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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. Jan 21, 2020 #26371
    JohnBoy

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    When our daughter got married, we too cried, my wife because she was sad, me because the financial burden was leaving, that lasted 3 months, 8 years later, I still have the financial burden. Lol
     
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  3. Jan 21, 2020 #26372
    Silverdriver

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    I just found out that the new safety guy is "Don Jones". He was my first DM here in Abilene.
    "Wally" who I don't know...(I hope I spelled his name correctly) is doing orientation now.
     
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  4. Jan 21, 2020 #26373
    JohnBoy

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    Wally was hired a few years ago as the NE planner. Turned out to be a very good planner, especially keeping the trucks up and running efficiently up there. He was asked to become the trainers DM after Chad was asked to vacate the position. Now Wally is doing orientation, and Don, who has been with the company many years, is doing safety. Trucking is great, you never know what tomorrow will bring.

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  5. Jan 21, 2020 #26374
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    Ya, we can’t possibly have that... let’s move him to orientation... ya, ya, that will work best.

    I remember him as the NE Planner and his TO always stood out to me... often he would send a “thanks for taking this load” type comment ... which I always thought was a nice personal touch and made me much more willing to run any TO he sent to my Truck.

    I finally met him just a couple weeks ago when I was on the RVA Yard.
     
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  7. Jan 21, 2020 #26375
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    He was the best DM I had here. Very personably and very hands on.
     
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  8. Jan 21, 2020 #26376
    Silverdriver

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    Yep!
    Very true JB!
    Well today after going through two snow storms bringing a load from Oregon to West Memphis terminal I asked the young fellow here that does the truck's and trailers washing if he could do my truck and he said "NO! It's to cold'.
    I just couldn't help myself and started laughing! But is true! Temperature is very cold? it's just crazy to wash a truck or trailer in the open.
     
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  9. Jan 21, 2020 #26377
    JohnBoy

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    Has anyone else heard that we don’t have the Ellenwood drop yard anymore? I heard about this over the weekend.
     
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  10. Jan 21, 2020 #26378
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    I dropped a loaded trailer there and left with an empty this past Friday afternoon, 5 days ago.
     
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  11. Jan 21, 2020 #26379
    MidWest_MacDaddy

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    A good planner... let’s move him to DM
    A good DM... let’s move him to Orientation.

    We don’t seem to be moving our good people in the right direction... thinking we need people like Wally in Planning first or DM second...

    Orientation? No so much...
    ... but what do I know?
     
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  12. Jan 21, 2020 #26380
    MidWest_MacDaddy

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    So glad we have Drivers like you to handle our NW Region... ;)
     
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