From Day One - Abilene Motor Express (Richmond, Wytheville, VA)

Took 6 days off, returned on Wednesday grabbed a reefer load off the yard ran up to kinzers, pa, delivered shot over to Carlisle drop reefer @ Pepsi got a dry van empty, then down to Maryland to load @ national harbor convention center picked up show freight shuttle down to the Alabama convention center

 

We squeezed in a 34 out in California, and reloaded in LA this morning going to Tarboro, NC for Monday. We're gonna try and see if we can drop it in Wytheville Saturday night. If not we will stop in Nashville and go get a Cap and egg sandwich at Pirannah's. Be safe!

 

Finally got home yesterday afternoon. Had to run a local run to Planter's/Kraft in Suffolk in order to be able to take truck home. Got into a different truck before leaving the yard. Hopefully this one will run like the wind. Mama needs to make some serious money!!! Will be heading back out Sunday hopefully. I am so ready to get into gear. Stocking my truck. Got my microwave today. Have my laptop with plenty of movies. Have internet and cell. What more could a girl want? TV will have to wait for a little bit, though. But that's cool. Will be seeing y'all! Stay safe.

 

That's good you finally made it home & got out of that problem truck. What truck # are u in now, are u back into another Volvo?

 

Well originally we were going to drop this in Wytheville, but then got a message to swap with a driver in Nashville and head back to Riverside, Ca.. So we should meet him about 0100 and turn and burn back West.
Rebel, glad you got home and got a different truck. Enjoy your weekend.

 

I'm in 1253 now. Looks like the previous "owner" took very good care of the truck. It's a Volvo, so hopefully it won't have any of the issues the other one had.

 

Thats awesome

 

Can you tell me the weight of the t/t when empty of a 780 and a dry van?? I ask for my own curiosity. Great thread and hopefully RC's ex truck wont wind up in JB's hands.

 

My truck & trailer was 44,400 empty had to weigh truck empty 1st before picking put a load of hangers.

 

Do you mean 34,400?