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

We are sitting in Wytheville. That reefer trailer I went and rescued had to give me one last kick in my arse yesterday before I got it back to Richmond. All our reefers have roll up doors, this one decides to fall off the track as I go to roll it down. So I had to call road service to come out and secure it with straps for the 175 mile trip back to Richmond. I was never so happy to get rid of a trailer like I was yesterday.

I got to Richmond, picked up my trainee Kellan, hooked to a trailer and brought it back here to our Wytheville yard. I'm now waiting on load info for one going to California.

 

Just got our new dispatch. Hook a loaded trailer at the Wytheville yard and bring it to our Colton drop yard for Tuesday morning. Time to go to work, and do some training. Kellan is a stage 2, has a year under his belt, just need to get him up to speed on policies, procedures and knock some rust off.

 

Thanks Steve, hopefully this one is a keeper, so far so good.

 

Teach him to quit smoking.

 

Just about to the Loves in Dickson Tn. Kellan did absolutely wonderful. I'm taking over here and will drive my full 11 hours. I'll make it to OKC then give him the truck back at daybreak in the morning.

It seems to me he paid attention when he was trained. I always asked my trainees to take notes, not pictures, he takes notes.