AAA Cooper

That’s good news. Glad it’s healing brother. Stay safe

 

Man that’s not right. I would never violate the law no matter what. Just think if they were under fire they would put all the blame on you. They will never admit they told you to do so. Man I hope it works out for you. But glad you staying busy and still getting some good hours. My guys over are barely working. One linehaul guy told me he has to work 6 days a week just to make up the money he lost. Sometimes 7 and I’m like man you should just jump in a team truck and he replied he won’t be able to see his family. Lol but he somehow he sees them working 7 days a week. Maybe I’m missing something. Lol.

 

The house hunting is fun and adventurous lol.
Oh yea I’m used to it for sure. I love it actually. Nobody really messes with the teams. It’s like we are made of gold or something lol. What made me go teams was I was linehaul and that’s good but one week I didn’t get any runs and just work the dock. I had to work 12 hour days for five days just to bring home $1,000 and I have a family to support. I’m a single income family at the moment. My wife goes to school full time for her bachelors so I’m the bread maker right now. So that’s why I joined teams. At the team me and partner were the only extra board guys at our terminal. We talked and we both wasn’t getting any runs on linehaul. So we teamed up and haven’t looked back since.

As far as my day I drive out and he drives in. Meaning I start the day and he finishes it off. We don’t switch because that’s how we prefer it. Some teams switch every week or every other week. We like sticking to the same schedule. Switching it will mess up your sleep schedule. So that’s why we don’t do it. Or at least that’s why I don’t do it. Personal hygiene well we are both clean freaks. We get a shower everyday. Every route is different so on our route we can go home every day for at least 4-5 hours sometimes. But I live a little far so I don’t like to go home everyday. But we get a 30 min break everyday by law. So you use it how you see fit. Me I take a shower on my 30. Sometimes it’s 45 minutes sometimes it’s an hour. Just depends. When you do the route long enough you get a feel of your favorite truck stop. So no matter what we always get a shower in a everyday.

As far as food. Well again that depends on you. I have a old timer truck stop that has an amazing diner. It’s called the Oasis off I-10 exit 53 in Robertsdale, AL. Sometimes I eat Subway or just just truckstop food. Sometimes I bring sandwiches from home or prep meals and use the little lunch heater to heat them up. Sometimes just protein shakes. Just depends man. We have a big cooler in our truck. Some trucks have a fridge in it and an inverter as well. Ours just have an inverter but no fridge.

So I hope that kind of sums it up for you man. The work is easy and relaxing. I don’t ever hear from supervisors or bosses unless I’m doing something unsafe which is never. As long as you do your job safely and professionally you will stay under the radar. Our terminal has a lot of guys with seniority of 15 plus years and they are not going anywhere so if I want to keep making the money I’m making teaming is where I’m going to be at for awhile and I’m fine with that. None of them have no interest of teaming. And to put it in more perspective for you there is a guy who transferred from MIA and he has like 27 years with the company but when he transferred he lost his seniority but he is on the extra board. So if he is on extra board where do you think I will be. Lol I’ll stay on teams. Lol

 

Let me tell you. I haven’t had all the food. I’ve been cutting back as I’m trying to cut weight back down to my army days now. But I’ve had their fried shrimp and their French toast breakfast and it’s amazing. If you want some good home cooked meals you can’t go wrong with the diner there. Subway and chesters chicken is just like any other subway or Chesters. But Derailed Diner is pretty darn good. And you can get it to go if want. I’ve always like old school truck stop diners personally.