FCC--Fremont Contract Carriers

Winter storm warnings in effect from Wichita to Omaha and from western KS to central IL as of now

 

I said I’d go to Menomonie or Eau Claire on Monday. I’ll see what I end up with to leave the house.

 

they can’t drive worth a darn on a dry day in TEXAS.... I just drove from Needles, to Foothill Ranch, to Ontario, and stopped in Barstow. Saw more traffic than anywhere in Dallas... did not see a SINGLE crash. If I had driven over 100 miles around Dallas/Ft Worth, I would have seen at LEAST 3 crashes. There are times I have seen multiple crashes between Plano and Dallas, or Rockwall and Mesquite.

 

A snag just came up. Trainer had an emergency and won’t be available to train me. I hope he’s ok. I’ll be praying for him and whatever situation he has going on. This is a huge disappointment. Well, maybe another trainer will have someone who cancels. I really only wanted to drive for Fremont and nobody else. We’ll see what happens.

 

I'm not in a massive hurry, gonna split my available hours the next two days in half and just run 8.5 hours or so tomorrow and Sunday. I will try to come up through KS after most of the snowfall is over.

 

Congratulations! So, I take it you were pretty happy with the International since you are getting another. The last International I dealt with was a 2011 or 12 with a Maxxforce and it never left me on the side of the road but was definitely troublesome. I hope they have gotten better, they are due for some good years. The first pickup truck I bought was a 72 International 1010 and I loved that thing.
First assigned truck was a 98 9800, never was on the hook, but it broke a lot (after 700k miles of Schneider trainees it had an excuse).

 

Good luck buddy. That’s some low mileage. Is that normal for a Walmart fleet truck? Wishing you nothing but safe profitable miles ahead.