Calex Express....My New Home!

Hey Johnboy ,I just got home this afternoon , I have a Thurs del. at walgreens at 1:30 in the afternoon . Any insight on this one I have not delivered to this customer yet. Although I have heard be preparied to wait . Thanks for the help with the NY it helped. Louie said I could take this load or sit in PA for the weekend , so a few xtra days at home. I can feel for your payroll issues, lost a lumper reciept for the week before Christmas that was the last check i got . It will work out. The mount for TV looks good , what kind is it ? I have a 22 inch TV that just sits in there on top of my dvd.

 

tv looks good, I enjoy seeing what other people do to fix up their trucks looks like you keep it clean, you must be pretty anal like me

 

Good to see a nice, clean truck!
Sure sign of a pro!!

 

Walgreens in Orlando won't let you on the property any earlier than 45 minutes before your appointment time. You need to check in with the guard first, then go to the receiving office for a door assignment. After bumping the dock you wait in your truck until they come out with the paperwork. Make sure you do an arrival and departure and tell Louie how many hours you had waiting there. You'll get detention time after 2 hours.
The tv mount was purchased at Walmart. It's called a "Full Motion Tilt and Swivel" model #F107.

 

I heard many years ago that you can tell how someone lives at home by the way they keep their truck.

 

Pro? There are times I might disagree with that statement, but thanks for the compliment.

 

I left the house for this? I'm sitting at the T/A in Lake Park GA waiting for daylight. I left the house at 6am yesterday and was unloaded at 8am in Jupiter. On my way up to Jupiter my reload info came across the computer. I had a drop and hook in Griffin Ga going to Edison NJ with one drop for Wednesday. I had a 560 mile deadhead so I left and headed north. I spent most of the morning listening to the news about the shooting in Arizona this past weekend and had no idea about the mess from Macon north until my wife called and told me.

I stopped in Wildwood and went on line to find out about the weather/road problems. I called the shipper and got no answer. I then called Louie and asked him if our customer was closed. He told me he would find out and get back with me. About 40 minutes later he called to let me know they indeed were closed and to not hurry there and that the p/u and drop will be pushed back a day. I got to lake park around 6pm, fueled and watched TV. I woke up this morning and found out about the 12 inches of snow I will be in from Richmond Va north today and tomorrow. If I had a choice of the 2 I would rather be in a 12 inch snowstorm up north than an Ice storm down south. Oh well, I guess it's winter time.

 

good luck John, just so you know I-85 north of Commerce where I live is passable,down south dont know how to handle the snow, you might want to bypass Atlanta I here I-285 is a mess.I talked to Meredith again today, she called me , I think she wants me to come to work pretty bad but she said no pressure, I am trying to decide between Calex and a small company close to home. as long as I could run like you do I think it would work good ,up to NJ,back to Fl then up to Griffin or Greenville to reload would get me home to Commerce every week.

 

well im at home for my 34hr i delivered to otay mesa aka san diego aka mexican border this morning i was in and out in abt 45mins which i was pleased with got home abt 130 my time had a call from jason as i was parking asking if i could get a load tommorow but told him i didnt have the hrs to get it back in time so ill get a load on thursday.. But anyways on my trip out from pa the truck was in the shop for 2 days for some reason when the mechanic worked on my truck and adjusted my fuel tank he turned off the valves for the fuel tank well they called me on wensday to tell me that the valves on the right side where shut off they told me about the one valve that i saw on top was closed so i opened it what i didnt know was about the 2nd valve below the fuel tank well everything goes good tell i get to utah mm 84 the truck shuts down on I70w well i get towed into richfield to come to find out the the right side fuel tank was bone dry but my left side tank was full still as my fuel gauage read half of tank well come to find out there was a 2nd valve that was closed that no one in the shop told me abt when they called i even asked where the other one was and got no response so that was my eventfull week im kinda pissed off about the valve cause it shouldve been the mechanics responsibility to turn those valves back on not mine im paid to drive the truck not to work on it so i hope i dont get charged for the tow bill

 

I had a similar problem with a Volvo truck that had been parked for 2 years before being put in service. The fuel tanks were fine and the valves were open but the air breathers at the top of the tanks had become packed with insects that chose to make nests in the air lines. This prevented enough air into the tanks to displace the fuel and let it flow normally. I "ran out of fuel" twice with this truck but had sense enough to siphon fuel from one tank to the other rather than call for a tow truck. Where did I get my siphon hose? I cut a 10 foot length of hose from my 50 foot air hose and then replaced the air hose when I got to a truck stop. Empty gallon water jugs provided the means to transport the fuel from one tank to the other.

If you are going to be an OTR driver you really should have some basic tools with you; A Fuel filter wrench, a spare fuel filter, spare bulbs, tire gauge, 50 foot air hose, funnel, spare fluids, a couple gallons of drinking water, an air line splice kit, spare fuses, a basic set of tools, duct tape, bungee cords, and a couple of 35 foot tow chains. I carry all this and more in my company truck and rarely ever have to call anyone for "help."