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

That's what's really nice about trucking. There is such comradeship among the drivers. It is great that you help one another out so.....kind of like The Good Samaritan approach. Glad someone went to your rescue, JohnBoy.

 

Okay I have the scoop for you. I have private insurance so I don't use Abilene's so I inquired. The insurance starts the first of the month after your 60 days. If his 60 day mark is May 17th then you will have insurance on Jun 1st.

 

Waving at the house as I go by. What I was trying to explain to mommy6 about the industry. Made my drop at Wally World this morning and then bobtailed back to the yard. BS'd with BB for a bit while waiting on George. He's good to go and is the new Ecuadorean Cowboy hahahehe.

Headed end down to Sabra to grab a Hall's load; was thinking great I'll take my 10 at the house. As I started up the road I started thinking. What else do we drivers do during our drive period. If I break at the house it will take me 3 hours to get to Hall's, 6 to 7 hours back to the yard and then 3 1/2 to get back to the house. Crap that doesn't add up and fit it with the little box that tells me I'm tired after 8 hours and need a break. If it was a non-reefer load I would have just gone to the house after delivery and then come back out Mon, been out for 4 weeks. Well we know how precious reefer space is so I know I'll have to take it back down south and see if I can grab something that will deliver Mon. Four weeks out would constitute 4 days off but to constitute that green in the wallet I would want something delivering Mon.

 

Uturn BH turned into a fiasco. Still in Pburg for 2nd time today. How can you screw up 36000 lbs so bad!!! Reworking the load now. This trip is my reward for being a trainer. I may get to Brooklyn by 5 am. Maybe.

 

Well hubby dead heading to savannah ga to ight from Tampa. He wil be in frederick md tomorrow night. Which me I hope I will get to see him. Thanks drivers for all u do and it helps me know where he may be going. Summer time looks so far as I may get to head out on the road with him. Cant wait

 

Why don't you ask if they will have someone meet you that has an mty box? They can take the reefer back and you can be home. Oh, wait, that makes sense, so it won't happen. LOL

 

What?! I ran by the Pilot to scale my baby poop load and saw you parked in the corner. Good luck with that run up there. Hey, you could of been rewarded with a black n blue run or Bill could have had the shop put Ecuadorean cowboy trainer sticker on your truck haha. There's always a bright side to everything.

 

Where's the "Thanks, Not" button haha. I like to be at the house under load, that way I know I can roll and not pull a JB and wait around a day or two to leave the house.

 

Scott must be getting a lot of HOS calls. Sally called me and had a request for me. She called and said she and Scott wanted to ask me if I minded they update the mentor sheet by adding HOS next to me on the mentor sheet. Grant it, the legalese of how it is written can be confusing but just add common sense to it. Since I told Sally to stop asking me about training she asked if she could add my name to that list. Sure it's the least I can do to help out. For those new or coming aboard, we have a mentor list which is basically giving permission to call with questions without having to worry about asking to call. An open invite for those that don't have anyone else's number.