From Day One - Abilene Motor Express (Richmond, Wytheville, VA)

I don't mind the grade, it's just that bend at the bridge.

 

Well made it to Kroger on time. Got my pre-plan yesterday for after here. Steve shot me a message to run this reefer down to Wytheville then grab an empty to get a Gator preload and drop it at the Top. Hope I get a Hazleton to Schulenburg, TX run from there. Craving some Crawfish Tasso.

 

Well gang, got turned down at Cargo Transporters in Claremont NC. A shame. Good company like Abilene with better safety scores which is probably why they didn't want me. I have put in apps with Ozark, Millis, Watkins&Shepherd, Crete, USA Truck, and TransAm. Will add Schneider and Roehl today. Gonna enlist the help of my trucking school for these two. Hoping to stay on the no touch auto transmission if I can, but will shift gears if I have to. Not compromising on the no touch. Not built for that. Grunt work is for somebody else. Any suggestions, send them along. Deuces.

 

After two weeks I finally got to kick the refer to the curb for at least a week anyways. I don't care for refers but I will say the refers Abilene have a quiet compared to most I see and hear on the road. In the last two weeks all my refer loads were 1000 plus mile loads. And by us pulling refers it ensures us we will have freight even if economey slows people have to eat so Thinking about those refers I prefer dry box but so glad we have the option ad a company to haul other stuff ad well.

 

After delivering my load to Ohio I went to Murry, Ky and dropped mu empty refer along with 2 others that was already there and picked up a load going to Tulsa then to OKC then to the house for 4-5 days. Currently sitting just above Joplin, Mo. Ran out of my 70 hours. I pick up 12 hours at midnight way more than enough time for my 2 del. Tomorrow. Be safe every one. GO THUNDER!!!

 

522 is nothing. Wait till you end up in Beverly West Virginia picking up for lumber liquidators... 219 is real truck driving.

 

Well made it up to the Top's drop yard. Didn't know where it is as I always have unloaded here. The GPS is wrong and the directions are all confusing. GPS has it it the woods and the QC is confusing. The guard said to drop it and BT out as there were no empties. After I dropped I sat there for a min and the yard jockey came by and told me where there where some empties so I went up the road, hooked to one and shut it down. Got a assignment to pick up a Pella pre-load in Gettysburg and run it to the Richmond yard. Good thing this trailer came equipped with pontoons as I'm gonna need them.

 

Wouldnt you know it?? I ended up going through 522 last night just as Noah floated past me Berkley Springs....

 

You know where we go and where we have to deliver. We go places that would make 90% of the dock bumpers cry or quit. Ive put this 73' of truck in HP locations that required me sending a pic to Tim just to get see his reaction. I personally love it and live the challenge. I hate cold storage to cold storage crud. I feel like a drone doing those. Also a reason I hate and wont team train anymore. Other than not sleeping I mean. Maybe I should take up sky-diving? No jokes about cargo parachutes please...

 

I've packed a couple heavy drops at Bragg...lol