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I am also keeping my truck. Everything works, so there is no reason to take a chance on another truck that might have issues. Also, my truck has Opti-Idle and a bunk heater. From what I have seen so far, the KLLM trucks do not have either. If you want to run the A/C in a KLLM truck, you high-idle it, which means the engine runs the whole time. That can get expensive during the summer. My class is October 9th.

 

That's hilarious. I do everything I possibly can to get to Florida, other than an IC, and can rarely do it. You have been there twice in two weeks. LOL.

 

What day of the week did you pick up in South Haven, MS? What did you haul?

 

I had a 24 hour layover in Miami the second to last time I was there. LTL and had to wait between receivers. Cost me $34 to rent a car for about 14 hours. Went surfing, and cruised the strip. The last time I was there I had a layover and went deep sea fishing. I do not mind going to Florida one bit.

 

The only thing I usually get leaving Florida is a peanut load out of Albany. I have never gone to Laredo with peanuts. I usually go to Waco or Chicago, and that Chicago plant sucks. They built it in 1929 when nothing was around it. Now there is a residential neighborhood in all directions. The peanut loads usually weigh about 44000 pounds and you need to move the 5th wheel forward two notches if you want to carry any fuel. I never have to move my 5th wheel for anything else so I just started leaving it where it is so I can carry peanuts.

They also have loads that leave out of Riviera Beach, FL twice a week that go to Dallas, but the Florida regulars get those loads. It's usually garlic products going to a cold storage place in Dallas. I got that load once, most likely because one of the regulars needed time off.

What did you haul from South Haven, MS to Dundee? What day of the week did you pick it up? I am in OK right now and will be heading to MS and then AL. I don't have delivery appointments yet, but if the South Haven to Dundee picks up early in the week I might get it. I'm not going to have this issue with KLLM. I'm either going to make sure I can get to FL on a regular basis or I am going to change the place I call "home". Southern California and Las Vegas are possible alternatives. Granted, I don't really live anywhere, but when I take time off I want it to be in a place where I can do things. I'm sick of taking time off in Dallas because that is the only place I can get to.

I have been to the KLLM website and there is a tab that lists available loads. There is always a bunch of stuff that leaves Ponchatoula, LA. Does anyone know what plant that is? I noticed they have some really good loads with lots of miles. Last night they had three or four loads to WA and OR and even one to FL. I have a feeling I am going to get to know that place quite well, whatever it is. The loads are even 28000 pounds or less. Right now they have loads to WA, OR, AZ, NH and FL, and lots of shorter loads too.