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

Got my TO to pickup at 7am... Heading to Atlanta area for a 6am drop the next day... Should be a relaxing 560+ mile drive down I75 tomorrow. It's been awhile since I was on I75.

 

I've also got a 545 mile run. Going to Ohio though. 45200 pounds of cat litter. Ole girl will be working hard tomorrow for sure. Finally got the bills for my load.
Guy was to busy trying to clean the fake chrome lug but covers for his truck. That's another thing... really people? Chrome on a company truck. I wouldn't pay for that out of my own pocket. First time you need a tire change the mechanic will trash em. Plus, company trucks don't go fast enough for chrome anyway. "Chrome don't get you home" haha.

Looks like the new garage/wash pit is making progress. One wall up now. And we still have those three western star tractors sitting out front too. Must be a teaser type thing.

 

Have fun going up that one hill at 25mph.

Ya, making headway on the Abilene Blue Beacon.

 

Sandstone will be a pain for sure. And we could only hope it'll be 1/4 of a streakin beacon

 

Hi all was talking to Rusty about signing up and was wondering about Training Pay? Is it flat rate per day/week or .CPM?

 

Pretty sure Brian said during orientation that you only got paid for referral after you had gone solo.

 

Flat rate daily pay. I think its like $75 per day for phase 1 then $85 and $100 for phase 2 and 3 respectively.

If you take home time you don't get paid. If your trainer takes hometime and you hole up in a hotel or the truck then you get paid.

 

Do we know yet if it going to be an automated with spinning brushes etc or sticking with the pressure washer lances?.

I have a truck wash credit from my pm last week but im saving it to use on my new Western Star.

 

Sticking with the brushes. Joe in the shop said they weren't convinced a driver would not destroy it.

 

They can't make it too easy on us. It doesn't matter. My truck an old one, and has missed alot of washes. No need to start now. Maybe if I had a brand new KW "cough" I'd put that TLC into it