Husband and Wife R&L 2021

It will be interesting to see how it plays out. We're both safe drivers so we're not to worried about it.

 

Well our first two days have been interesting to say the least and definitely been a test of patience.

-day starts out getting told we'd be going out that evening. Cool, I'm thinking probably like 5pm-9pm maybe. That's what I always assume evening means. What they really meant was midnight haha. No biggie, we had checked out of our hotel already if I had known it was midnight probably would've just reserved another night. we hung out in the rental car until we found out our truck assignment..which, we finally got after about 5hrs.

-we get there and we are excited because it's a green pete. Just like we wanted, more miles than I'd have hoped for 330k. But no biggie we will make it work (was assured by central that we wouldn't be in it long. I'm assuming probably a year or more.

Anywho, get in the truck ready to start her up and get everything unpacked from the rental car..and..she's dead. No juice whatsoever. The shop guys come out and try to jump her with a small little car jumper..then they tried two..then they tried the shop pickup..all to no avail. Finally they got another truck to jump it. That did the trick!

Get everything loaded up and then the coolant light/buzzer comes on. quick check showed it was full..past full actually. Tech says probably a short in the sensor and pulled the sensor. (Been watching it very close since we left the yard).

Learned how to hook/unhook pups about an hour before our first load. (Watched alot of youtube videos on it so I was already pretty comfy with it) got a quick 20 min rundown of how to run their logs and paperwork's from a team driver who happened to be at the terminal.

Most annoying part is that we don't get our badges until Monday/Tues. Which apparently is what we use to get fuel at terminals..and yet here we are out on the road haha. Had to use someone else's badge to get fuel.

Not sure if all terminals kinda through there drivers in the deep end and tell them to swim or if it was just mine. But be prepared for that, and definitely ask far more questions then we did (although to be fair we weren't sure what questions to ask until they arose).

I know this sounds like a long whiny rant and that's because it is lol, all this just to say I am still glad to be here and look forward to working through all this to make it work. It seems like an amazing company and every driver and yard jockey we've talked to have been nothing short of helpful and nice! Here's to better days ahead!

 

Yeah we've been using it to pay for fuel. Worked everywhere but nashville. Had to use someone's card there.

 

I cannot emphasize enough how amazing R&L drivers are. We've had to get help or ask questions at almost every terminal/relay we've had and every single one didn't even think twice about helping or even hinted that we we're being a nuisance. Feels good when your fellow drivers help out! It's been so helpful!