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

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by JohnBoy, Apr 10, 2013.

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  1. Apr 21, 2017 #17501
    JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    If you happened to be those kids in Erie that delayed that dude wanted for murder, you'd be 50k happier.
     
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  3. Apr 21, 2017 #17502
    Rocknroller4

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    Don't work at McDonalds. Trust me. Maybe they're better in your state but not here.
    I'd rather go back to being a janitor then do that again.
     
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  4. Apr 21, 2017 #17503
    Barn Door Bill

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    Pickup timeframes must work differently in NC. Been sitting at PCA four hours waiting for a DnH that was supposed to be ready at 8 am. Got another of us parked next to me who has been here a lot longer than that. :(
     
    Barn Door Bill, Apr 21, 2017
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  5. Apr 21, 2017 #17504
    JohnBoy

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    Do what I have done on occasion, send in a free form letting them know that your time is just as important as the next persons and that apparently they have no use for you, and you're leaving the shipper to go find a truck stop with facilities. End it by saying that to please get in touch with you when they are ready for you. I've done it 3 times and miraculously I got loaded shortly after.
     
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  7. Apr 21, 2017 #17505
    mitrucker

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    Yeah, that might work for you, but you have some serious clout. Us mere mortals could only hope for such results. :biggrin_25514:
     
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  8. Apr 21, 2017 #17506
    Barn Door Bill

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    I got out there not long after I posted, but I don't like how it went down. Went in to ask the guy about a restroom and a couple minutes after I got back to the truck one of the workers came out and knocked on my door. He hands me papers and a seal, I sign 'em, and start hooking my trailer. As I'm coming off the dock the other Abilene driver comes up to me and asks what I'm doing. Told him, "guy came out and gave me papers. He didn't knock on your door?" Apparently not. Seems to me they skipped him and gave me the first ready trailer. :oops:
     
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  9. Apr 21, 2017 #17507
    JohnBoy

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    Try this next time, burn up the QC, professionally, if no answer, burn up the phone. After a while they'll get tired of the messages and calls. When I first started here I did just that. Many many years ago I told a dispatcher that if I wasn't loaded by Friday, I'd be check calling in the morning from the house, guess what? This was pre cell phone days, and Saturday morning I did just that. Needless to say, I was taken seriously from that moment on.

    When I first started here we needed to come to an understanding, it took me sitting down with Alan and my fleet manager at the time for us all to get on the same page. It's simple, I was hired to deliver freight, not sit and not babysit freight. If they can't keep me rolling that's cool, get me back to Richmond and I'll rent a car and go home. I'll come back when freight picks up.
     
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  10. Apr 21, 2017 #17508
    Redtwin

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    I'm going to need a few more years under my belt before I go lobbing hand grenades like that, :D
     
    Redtwin, Apr 21, 2017
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  11. Apr 22, 2017 #17509
    mitrucker

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    Is @chralb still running with you guys? Haven't seen any posts from him in a month or so.
     
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  12. Apr 22, 2017 #17510
    JohnBoy

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    Yes he is. He's on his way to Riverside this weekend.
     
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