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

I read bad things about pretty much all beginner companies.

 

You can find bad stuff about every company. They are not all the same. You will find one that works for you.

 

That's when you switch his air lines when he's sleeping.....

 

It was in the morning. He took his leak, did some laps around the t/s then left.

 

My Co. did the same.plus they will no longer cover family members!

 

Time for a new company

 

Getting fuel will be the problem.

 

8 shiny new team volvos parked out front today (another 12 rumored to arrive), which means newer trucks will be filtering down. Anyone due a truck upgrade?. There are lots of things I don't like about the freightliner, but I think I've grown attached to the old girl. Not sure I would want to change if I was offered something newer.

 

Well, the delivery to the grocery store being built in the apartment building was pretty uneventful. We eventually got a message from dispatch giving us two contact phone numbers for the contractors on-site. I called 'em the day before to make sure we were on the same page.

They were kinda surprised when I told 'em my load assignment said not to be there until 10:00am. They said there were six trucks due at the site that morning. I speculated that dispatch had staggered our arrival times so we wouldn't all be jammed up on a cramped residential street/parking area at 8:00am, because I knew one driver had a load assignment time of 9:00am, and another one had a load assignment time of noon. (The BOL said "8am" in all instances.)

The contractor seemed a little vexed by the notion that we wouldn't all be showing up early in the morning, so he asked me "Can you show up at 7:00?" "Sure," I said, figuring that nobody else would be there that early.

Made a phone call on the way there the next morning, and was greeted by contractor dudes in yellow vests flagging me in to the unloading area. No dock, just a notch taken out of the sidewalk and grounds in which I could park parallel. They offloaded me right there using two forklifts per unit. I was done by 8:00am, by which time another Abilene truck had queued up behind me.

From there I got sent to Fresno, where I picked up a load of chocolate syrup. Very secure chocolate syrup, since they've got one of those bolt seals on the door AND a separate seal on the other door.

Chocolate syrup is due in Lebanon, TN by 5:30pm Tuesday. Since I wouldn't make it to Lebanon without taking a 34 somehwere, I parked the truck in Albuquerque and spent a couple days with my dad.

As always, was relieved to see that the truck was still here when I got back. Though spending a couple days in the hot sun had an unpleasant effect on my toll pass thingy: The plastic case is all bent and warped and pulling away from the windshield. That's some quality craftsmanship, right there.

Will be hitting the road here soon, just for a few hours, just so I won't have to drive 20 total hours on Monday and Tuesday.

Will be arriving in Lebanon around the same time that the Irma leftovers also get there, so I expect to be driving in lots of rain.