Garner Transportation

What are crazy day. Dropped our load of Gatorade in Indy and then headed over to Greensburg, IN to pick up a load from Delta faucets. Made it to Cinci and they rerouted us back towards Franklin, IN to drop the Delta faucet load and pickup a hot load at Cooper Tire that another driver couldn't make. Come to find out Franklin is about 30 miles from Greensburg. Dropped the Delta load at the Cooper plant and grabbed our tires to deliver to Columbus, OH.
All in all, drove about 460 miles, got to do an exit/reentry off 75 to get turned around during rush hour and a few alley docks. Now just waiting for these tires to be unloaded so we can get back to my car for my reset. Gonna sleep like a champ tonight.

 

How long ago did you work there?

 

Larry is my trainer.

 

Back out on the road. Picked up a load at P & G in Vandalia, OH going to Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Tomah, WI. Got to drive through Chicago for the first time today. Fairly uneventful except for discovering a flat drive when we stopped for coffee so at least I got some experience with our breakdown procedures. Drove around 530 miles today, shut down and now watching Tennessee suck at football.

 

Fun day today. Headed up to the Ashley Furniture factory and picked up a load going to distribution in Cleveland. Got to experience Chicago rush hour traffic for the first time. Drove a little over 600 miles today and used up my 11 hours for the first time. Trainer is taking us three last couple hours in to our delivery. Put in about 1200 miles the last couple days. Gonna sleep like a champ tonight.

 

Last 3 days of the week were insanity.

Wednesday we delivered our Ashley Furniture load in Cleveland first thing in the morning then heeded back to the shop in Findlay, OH. Then headed over to Cooper Tire plant and picked up a pregnant trailer of tires to rake over to the Franklin, IN distribution center. Had a horrible time trying to blindside back. Just couldn't get it in the #### hole. Trainer finally spun the truck around and had me driver's side it but I was so flustered from the blindside attempts it took me forget to get it in. What a horrible 1.5 hours that was. We then picked up a load of tires and took it to a distributor outside Cincinnati.

Thursday we delivered the tires in the morning and then back over to Franklin to pick up another load of tires going to a distributor in St Paul, MN. Along the way we stopped at a Pilot to take a break and I nailed a blindside. Amazing the difference in a day. Used up my 11 again and my trainer took us the last coupe hours in to St Paul.

Friday morning at delivered the tires and headed back to Arcadia, WI to grab another loaf of furniture from Ashley. Picked that up and headed back to the shop in Findlay. Ran out of my 11 for the 3rd time this week and my trainer took us home.

Other than the fubar blindside/driver's dock on Wednesday night it was a great week. Drove just a but under 3000 miles. One more week left in this training. Can't wait to get my truck.