Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

First, Thank you for your service!
Next, I cannot speak of Prime, but being on the 28 day training event...you should do just fine.
In class they will give you the gouge. The wheel has been invented..don't reinvent. Don't worry how mountains are made, just regurgitate for the CDL permit.
Listen to the Instructors. They will "steer" you well..pun intended.
If you don't hear too well or don't understand have them repeat as necessary. Finally,
there is no stupid question..except.
Good luck

 

You better have waved to me and if you didn't ya better Lie and say ya did!

Panhandle , Pity I didn't check the thread earlier we could have hung out for a few, oh well maybe next time.

Went to Fuel up at the Alda TA in Nebraska yesterday and JJ finds out the hard way that Central have a 105 gallon cap there Boy was he furious, would have hated to be the idiot in the Fuel department.

 

Ahhhhh, bean counters. Just gotta love them. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would have liked to have met ya'll and if it does work out sometime, I'll dang sure let ya cook breakfast!!! JJ starting to get proky yet from all the good food?

Have looked at some street lvl views of the Fulton Cold Stg in Chicago. Looks like it could turn into quite a nightmare. Oh well.

Going home this weekend. Yea and yippie!!!!!!!

 

yes sir ill be heading that way tomorrow morning gotta load out of norcross i went and pu this afternoon. dont del in ellerie s.c. till tomorrow at 1900 then up to newbeery for some tuRkey going to columbia mo. then on to wvc hopefully i can run 80 on in and miss henderson alltoegher. gotta feeling im gonna get stuck in wvc for some reason all it is isa 30min fix but i dont have to tell yall about our illustrious mechanics they can take a oil change and turn it into a 3day repair. plus going to wvc you know whats gonna happen (RED TAG) so im factoring that in as well. if anybodys there at the end of next week look for 99031 itll say the dawg house on the back of the sleeper that will be me.

 

come on jess tell the truth the reason you havemt been on the thread as much lately is that your too busy making jj walk the straight and narrow isnt it.... CRACK THAT WHIP...........................

 

Psst, Panhandle guess I'll have to tell you what dinner was tonight since 1bad didn't mention the birthday/thanksgiving I cooked all day long for him today since he won't be back til after both have past. Turkey (of course!), green beans, mashed potatoes, squash casserole and deviled eggs and a sock it to me cake for desert he hasn't seen that but he's not real big on sweets anyway but I got it if he wants some.

 

At heartland I have to go to inspection bays any time I get to any terminal, not only main one.
Not really an issue, accept if I have to get fuel at one or drop and hook at one while the bays are open.
The wait can be several hours long to get in the bay, and even if you went to one in the morning and have to hit the terminal again before the bays close you will have to go in again.
My fuel stop on Friday at Carlisle took about 4 hours. I was supposed to go to the Columbus terminal for fuel also, but delivered first and got new routing.
So all company's have there little issues.
I do have to say that heartlands trailers are in great condition, and the trucks are well kept as well. Though mine will get traded by Apr at the latest, since it is a 2007 9400. and the whole company will be Prostar by April.
Would have gone to all prostar by new years, but the dealers could not take that many trades that fast. So they are holding them up lol.

Hopefully the economy will get better this spring, or at least maybe the freight will pick up to the point that we are not over saturated with trucks on the road.
Then miles can come back and rates can start to get better.
Both of those things will help us in the long run as drivers.
We need to be needed, and as long as there are more trucks than loads our pay cannot get better.

 

I will be out for my birthday too Widow.
It is this Wednesday. The big 40 lol.
I will be taking a week off and going to Florida for Thanksgiving to celebrate with my twin sister though. So all is good.

 

Google Street Level Map

Haha, if you turn around I think there's a Central truck behind the camera. That does look ugly, especially looking back down the side street.

 

Looks like I didn't miss that much over the past few days, except for the reunion in Henderson.

It was nice meeting 1bad last Thursday in Conley.

Been running my assigned W9 (even included a few chicken lights) to Phoenix and then hopefully Fontana and home. Till then gonna sit here for the evening and relax since I've been running my 11 out and turning around 10 later to make it this far.

Back to some much needed relaxing near Gallup...