My new adventure with Gordon Trucking

It was almost one year ago that I started in investigating Gordon as a possible employer. I can't remember how I managed to "find" them, other than recalling seeing their nice, blue trucks occasionally while I was running my regional routes, but the one thing I do recall was not being at all interested in Heartland Express. I did check them out, as I did many mother OTR companies, but one look at their equipment quickly crossed them off 'the list.'

I would never have predicted things progressing as quickly as they seem to have in the past 4 months. But I never sat in the executive suite or met either CEO, either. No matter what any Missionary-spy tells us, Gordon Trucking will be a very different place by the end of the year, I think.

 

Well I hope that things work out for some of us. This is my second job in 18 years and I hate to be a job jumper but as I told the DM I have over 30 years driving and no points or accidents on my record. I dont think It will be hard to find another job.

There is a lot of things this job has going for it. The biggest is running legal. No worries about overweight or running over logs. Things do get fixed even if you have to be a #### to get it done. When things have not gone to plan I have not been left in the cold. I still get breakdown, Layover, Dentition pay. and load bonuses. We will see what things bring...........

 

I do too, GH. Left to me, I would never have left this company - or any company - like I did. There will be struggles but if you keep looking for the positive aspects of it, I'm convinced you'll find them.

 

Whoa!! Just look at this place...

Looks like most everyone left and no one cleaned up after. Lights out but the door's not locked. Doesn't look like anyone's been by for a while, a month or more. Sheesh! You know, I just thought I'd peek in, see what was stirring here--if anything.

And there's not much stirring. Greyhound, of course, probably still carrying a blue torch. Good for him.

Well, I guess the adventure party's over for a while--at least this Gordon adventure. Reminds me of one part party room for the losing candidate after he made his concession speech, one part movie theater where the ushers went on strike at the end of the last feature and didn't clean up all the popcorn and candy wrappers, one part museum, one part mausoleum--like some old tomb to a long-faded empire.

Dunno if this empire's striking back any time soon but I see them on the road all the time and those smurf blue trucks still look good, really good, in fact--even when pulling a Heartland trailer. Haven't seen a Heartland truck pulling a GTI trailer, though. It could happen. Sure it could!

Oh, look there!

A mouse just crawled out from somewhere and made off with a left over piece of popcorn...

Apparently the adventurers have moved on but the slogans are still up on the wall, once bright, now tattered banners--one about learning how to work and the other about keeping that left door shut. Tut, tut. It's all King Tut now.

Dead and dusty.

Ha-ha. Someone scribbled a note on the wall below one of the banners--about sour grapes. Now what's THAT all about, I wonder? Well, where ever the adventure kids are, certainly it's only lousy drivers that ever disagree with 'em... ;0)

Right toe!!

 

I been seeing GTI pulling heartlands I was in MO seen a few of them.

 

I saw one too.

 

Yes, Colour Sergeant! And now for some defecation and mirth; check out the Conway Truckload crew and groove on the goings on. Now there's some happy folk.
Remember the names. Grab the dog tags. I'll flip ya' for whoever gets the duty of notifying their next o' kin when nobody is left standing months from now.

 

We have at least 4 Heartland trailers we use on our dedicated account.