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

My 550 will drop pairing and then not re pair until I shut down my iphone and restart it. Not pleased. I am just not sure if it is the phone or the headset.

 

Been there a time or three but not in a very very long time. Thanks for the memory.

 

I only been there once, and I took a 34 there. Really liked the salmon croquettes for breakfast.

 

Put in a shop ticket for preventive maintenance last week.

For you non-Abilene drivers reading the thread, the way we do things now is that the shop keeps track of our mileage, and when we're due for a PM, the shop sends an email to our driver manager letting them know who needs a PM. The driver manager schedules the PM and we put the ticket in for that particular appointment time.

I got a call last week from my DM. Said I was due for a PM. I happened to be on the way back to the yard to take hometime for the weekend, and actually got back a day early. I was out of the truck by Wednesday night. Put in a shop ticket with the "PM NEEDED. 7:00am Friday." appointment time on it.

Today, hometime is over! Time to get back in the truck. But as I have learned, it's always a good idea to call the shop first before I actually make the 25-minute drive out there.

Sure enough, truck wasn't ready. They were putting it in the shop when I called circa 9:30am.

 

Sounds like you guys are using Penske! They will set up the appointment, hound you if you miss the appointment, but 90% of the time, drop it off when requested, with a stated pick up time, and when you get there to pickup, it's "well we didn't get a chance to look at it, you need to reschedule....."