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

Yes. Along with 2 for 1 coupons, only can be had online.

 

I wasn’t going to share this, but I’m bored and waiting on my COVID test results for both my wife and myself to get back. I’ll either be coming back out on Tuesday or in 2 more weeks. Short story, came down with a few of the symptoms 2 days ago, wife is fine, so we went to get tested.

Here are my year end totals. These are solely my numbers, I’m sure there are drivers here that made more, were gone more, and so on. Before anyone puts in their opinion, understand that I live in South Florida, have been driving at Abilene for just about 8 years, get home when I want for as long as I want, drive new equipment, and I’m left alone to do the job I was hired to do. I run where I want, including Canada and the northeast, and never turn down a load. Hell, I’m on vacation this past week and came out in the middle of my vacation to deliver my Christmas home load I was under for a week. I chained for the first time here on my load out to Sisters Oregon. I do what I have to in order to deliver the freight. When I’m done, I go home and enjoy my home, family and life.

154,250 miles......................70,995
3 days layover...........................450
3 weeks vacation.................... 4095
Monthly mileage bonus...........2323
Monthly safety bonus..............1542
Year end mileage bonus..........1542
401K match..............................3000
Total.....................................$83,947

These totals are a little less than last year, but I took off a lot more. Between hometime and vacation, I was home a total 15 weeks. The worst part of this year? My wife and I had to cancel a 2 week trip to Greece and the Greek Isles and a 2 week cruise to South America where we were going to see her relatives in Rio de Janeiro.

Abilene/Knight or whatever else you want to call it is a complete package for me that isn’t based solely on CPM. I’ll say this again, if they don’t run me off, I’ll retire here in another year or so.

 

For those wanting to know when the company 401K match is coming through, it’s February 16th.

 

Thank you my friend. My attitude for my job at hand is always positive, for the industry? Not as much. Like I always say, I love my job, but despise what this industry has turned into. Safe, healthy and prosperous new year to you and yours.