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

MidWest_MacDaddy · Mar 2, 2016

sunsheyen said: ↑

I've been reading (and going back catching up) on this thread and sharing what I've read with my fiance. You guys seem like a good bunch and it appears that Abilene is a good company to work for. I appreciate all your information. He will be going in around the 16th or 17th whenever his blue mega decides he should start his home time, despite what he actually requested. He spoke to Rusty today and has to come in for the physical and drug test when he gets to town. We live right outside of Richmond, so this will be a great thing for our family.

He is tempted by the NE runs and the extra coins, but isn't sure about the difficulty level, although he has done it a little bit before. He has about 9 months' experience and has been doing OTR all over the lower 48. Since his teammate quit, they've been giving him crappy runs, most recently MS to TX then TX to LA. They've had him sitting for days at a time too, and running all over Virginia after his last hometime a few weeks ago to find an empty. Seriously. Williamsburg to Chesapeake to Waverly to Southside Richmond. Wasted an entire day. He's excited about this opportunity, so I hope you guys can answer some questions for us.

Right now he just wants to know how the miles are, from both regional and NE drivers. He was told about 3k a week. How accurate is that, and is there a big difference in mileage between them? From what I've read here, it seems the company is pretty thorough in truck upkeep and dispatch, is there a lot of downtime between loads (outside of the normal occasional hiccup which is to be expected)?
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I think everyone here is pretty happy with Abilene... It, like any company, has its issues that's for sure, but it's a good place with good frieght and good equipment to drive.

Ask away... This is a fairly honest group.

Mann0567 · Mar 2, 2016

I have thought about joining you guys, but I don't think I could deal with the 65 mph restriction specially when you have to run out west.

MidWest_MacDaddy · Mar 2, 2016

Mann0567 said: ↑

I have thought about joining you guys, but I don't think I could deal with the 65 mph restriction specially when you have to run out west.
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We run at 68 ... Are you with someone now that is not governed or at a higher level?

Mann0567 · Mar 2, 2016

I used to run about 70 when I was running otr, now i work local and i am going a bit nuts. The wife doesn't want me to back on the road, but I always have a back up plan.

MidWest_MacDaddy · Mar 2, 2016

Mann0567 said: ↑

I used to run about 70 when I was running otr, now i work local and i am going a bit nuts. The wife doesn't want me to back on the road, but I always have a back up plan.
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68 isn't all that far from 70 and most of us are a bit nuts too so you should fit right in... LOL

Cranky Yankee · Mar 2, 2016

MidWest_MacDaddy said: ↑

68 isn't all that far from 70 and most of us are a bit nuts too so you should fit right in... LOL
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is 68 to 70 2 mph
let me get my calculator

5speed · Mar 2, 2016

sunsheyen said: ↑

I've been reading (and going back catching up) on this thread and sharing what I've read with my fiance. You guys seem like a good bunch and it appears that Abilene is a good company to work for. I appreciate all your information. He will be going in around the 16th or 17th whenever his blue mega decides he should start his home time, despite what he actually requested. He spoke to Rusty today and has to come in for the physical and drug test when he gets to town. We live right outside of Richmond, so this will be a great thing for our family.

He is tempted by the NE runs and the extra coins, but isn't sure about the difficulty level, although he has done it a little bit before. He has about 9 months' experience and has been doing OTR all over the lower 48. Since his teammate quit, they've been giving him crappy runs, most recently MS to TX then TX to LA. They've had him sitting for days at a time too, and running all over Virginia after his last hometime a few weeks ago to find an empty. Seriously. Williamsburg to Chesapeake to Waverly to Southside Richmond. Wasted an entire day. He's excited about this opportunity, so I hope you guys can answer some questions for us.

Right now he just wants to know how the miles are, from both regional and NE drivers. He was told about 3k a week. How accurate is that, and is there a big difference in mileage between them? From what I've read here, it seems the company is pretty thorough in truck upkeep and dispatch, is there a lot of downtime between loads (outside of the normal occasional hiccup which is to be expected)?
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Make sure to check out our website.
Abilenemotor.com It may answer some of your questions also.

MidWest_MacDaddy · Mar 2, 2016

Cranky Yankee said: ↑

is 68 to 70 2 mph
let me get my calculator
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I was estimating... I wasn't thinking someone would actually check my math... Let's see... Subtract the 8, carry the 1... Wait wait wait.... That's wrong... Let me start over... if I had 70 apples, and someone wanted 68 of them, how many... Ugh, I forgot how much I hate those wordy math questions...

Oh come on Cranky, can't I just be "close enough"... Must we get into this new math???

MidWest_MacDaddy · Mar 3, 2016

Ugh... Got an awesome load heading back to PA and four full days to get it there...

But...

After a ten hour day tomorrow, I will once again be slamming up against my 70 and only getting 3.5 and 4.0 hours back for the next two days.

After those two night, I start having full clocks dropping off my 8 day... But too late to assure a timely delivery to the receiver...

So I am seeing a swap out coming in my future.

JohnBoy · Mar 3, 2016

sunsheyen said: ↑

I've been reading (and going back catching up) on this thread and sharing what I've read with my fiance. You guys seem like a good bunch and it appears that Abilene is a good company to work for. I appreciate all your information. He will be going in around the 16th or 17th whenever his blue mega decides he should start his home time, despite what he actually requested. He spoke to Rusty today and has to come in for the physical and drug test when he gets to town. We live right outside of Richmond, so this will be a great thing for our family.

He is tempted by the NE runs and the extra coins, but isn't sure about the difficulty level, although he has done it a little bit before. He has about 9 months' experience and has been doing OTR all over the lower 48. Since his teammate quit, they've been giving him crappy runs, most recently MS to TX then TX to LA. They've had him sitting for days at a time too, and running all over Virginia after his last hometime a few weeks ago to find an empty. Seriously. Williamsburg to Chesapeake to Waverly to Southside Richmond. Wasted an entire day. He's excited about this opportunity, so I hope you guys can answer some questions for us.

Right now he just wants to know how the miles are, from both regional and NE drivers. He was told about 3k a week. How accurate is that, and is there a big difference in mileage between them? From what I've read here, it seems the company is pretty thorough in truck upkeep and dispatch, is there a lot of downtime between loads (outside of the normal occasional hiccup which is to be expected)?
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Your husbands issues at his present company don't happen here. We do have some slow times but nothing like what you describe. We get paid every 2 weeks which I have said time and time again is a bonus, if one has a few bad days, or takes an extra day or two at the house, you can come out and make it up. I have averaged 3150 miles per week the 3 years I've been here. That's 6300 per pay period.

Running the NE is good pay wise, but the stress level is through the roof by the time you get back to Richmond, and that's coming from a driver that was born and raised in the Bronx. I don't need that brain damage. I made 68k last year, I also trained a little. If I take out my training pay, as a solo driver, I made 62k and had great home time. I've been here 3 years and have 2 days of layover. This is the only company I have worked for that if you get empty at 3pm on a Friday, they will have a load for you or deadhead you someplace to get one on Saturday.

I've been at this for 38 years, I'm done in 4 more years when I turn 64. I'll stay here as long as they want me. Any questions just ask, one of us will answer you.

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