 90 degrees...I'm in the mud. Now I have to traction to back up. To the front are a couple of trailers...I think, good deal, I'll just ask the mill to move them and I'll drive right out....Not going to happen. The mill says they can't be moved. Finally the director of operations comes down and says he's willing to pull me out but I have to ask. I'd already called onroad and have a tow truck on the way. Am I red faced or what. Now all the people that were behind me are getting loaded and I'm stuck in the mud for God only knows how long....and it's raining. The good news is that I've not damaged the truck. No damage, no accident, but I'm still stuck.

 

Thanks..I'm glad I can be of service.

 

You have got to be kidding me. Now onroad can't get on the mill site. They've been within a mile of me for an hour. The mill security won't let them in. I just need to be pulled back out of the mud so I can move the tandems up and work my way out of this hole. I can't wait to get the load and get out of Alabama. Of course...it's raining again.

I've never been a patient man. While I know that had I not pulled a bone head move and tried to turn around back here I wouldn't be in this spot, I would never have thought of coming back here if the guy in receiving hadn't told me to move my truck. In the end I'm the driver. I have to take responsibility for what happens to my truck. Just venting.