Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

They do. But from certain approved schools. Then it's 6 months with a trainer, all the while getting upgraded as recommended from your trainer. Then the final two weeks are with a finisher like myself. The training is long, but very efficient. The pay is the highest in the industry for a student. It seems to work fine here. Call Sally in recruiting and ask her your questions, she's very helpful.

I drove all night sucking on Ricola cough drops. Quite the night, coffee and Ricola.

The bonus is nice, but knowing we get good quality drivers onboard is what it's all about.

Boy you got that shot right. Be safe yourself, enjoy your turkey.

They got the team miles that's for sure. I saw Bill yesterday and he mentioned that when I get back Monday that David will keep this truck and I will get the last new one up against the fence.

Depending on what stage the trainee is in dictates what pay scale I'm in. With David being in the last stage I get .26 pm plus all the extra stop pay. Theses last 2 weeks also added an extra $250 worth of extra drop pay for me and a few other pieces of change. God willing, when we get done Saturday morning my pay period will have me a shade over $4k for the two weeks.

i just wrote all this on my iPhone while David is driving through Nashville. Not bad.

 

George, Sally gave me your phone number yesterday before I left out. Id like to speak with you sometime the next day or two. I will be back to richmond Monday night, then switch in to yet another brand new truck as David will be keeping this one. I will be headed home to south florida for the holiday, coming back out on Monday the 2nd. I should pick you up early Tuesday morning the 3rd. Right now it's time for bed. I have to take over somewhere in Oklahoma tonight at 7 pm.

 

Just got the ok to run through Phoenix to LA instead of going straight across 40. There's a big storm that's bringing ice and snow from just west of OKC to Flagstaff. Because of the tight schedule and the multiple drops they routed us to drop south. It's an extra 95 paid miles but less headaches. I for one am glad, I start my shift at 7 pm and would have had to deal with it all night tonight.

 

Thanks. I did, it was an out of balance steer tire.