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

I will be with Evan Mitchell in Volvo #1519

Enjoy the sunshine and sand during your trip... and don't be worrying about all of us back here, we will be just fine ... for a little while anyways... )

 

What endorsements do ya need, to run THAT?

 

Great... Now I have the theme song to the "Love Boat" running through my mind.

 

Update:

After a day and a half of Orientation then Road Test then "camped out" in the truck we finally picked up a load on Friday morning and headed west. No driving for the newbie the first day but logged 350 miles in 6 hours today with more coming tomorrow.

Waiting here in OK for someone to bring us a different load heading east and they will then take our load going onto Chino, CA.

I was really looking forward to my first trip out being Coast-to-Coast but I guess us newbies are not supposed beyond OK while in Stage One of training.

Stay Safe,
MD

 

Drum roll please. I've found a local position and will be leaving Abilene on the 18th. Now, don't everyone cry too hard! It was a difficult decision to make, but my mothers health is my first priority and some of the issues she's been dealing with have me a bit worried.

I've given my notice, so felt it was okay to go ahead and post it here. I was asked if there was anything they could do to keep me. We know how trucking is, and I couldn't be home or even run a specific area because, nature of the beast, it just wouldn't work. I was also told I would be welcomed back should I decide I would want to go OTR again. That made me feel good. I don't think it would've been said had it not been true.

That being said, I'm selling my microwave and TV. Won't need them in a day cab. Microwave is a Rival 700w. Only about 9 months old and TV is a Vizio 22" screen 1080p. I also have a rocketfish doodad that you can hook up your HTC or Samsung phone to the tv with a hdmi cable. Might even get rid of the one I have for iPhone that does the same thing. If anyone is interested, let me know and we can figure out how to get together.

It has been a good almost 3 years here and I've learned so much from the people at Abilene. I will continue to let people know that this is a good OTR company. (As MD can attest to.) Best of luck to everybody.