Furniture Row Express

That's good, because they are calling for snow tonight into Wednesday in the Denver area. With the most falling Monday night.

 

Who would have guessed. Just got the Truck Washed, and headed up there.

 

I was going to wash mine tomorrow in Salina, but then I saw the forecast. Decided against it. Last time i washed the truck, I hit the supposed blizzard last week in Denver.

Getting my trailer washed out at the Beacon here in Kansas City. I pick up tomorrow in St. Joseph, MO headed back to Sysco. Hopefully it's a drop at Sysco or the local guy is going to have to get going early Tuesday to make delivery at 0415. No way I can legally do it with a pickup at 0800 tomorrow, unless I can park overnight when I get into Denver.

 

TT, you ain't excited about crap. You are just having fun watching the soap opera. I really get tired of the stories about the accounts. These ragged trailers are kicking the drivers butts. We are fixin to get inspected to death with better weather coming then the fun stops.

 

Everyone should be planning home time for the annual safety blitz in June!

Honestly though, the best way for us to get new freight is to get the new trailers. If we cannot get freight due to us not being able to haul contracts weights, that should be a no brainer. Get the trailers, then you can get the freight.

 

I hope I can deadhead after delivery tomorrow to denver as i can not move the tandem bar without some help and even then its tough, these crap trailers still on the road are ridiculous. New trailers or not this crap does not need to be out here. You have to be a driver to understand the wear and tear and abuse these Xtra Lease trailers and pull them off the road. This should of been done in Nov when I first spoke with Mark how poorly maintained and out of tolerance.

 

That 200 new trailers would be a game changer is a no brainer. I heard our average trailer age is 9 yrs.
I do think Scott sees that and is working on it but can he convince the powers that hold the purse! I can only hope

 

most of these trlrs need to see the junk yard.i wander how much money we are leaving on the table with these trlrs...you have the cost of repairs/lost customers/reefer fuel/loads that we cant get because the trlrs are to old and heavy...i believe they would be in the scrap yard if it wasnt for a good sales person who discovered FRE