An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

U officially done at spd?

 

Not officially, but I have no interest in staying any longer than it takes to get another company lined up. I have contacted 2 numbers at Brakebush without any reply from either one, so I won't go down that road unless something changes on their end. I just know that there is absolutely no future for me here. I can't live on 1400 miles a week, and it seems that hiring hasn't slowed down, in fact the last YouTube forum video introduced the most new hires I have seen for quite some time. So I don't see it getting better for me here.

 

My 2 cents for what it’s worth, you’re justifiably pretty unhappy there, why do you not just call it quits on this home time? You live in a good area for local work, take it for a month until you get a good retirement long haul gig lined up. I watch the thread, I have for years, you come home miserable and you leave out optimistic, it’s been that way for a while for the majority of us that have watched the journey, I guess I’d just feel stuck if I was in your shoes and took another tour of duty after this home time. Tell me to kick rocks if it makes you feel better

 

Call Wilson truck lines. They have instagram ads up everyday.

 

• @supersnackbar Are you wanting reefer work again for sure? If so I can rattle some bushes in South Georgia with a few people I’ve known over the years.

Otherwise I may have a few other ideas if you’d like.

 

Wilson, as in the company that is affiliated with Prime?

I miss hauling temp control. I've had enough of dry van over the years and I am done with open deck after this. I am also not interested in going thru the learning process for tanks or car hauling. I know reefers and enjoy pulling them.

 

Ok I’ll get ahold of a few small companies I know of and see if they need a driver. Otherwise I’d look into Dot foods. They have a place in Vidala.

 

I don’t believe so. They have red trucks

 

Wilson Lines out of Albert Lea??

 

The only local stuff around me is the small Walmart DC (that I wouldn't work for), or the USxpress dedicated at the Dollar General DC. The closest LTL/linehaul companies are in either Ocala or Jacksonville which are 75ish miles away, so even if they would gross close to what I make here, would cost me an arm and a leg in gas to commute back and forth all week. Besides, it wouldn't look good on my record to quit here, work local for a short period then switch again. And the gap in the insurance to switch twice wouldn't make the wife very happy because her prescriptions cost an arm and a leg without insurance.