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

A lot of it depends on the load and when it delivers. This particular load delivers 2am Tuesday. It was 1610 miles from the start. I drove just enough today to end my day at 5pm with 1320 miles to go. My trainee started his shift and will do 595 miles today and get us to Barstow tomorrow where he will shut down for his 10. My reset will be up at midnight local time tomorrow night, then I will take it the last 50 miles to delivery with a reset complete.

The hard part now will be getting his hours reset while we roll. I ended my day today with 13 hours left on my 70 and only pick up 3:30 at midnight tomorrow night. He still has 38 hours left on his 70.

 

I love relaxing while rolling, right now I need to go online and order a new iPhone 5S case to replace the one I just broke in half while cleaning it.....urghhhh

 

Sitting here in Colton 4 miles from my 2am delivery. In one hour my reset will be complete. Ken has 21 hours left on his clock, picks up strong hours after midnight Wednesday, we are in a good position to finish this pay period strong. Right now we are sitting at 3300 miles since Friday.

I put in for my hometime starting the 12th, coming back out on the 17th. The 13th is my birthday, the 14th is my 19th wedding anniversary, and the 16th is my colonoscopy. This outta be fun, the birthday and anniversary, not the colonoscopy.

 

I know, had it done 10 years ago, what a way to spend a day.....yikes!!!

 

This is a first. Got empty at 3am, was deadheaded to San Bernardino, 10 miles away to drop my empty, then deadheaded 10 miles down to Colton to wait on a load. When I got there, there was 4 other team trucks there and a couple of solo drivers. After about 4 hours of rest the qualcomm blew up. I had to go and grab an empty reefer then deadhead 1707 miles to BH in Forrest City Arkansas to get a load going to BH in Groveport Oh. I had to double check with Tim, who had to double check with the load planner that this in fact was the plan, not only was it the plan for us, but the same deal for the 4 other teams. Oh well, miles are miles.