Indian River

‘I haven’t done one, but I was at Chino tank wash once with a guy who was doing them. He said he liked it. I think he said it was San Diego to LA, but I’m not 100% sure. I’ve done a few short hops that were percentage. Bakersfield to Santa Ana if I recall. They paid good. That terminal manager in Visalia is a nice guy and will work with you. Tell him you’ll try it for a week or 2 and if you don’t like it ask him to kick you off of it. California dispatch has never frustrated me. In my opinion, it’s one of the best umbrellas to operate under at IRT.

 

That’s some bad luck on your truck, especially close to Christmas. I was in Alabama back in 2017. I was in route to Little Rock from Florida and had all of the dash lights come on saying low oil pressure, engine shutdown, etc. They had me limp it to a Peterbilt by cycling the key every time it shut off. I ended up in a motel for a few days until they discovered the engine was shot (oil filter was full of metal shavings). Mine was like the 36th truck that it happened to. It was some kind of Cummins defect with a cam that operated the fuel pump or something like that. They ended up flying me home (I had been out a month). Afterwards, they put me in a new truck with only 10 or 20K miles on it and let me dead head to the Peterbilt in Alabama to get all of my personal property out of the other truck. Knock on wood, I haven’t experienced too many shop visits during my time at IRT. Hopefully it stays that way.

 

I was given a condo in March due to the wiring harness being bad on the mid roof I was in. In case you didn’t see my post about it several months ago, you can’t back into the bay at a place in Vermont (can’t remember the name) with a condo. There’s one in Little Rock that’s an issue too. Glad to hear they got you out of the shop.

 

Glad to hear you’re rolling again.

 

Yes, you need to call. I schedule mine a few weeks ahead of time. You can have any terminal enter it into the computer for you. Sometimes I have Florida do it, sometimes Mission. You will need to schedule your home time at least a week to 10 days ahead of time that way they have time to work you that direction. It’s also a good idea to casually mention it on the phone here and there as the days get closer.