Abilene Experience

Deuce, your as a cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce! Lunch to anyone over the age of 24 that knows where that comes from!!

 

Wjejwan is right. Too much info to start typing!!! There are 5-10 of us on here that post and comment daily, some hourly....as well as former Abilene drivers that are off doing other endeavours. I am officially not a driver as of this week, I took a position inside and will now get to mess with people like Uturn A LOT!!!
There are 3 threads on Abilene in the forum. I would honestly tell you to use the search at the top of the page and type "abilene" in to see all three threads. The other 2 threads go back a lot further than this one.
I will see if I can private message you thru a Moderator here and get you my phone number. Just call me after 4pm and we can cover more ground than typing can.

 

Ok. Heres a brief overview.
great equipment 2012-2015 FULLY LOADED Volvo 780, KW T680, FL Cascadia &Evolutions, regional drivers have 2013-2014 Macks. All are automatics. Late model trailers. 68mph.
330 trucks on the road. Excellent Trainers and Driver Mentors. Almost every Abilene driver waves to the others and socializes at customer sites or yard. Good group of people as you will see on the 3 threads on this site.
E-logs, Qualcomm, factory inverters, pet policy, rider policy, free hat...haha
paid Bi-Weekly, you set your hometime and dispatch does their level best to get you there on time.
Your paid the same empty or loaded. I averaged right under 3300 miles a week with 2 days off every other weekend last year. Bottom pay is .33 mi. Experienced drivers start higher. Extra stop pay, all mile run in MD and North you get an additional .10mi. Nyc pay if you go into a burro. Layover pay (rare if ever), detention pay. All 48 states and Canada if you have a passport and are eligible.
100% no touch freight. No preplanned fuel stops. You decide when and where to fuel at Pilot/Flying J/Loves only. They allow you to take the truck home. Your an actual person, not one of 5000 numbers out there.

Bad: no APU, but can idle except between 35-65 degree weather. It is forced dispatch. Company is growing and there are some growing pains, but thats expected. We haul both Dry vans and Reefer. Tough Safety dept, but thats actually a good thing.
Sure we have problems, read back on these posts and you will see. Human nature.
Best advice is to read all through the three threads on TTR. Get an idea of how we run and issues we encounter. The good and the bad. Best of luck