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

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  1. Bumper

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    So I’m at Bissell in Richmond Virginia. Drive by the Abilene yard. A lot of nice new Volvo trucks parked in front.....tempting.....
     
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  3. JohnBoy

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    If you come to the back of the yard alongside the body shop, you’ll see the same new Volvo’s tore up. It’s a vicious cycle here.
     
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  4. mitrucker

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    What would you say is causing this?
     
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  5. ExtremeUnction

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    People running into s#!+ mainly.
     
  6. mitrucker

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    Sounds like a case of “you get what you pay for” and/or Knight’s low hiring standards.
     
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  7. JohnBoy

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    Lack of experience, very little common sense, plain stupidity.
     
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  8. JohnBoy

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    Exactly.
     
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  9. runningman0661

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    She meant it doesn’t make business sense for the mothership, but that’s why I left Abilene years ago, piss poor planning.
     
  10. JohnBoy

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    On a positive note, their preplanning has gotten much better, at least for me. The rest of it? Poor.
     
  11. runningman0661

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    You don’t live in the same universe as the other drivers at Abilene.
     
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