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

MidWest_MacDaddy · Aug 24, 2016

KD5AXG said: ↑

705 miles today. Finally. Tucumcari to Eastern Little Rock. Legal, even.

Funny what happens when I get let loose.

Interesting thought today, though. We get 11 driving hours a day. With the ignorant way our QC's are programmed, we get cheated an average of 2 min per stop. Stay with me here. I'll be interested in MD's retort.

I tend to stop 3 to 4 times a day, due to the meds I'm on. That includes the 30 min break. If each stop costs us 2 min of lost driving time, that calculates to 6 to 10 min of lost driving time a day. So, we should have a 11hr and 10 min clock each day legally.

I gambled on that today. I came out with 8 min to spare with some fancy off duty manipulation. 700 miles a day, takes an average of 63.6 mph. That should be SUPER easy to do for all our trucks. Unless you have to drive in the eastern time zone.

So, I will start pushing for 700 a day on all day driving days when not in ETZ. I don't care if I have to go over my 11 by a few minutes or not.

Just my 2 cents. MD?
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Dude, just drive... LOL

5speed · Aug 24, 2016

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Got my coolers off last night, my two Honda SUV's this morning behind a Walmart in San Diego after calling a tow company and spending $250 of the companies money. Now we are sitting in Santa Nella, 78 miles to my fourth and final drop in the morning.

Ray is doing just fine. We both were able to get rolling resets in. His is up at 5am. There was a big issue yesterday at the Love's in Phoenix. We were called by the company to be the eyes for them back in Richmond. When it was all over, and the Police gave me the OK, we had to take one truck and load along with my truck and load and bring it to our Colton drop yard. Another team took the other truck and load to Colton. Two trucks, two trailers, and two of our customers loads were recovered. The two drivers were put out in the parking lot as per the company and the Tolleson PD. You know who I felt bad for? Ray, my trainee. He had all of 945 miles driving with me in the truck, then he had to drive one by himself to Colton. Needless to say, he did great, mission was accomplished and we both slept good last night.
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Just my opinion, but kicking two drivers out at a watering hole is pretty crappy. I figured they (management) would want to get them back to at least see their face when released. But I can also understand the importance of doing it then also. I hope that never happens to me. But good for you and Ray that everything was recovered. You make us proud lol.

Came back today, only to be sitting at the dealer in Roanoke. I had a "fitting" cause a problem with my transmission. Hopefully it will not take long. JB, I'm still thinking of that training thing, I just keep going back n forth with it. One day it's yes, next day it's no.

Good job Ray. I bet you was so happy to get away from JB, even if it was only a lil bit. Hahaha. Stay safe

MidWest_MacDaddy · Aug 24, 2016

JohnBoy said: ↑

Got my coolers off last night, my two Honda SUV's this morning behind a Walmart in San Diego after calling a tow company and spending $250 of the companies money. Now we are sitting in Santa Nella, 78 miles to my fourth and final drop in the morning.

Ray is doing just fine. We both were able to get rolling resets in. His is up at 5am. There was a big issue yesterday at the Love's in Phoenix. We were called by the company to be the eyes for them back in Richmond. When it was all over, and the Police gave me the OK, we had to take one truck and load along with my truck and load and bring it to our Colton drop yard. Another team took the other truck and load to Colton. Two trucks, two trailers, and two of our customers loads were recovered. The two drivers were put out in the parking lot as per the company and the Tolleson PD. You know who I felt bad for? Ray, my trainee. He had all of 945 miles driving with me in the truck, then he had to drive one by himself to Colton. Needless to say, he did great, mission was accomplished and we both slept good last night.
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GO RAY!!!! WOOT WOOT
Pat the man on the back from us here at TTR!!!

460/580 · Aug 24, 2016

So heres an interesting stat for those curious about ne regional. Last pay period i was home 4-5 nights including a reset between 8/1 and early am on 8/12. I had 12 trips and moves on this check totaling 3941 paid miles, of which 2343 were ne bonus miles. I also had 2 nyc payouts. This check did not include my move back from allentown but i counted it in my math below because it was a fluke it wasnt on there.

With that. Total milage 4249 amd ne bonus total 2518.

If i did my math right (and i like to think i did) the bonuses "saved" me 977 miles. So i see it as i got a reset at home and didnt lose any real money.

I ran 4249 but would have had to run 5226 to make same.

I ran va, nj,ny, and pa. I know it aint for everyone but i think i made the right choice for me and my family.

MidWest_MacDaddy · Aug 24, 2016

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So where is the teleport button on this mack???
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Mine is located on the dash...

It's big and red and
right below a yellow one.

But that's on a Volvo...
Not sure about the Mack.

MidWest_MacDaddy · Aug 24, 2016

460/580 said: ↑

I know it aint for everyone but i think i made the right choice for me and my family.
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And that's the important thing!!!

5speed · Aug 24, 2016

MD, you should start your own youtube show for Abilene. Maybe you'll be famous like all the trucking youtube stars.

KD5AXG · Aug 24, 2016

MidWest_MacDaddy said: ↑

Dude, just drive... LOL
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Just can't make you happy, can I?

JohnBoy · Aug 24, 2016

Boy, Ray is getting a first hand look at how a screwup happenes and the issues involved taking care of said screwup. We had 4 drops on this load, 3350 total miles. Got to our last drop at 7am, and by 7:15 found out the $160k electronic unit was mislabeled at the shipper, loaded accordingly in my trailer(wrong), now find out we just got 1450 miles added to this load, we now have to drive to Phoenix, give that customer this product, pick up the product that we dropped Monday, and take it back to Milpitas. So, our 3350 mile trip winds up being 4800 miles and a total of 7 drops. That's cool, I have always wanted to run around California and Arizona.

DrummingTrucker · Aug 24, 2016

Oh...sure...you can make him happy..take him to a pool hall

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