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

RebelChick · Jun 23, 2016

Ok, just saw an Abilene truck headed west on I-40 in TN pulling a racing trailer. WTH? Dirt containers and now nascar?

WotansVolkman · Jun 23, 2016

RebelChick said: ↑

@WotansVolkman , if you have a KW, it's coming from the lights on top of the tractor. Wrong seals put on there. Several of them have had that problem.
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Kind of figured as much. I will be in Richmond tomorrow so I will see if someone can look at it.

JohnBoy · Jun 23, 2016

Redtwin said: ↑

Im here...only just. I got my ### thoroughly kicked getting in here. I missed the exit getting off the 278 so had to fall back on the gps which took me on Whitestone bridge and cross bronx before dumping my on city streets inhabited by insane Hasidic school bus drivers. I got past those crazies then had to make a left that wouldn't have happened if a couple cars hadnt backed up 20ft.

Finally get to bh and have no clue what I am doing. Bullpen was full so tried to put trailer in empty dock just to get it out of the way. Got told off for trying that then was told to go to morgan street.

With all the double parked cars and one ways I had to go 6 blocks just to find a street I could turn on and even then squeezed past cars with probably only an inch to spare.

I am nosed in (per security) at the morgan street parking lot with no idea how I am going to get back out.

Can only cross my fingers that a spot in bullpen opens up as i have less than 10 mins left on my 14hr as i came straight here from groveport.

If I wasn't too tired to think straight I don't think I would have made it as no sensible person would have attempted some of those turns.
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So, you survived the big bad city....lol. Good job. Here's a little story, 38 years ago, my second load ever in a big truck, I delivered to BH in Brooklyn, it's still there, and ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

Having been born and raised in the Bronx allows me a little smoother trip then alot of others when I go up there, but like RC said, in the 3+ years driving for Abilene, I might go once of twice a year.

JohnBoy · Jun 23, 2016

That truck pulling the Nascsr trailer was a marriage made in heaven, by accident. One of our trucks was empty 5 weeks ago and came upon a broke down Nascar truck. He got the ok from the office to hook onto the trailer and bring it to the race, it's now 5 weeks later and we are still doing it. Of course the driver has the bad luck of being at every race in the middle of the infield and getting free everything, including being on pit row.

JohnBoy · Jun 23, 2016

I woke up this morning in Richmond to the sound of my QC blasting. My load assignment. Pick up a loaded trailer at the DC and get the 2 drops off Monday in Thousand Oaks Ca. and Santa Barbara. Right now I'm taking my 10 here in White Pine Tn.

chralb · Jun 23, 2016

I could dig that Nascar hauling.

Chinatown · Jun 23, 2016

@cool7035 - this is Abilene thread.

RebelChick · Jun 23, 2016

JohnBoy said: ↑

That truck pulling the Nascsr trailer was a marriage made in heaven, by accident. One of our trucks was empty 5 weeks ago and came upon a broke down Nascar truck. He got the ok from the office to hook onto the trailer and bring it to the race, it's now 5 weeks later and we are still doing it. Of course the driver has the bad luck of being at every race in the middle of the infield and getting free everything, including being on pit row.
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I'd like some of that bad luck!

4mer trucker · Jun 23, 2016

Hi @JohnBoy ....hope thinks are going well for U

Which team U pulling the hauler for?

Thanx and take care

Redtwin · Jun 24, 2016

JohnBoy said: ↑

So, you survived the big bad city....lol. Good job. Here's a little story, 38 years ago, my second load ever in a big truck, I delivered to BH in Brooklyn, it's still there, and ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

Having been born and raised in the Bronx allows me a little smoother trip then alot of others when I go up there, but like RC said, in the 3+ years driving for Abilene, I might go once of twice a year.
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It was my own fault for missing the route on the way in. I was also exhausted as I had been running on minimal sleep for the past 3 days.

I caught 4 hours and navigating the streets after was fine...until my gps routing across the triboro bridge led me under about 5 bridges with 12ft clearance signs!!!.

I crept up to the first and made it under. By about the 3rd one i figured those clearance signs were a sick joke NYCDOT was playing on truck drivers so I didn't even bother slowing down for the last 2.

If hitting a bridge was going to be my exit from Abilene I may as well go out with a bang.

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