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

I just asked Don about you yesterday. I haven't heard from you in a long while so I was wondering if you were still around.

 

Dawg was in the yard yesterday? Man!!! Year and a half we only crossed paths once. Talked more on the phone about apps than in person haha.

Depends on how you feel on running. I got a load change 3 times out of orientation. Was first supposed to bobtail down to Publix in FL to retrieve a trailer but then a hot load needed covered. Work at your pace until you get your groove.

Meet your FM? We were supposed to do that? Still haven't, just holler at her through the window. JB and RC get that inside joke lol.

 

Oh yeah, you have my number. 443 area code, call anytime.

 

JB, we're still playing tag I see. Ran back from Cali with a load I picked up at the Colton yard. Last Wed I only picked up 3 hours and it was supposed to deliver Fri around Charlotte. Told Load Planner Chris I couldn't make it Fri. He said it was okay to deliver it Mon. Well week before I came out on a Tue and only had a 1,000 miles b/c of picking up that Cali load Thur. If I delivered it yesterday it would have only given me 2,600 last week, plus I didn't feel like sight seeing I felt like running. I told him I would be there Sat but didn't want to babysit it and would make it to W Memphis Fri. He said drop it there. By Thur I had a double preplan. Pick up an empty in W Memphis, do the La Vergne run to Wytheville. Pick up a load in Wytheville the delivers up the road in Harrisonburg Mon morning. That'll work. Was at Wytheville Sun about 1600 and there was a guy dropping a reefer for Gordonsville, so I guess that wasn't yours JB. Ran up towards Harrisonburg and stayed at the rest area until Mon morn.

 

After my drop Mon I sat for about an hour and then got a deadhead to HP in Chester. I figured when I get there I would look through the basket to see what they had and see if I could grab one. Pick and choose hehe. Nope, load came through on the way there. Bobtail up to the yard to pick up a load going to Lacona, NY (just south of Ft Drum/Watertown) for Tue at 0800. No big deal, lived up there for four years so knew the area. Sent in a No that I couldn't make it on time, earliest ETA would be 1000.

Got out to the yard and did my normal check in and say hi to everyone and ran into Bman. Asked Don H if he still wanted me to run up to NY with the time I could make it. Load wasn't there. A local was live loading at Canon. Told him I definitely wasn't gonna make it before noon. Took me off that and puts me on a tight 3 stopper. Had to bobtail over to Tapahannock to grab it. He figured I had enough time to make it to Gastonia, NC last night and take my 10 to make my 2nd in Thomasville, GA by 1330. Didn't take into account all the lights and hook up time into and the out of Tapahannock. My 1st stop was at 0800 and now I didn't have enough time to make it there. Stopped at the 1st rest area in NC on 85 and stayed there and figured out a split break to make it all work. At the Pilot in Warner Robbins, GA now. My 3rd stop is in Lakeland, FL by 1630 tomorrow. Just 6 hours away. JMH, I think that is John, sent my an attaboy message about making the first two stops on time. Sent back that I appreciated that, so hopefully that means I can get out of FL quicker tomorrow lol

 

Yes still here trying out this NE for the winter season I peak in on the board from time to time just been fairly quiet

 

Uturn1 nice to chat with you the other day....... I am now in my TRUCK!!!!!..... sitting in the yard till am then getting a load to Fl or TX.....need to meet with the FM......then roll...... little anixous but the EXp. part is telling me to chill out and go with it,...... so where are u tonight?? hope cross paths soon again keep in touch on here with me.......

 

What number did you get? I'll be in Lakeland (Tampa), FL today about 1500. Usually we deadhead back up to Atlanta or SC from there.