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

Have not had an occasion to stop by the truck stops on the south side of Indy in quite a while, so this might be old news. But the sketchy PFJ across the street from the sketchy Indian restaurant and the super sketchy Motel 6 has closed. Still a lot of trucks over there in the parking lot, though.

Makes me think of our old buddy @Redtwin . Hope he's doing well.

 

I'm doing well mostly because I have never been back to that truck stop in Indy.

How are things with you and everyone else at team green?. I still find myself fighting the urge to wave when I see you guys go by.

 

These days it's just me, Finfan, and Jarhead holding down the fort here in the forum. I'm mostly a regional driver these days. 90% of my trips are to Ohio, or to Pennsylvania, or to Jersey. Wasn't my idea, mind. That's just how we're operating if you work out of Richmond. Not that I am in a particular hurry to get to Florida, but I've only been to Florida once in the past year. Likewise not in any hurry to get to Atlanta, but again, have only been there a few times in the past year. And both of those used to be regular trips for me working out of Richmond.

Miles have been picking up of late, but I suspect that's due to having less drivers to soak up the available miles, rather than having more miles to go around.

 

Do you guys still do Hill Phoenix?. That was the source of most of my big mile loads out of Richmond.

 

We do, but they farmed out the cross-country stuff to other trucking companies. My last few Hill-Phoenix runs went to Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Volvo Reno is (as far as I know) the only remaining lane we have to get out west. And you can only get those if you're at the West Memphis terminal at the right time.

 

Finished a 34 in Wytheville Wed then picked up a drop and hook in Roanoke to Peoria Illinois that unloaded yesterday morning. Reloaded in Chicagoland but on my way there Nick called me asking if Id help him out by detouring to Ikea to drop my empty then go to Home Depot in North Lake to grab a different empty that Home Depot was threatening to have towed. With how bad traffic was I wasted three hours doing that switch before getting to the shipper. Of course the trailer rails were so rusty it wouldn’t slide when I got loaded with the weight pressing down on it so had to find a curb to back against to slide the tandems a bit further forward. I forgot to grab my cans of pb blaster to put in this loaner. My truck still in Richmond waiting on parts. Unneeded 34 this weekend because I can’t drop this on the Memphis yard due to no freight coming out apparently so deliver in Mt. Juliet, Tn Monday at noon. No layover either, not the only driver stuck sitting on a load babysitting DM told me when I asked. At the Loves in Horse Shoe, Ky. for the weekend. Due home Wed. to officially move into my new house and get the security system installed and internet/cable installed along with a bit of furniture. Paying my new neighbors to keep my grass cut while Im gone.

 

I was out of the Savannah yard and they had me running everywhere. Even made out to Texas and Vegas. Would have stayed if the shop did a better job fixing the trucks. Went through 4 different trucks with a/c issues. That was my only complaint with them.

 

Well, show up for my noon appt. and broker didn’t set up the appt. by email so sat around til 1530 and gotta go back tomorrow at 0800. Put in detention, not my fault. Next load is preloaded and on the Knight yard, pepsi to Wytheville then home to get my new house set up.

 

Was good while it lasted, back at the yard twiddling thumbs.

 

Been a few years since the last time I had to deal with a trailer with a manual tandem release. And then, all of the sudden, I get two in two days.