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I'm going solo soon. Glad to know that all of you will be along for the ride!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by JustSonny, Aug 8, 2010.

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  1. Aug 10, 2010 #81
    blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    Yeah...I wanna take you out to lunch too!



    You're buyin'!:biggrin_25523:
     
    blackw900, Aug 10, 2010
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  3. Aug 10, 2010 #82
    JustSonny

    JustSonny Big Dummy

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    Yep, Swift has put yet another newbie on the road. Truck #301442. An '07 Volvo with +/-367,000 miles on it (B service due at 381,000). Excellent condition on the outside (not so much as a nick that I could find), "clean but dirty" on the inside.

    I was thinking back to May 24 when I started at the academy in Memphis and I asked myself, "Was it worth it?" Ladies and gentlemen, it #### sure was. I've had to "bite my tongue", "bite the bullet", "swallow my pride", "go the extra mile", etc., but, "I GOT A FREAKIN' TRUCK"!

    I'm spending another night at the hotel in Memphis to take a little more time to get rid of this "bug" I caught just before I finished my OTR training, but I've assured my new driver manager that I'll be ready to roll by noon tomorrow. I'm looking for a dispatch that'll take me close to home where I'll take a few days off, get the truck detailed, and then set out for "parts West", I hope. I spent most of my OTR training time east of the Mississippi...it's time for a change in venue!:biggrin_25525:

    More later,
    Oldnew...
     
    JustSonny, Aug 10, 2010
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  4. Aug 10, 2010 #83
    doubledragon5

    doubledragon5 Road Train Member

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    Don't stick around in Memphis to long, you might have a hard time getting a load out of there... Laredo, El Paso, same thing especially on the weekend.. Also try your hardest to stay out of CA. Every time I got a load there, it would be 4 days before I got a load out..
     
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  5. Aug 10, 2010 #84
    Texas-Nana

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    *leans over and simply smacks Redd on the back of his head* That's your wake up call.
     
    Texas-Nana, Aug 10, 2010
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  7. Aug 10, 2010 #85
    Texas-Nana

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    Oh I hope they send you towards home and then to the land of high heat. LOL Feels good to have that truck doesn't it? You reminded me we need to get this thing detailed again. It's darn dust collector. And the road pro vacumn is a piece of poo.

    All you people complaining about me not answering my phone......well at least YOU have the number......most don't even get that. I'll try to be better. I live a rather....limited life "drive, sleep, drive, sleep, drive, sleep, drive, sleep, drive, sleep, drive, sleep, wash clothes, play with grandsons, drive, sleep, etc.
     
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  8. Aug 10, 2010 #86
    JustSonny

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    Oooooo! Four days in California waiting on a load. I think I could handle that! Throw another shrimp on the BarB TW!:biggrin_25525:
     
    JustSonny, Aug 10, 2010
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  9. Aug 10, 2010 #87
    JustSonny

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    Smack him again...he keeps hittin' the snooze! I think he LIKES it!:biggrin_2559:
     
    JustSonny, Aug 10, 2010
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  10. Aug 10, 2010 #88
    REDD

    REDD The Legend

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    What I do?


    Knowing your luck, you'll be stuck in San Diego....
     
    REDD, Aug 10, 2010
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  11. Aug 10, 2010 #89
    JustSonny

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    Hmmmm! Let me check my little book....maybe stuck in San Diego wouldn't be so bad!:biggrin_25525:
     
    JustSonny, Aug 10, 2010
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  12. Aug 10, 2010 #90
    Texas-Nana

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    Hey! San Diego isn't to bad. We use to go there once a week. Of course we went through it to OtayMesa and parked on the freaking border lol

    You'll love that "terminal" Sonny, the back fence is the border.
     
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