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

JohnBoy · Apr 19, 2014

I was told that also in orientation, but because my state doesn't have state tax it never was an issue for me, but I can see how it would be for someone that needs to pay state tax.

JohnBoy · Apr 19, 2014

Bigger balls came through at 7am. Deadhead to richmond. We'll be there at noon. Quite the ride from Beverly WV across Hwy 250 to 81, now I know why it's not a truck route.

mile marker · Apr 19, 2014

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Boy, wanna talk about getting it royally up ones ........ We got to springfield ohio at 3pm. Sent in my empty call at 3:15 and at 3:30 had my reload info and my load info to go home with. My load home is sitting at the yard in Richmond. It's going to a new Publix in Weston, about 25 miles from the house. My reload from Springfield was a deadhead to a little town in Beverly WV. It was a drop and hook for a load that I was to drop at the Richmond yard. Tim was out of time for the day so I drove to Beverly. It took us 4 hours to get here, then it's another 4 to the yard. I figured I would leave Richmond and finish out my clock then take my 10 and be home at midnight tomorrow night. Right. Another classic example of me doing everything I'm suppose to and no one else does.

I get to Beverly and the place is closed up tighter then a crabs..... The guard says to check the trailers to find my loaded one, #6479. I found it, the only one of ours here, except its empty, as in no load. The gaurd tells me that because of the holiday weekend, no one will be in until Monday. Great, now I get to spend my weekend in Beverly Wv at the Armstrong Flooring plant. I call into Jeremy back at richmond and he tells me that I need to stay here until the morning so someone with more power can tell me to deadhead the 269 miles back to richmond. Unreal, I understand it, but I don't like it. It means that now I'll be home at noon on Sunday, with a house full of family waiting on me to show up. Would I be out of place if I said that right now, I hate my job? Plus the fact Tims wife probably hates me, why not, he's 269 miles to the house and he gets to sleep with me one more night instead of sleeping with his wife. My wife? She probably hates me also, as does the two Labs I have. I'm going to bed here, at least they'll let me sleep here until someone with bigger balls gives me the ok to deadhead the 269 miles back to richmond.
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JohnBoy I feel your pain, what's with these companies around the holidays, I mean u would think they would check on these things. Are u open, are trucks being loaded, what days are u closed. Its not hard

Enjoy your holiday with the family!!!

mommy6 · Apr 19, 2014

runningman0661 said: ↑

Just a little heads up for any one that drives for Abilene that doesn't live in Va. and is required to pay state income tax, Abilene only takes out state taxes for drivers that live in Va.. The last two years I owed over $1200 in state taxes. They mention it to drives in orientation, but must guys don't catch it. I know there are a lot of recent hires on here and don't want anyone to be surprised next tax season. I have driven for several companies over the last 14 years and Abilene is the only company that doesn't tax out state taxes for out of state drivers, there must be some financial reason why they don't. Anyway be safe!
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Thank u, will.find away to paid our state tax they are taken out va taxes and we dont live there

JohnBoy · Apr 19, 2014

Sitting at the truck rest area at the 76mm in SC taking my half hour mandated break, out of all the changes we have, this one just totally has me confused. I've never liked it, I'm sitting here wasting time for a half hour when all I want to do is get my happy backside home. Like this half hour break is really going to make a difference in my life. I should be home at noon tomorrow.

RebelChick · Apr 19, 2014

Well, I really pickled myself! Gotta love that. Anyway... delivered my heavy as heck Gatorade load to Indy. Called Jonathan to see what to do next. He said grab an mty and head back to wytheville. Cool!!! Only mty was a reefer, so grabbed it , sent a msg with trl number. Then I get a msg that starts with, "don't hate me..." You know it's gonna suck big time. Now I am grabbing a load from americold in strasburg va with 2 stops in lovely NJ. Wood-Ridge and swedesboro for Monday morning. Ugh!

jungHo · Apr 19, 2014

RebelChick, I take it you hadn't put in for home time? Hope things go ok with your loads! Happy Easter, Everyone, safe travels, and God bless!

RebelChick · Apr 19, 2014

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RebelChick, I take it you hadn't put in for home time? Hope things go ok with your loads! Happy Easter, Everyone, safe travels, and God bless!
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Nope. Didn't even realize it was Easter this weekend. Not a big deal to me. My home time is for this Friday and Saturday.

gntorres61 · Apr 20, 2014

As for me, dropped my trailer at BH Forrest City, bobtailed to Olive Branch, headed to Pella in Murray KY for a 5am in Forest Park/Atlanta tomorrow. Will stay outside the ATL area. Heard bad tings about parking there from all my trainers. Darn QUALCOMM GPS took me to downtown Forrest City instead of the exit 239. Gotta figure out how to connect my Bluetooth headset too! Dang! Got everything but can't get the "headset is now connected". With me, always a learning curve. Need to get satellite radio too. Miss singing with the radio. "GOD PLEASE GIVE ME A BETTER BRAIN. AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, A NEW GASTRO INTESTINAL TRACT, BLADDER, AND A LITTLE MORE TESTOSTERONE WOULD BE NICE TOO. Too much to ask for I guess. Well Happy Easter to all my great Abileenees friends.

JohnBoy · Apr 20, 2014

I'm home. Got here at 11:30 this morning. I have to drop my trailer in Weston at noon. Hope everyone had a nice Easter wherever you are.

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