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Welcome back. . It kinda feels like coming home

 

ACT called me while I was sitting in W Memphis. . Shipper wants to know if you can load today instead of tomorrow? ..hmmm, let me think. .YES!

So I beat feet over to Nike. . Got loaded and headed to Plainfield IN.. did a d/h and headed north east at a high rate of speed!

I'm trying to stay ahead of the snow. . It's 38 degrees and raining but I'm at the shipper and backed into a door. . After loading, me and 12, 000lbs of insulation are heading to southern Georgia. .

The bad weather is coming across i80 traveling north east so hopefully I can skirt around it by heading slightly south east.

I have 2500 miles scanned and turned into payroll for the week. . If I can convince the receiver to take this load Monday I'll add another 892 miles to the total. . Not a bad week.

My mpg dropped to 7.4 by the time I got rid of that load in w Memphis. . But I'm gaining it back. . I'm currently at 7.8mpg

Stay safe stay warm.

 

You couldn't get another truck in line at the pumps.

 

I got loaded in Defiance OH and headed south. .I only had 2 hours left on my 14. I hate driving at night, in the rain on narrow winding 2 lane roads, but I knew the snow was coming.

I got to highway 30 and had another hour I could drive but I had a rest area right in front of me. . Nothing I could do, an hour wasn't going to save me and I probably wouldn't find another place to park. . So I stopped. Went to bed in the rain, woke up in the snow. . About 4" of snow. .ugh.. highway 30 looked like crap but off I went. . Stopped at the Pilot just before hitting I75 to get a cup of coffee. . It was my free one! Good start.

I75 was wet with ice patches. .I drove 60 and let the super truckers have the left lane. .A US express truck blew by me doing at least 75mph. . The back of his trailer was sliding from the dotted line to the yellow line but he just stayed in it. .

I'm east of Atlanta in a rest area on I 20..50 miles from the receiver. . Listening to the superbowl, windows down and enjoying 68 degree weather.

Hopefully I can get this load kicked off tomorrow, problem is. . I'm bumping my 70.. have 9 hours available tomorrow and gain nothing tonight. .5 hours tomorrow night. .ugh

Be safe, probably be a lot of superbowl drunks out in a few hours.

 

Not every company is a perfect/good fit for everyone. . Lord knows that ACT isn't the first or only company I've been at.

Every one of us is arrogant to an extent. . Yes, even you..and your statement proves it.. THEY ARE ARROGANT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING. . Is the same as saying. . They're wrong because I know everything.

I believe ACT employs techs, office personnel, managers, business leaders and drivers that excel in their field..If they didn't, i would worry everytime I started the truck. . Or got asked for my permit book or received a dispatch.

The drivers excelling keep me out of the scale houses. .I get a green light 99% of the time with my Pre-pass.. That's not accomplished with unsafe drivers. .

People that are good at what they do present an air of confidence. .I guess that confidence is sometimes perceived as arrogance.

I like having confident people around and supporting me.

I hope your doing well with the company you feel more comfortable with. . Stay safe driver.

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