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

On a whirlwind bobtail/deadhead adventure. Left the house this morning with the marching orders to bobtail to Tallahassee and pick up an empty trailer behind a Publix store that had Hill Phoenix parts delivered last week. Got there and the trailer was still loaded and no contractors in sight. After 45 minutes of phone calls, I was then told to bobtail to Jacksonville to go to another Publix and grab an empty trailer. I decided not to call the second store. If our brain trust can’t figure this sheet out, I ain’t getting involved. I get paid by the mile, so when I’m dispatched, I go. Between the house to Tallahassee, then to Jacksonville was a total of 610 miles. Get to Jacksonville and find out the trailer was picked up Monday. Cool. Another 45 minutes on the phone with the brain trust in Richmond, then I’m told to bobtail to Stone Mountain Ga to grab a loaded trailer going back to Richmond. A total of 989 miles of bobtail and I’m now parked in a rest area in Florida. 690 miles driving today, and I’m still in Florida. Outstanding.

I’ll be in Richmond tomorrow evening. Truck is due for a service, need a new windshield and have an exhaust clamp that needs replacing. This will be done Friday morning. I got the phone call from the dude in charge of our LTL. Told me he’s putting together a Denver/SLC/Prineville and Portland load that has my name on it. Hopefully I won’t be running around Florida and Georgia chasing after imaginary trailers. How does a company loose sight of these things?

 

Yes.