Indian River

Not to make a habit of talking about money on the forum, just wanted to state on here for the guys who asked about detention pay.. I did receive $225 detention for the time spent sitting in Grandview, WA last week. I just saw it on my stub. So yes, IRT will pay you when things like that happen.

 

We finished moving our things to San Antonio this past weekend. Had a horrible night Saturday. To make a long story short... we loaded everything up that morning, drove 500 miles down, only to find out that the property manager forgot to hide the keys like we had arranged since we were coming from Okc and wouldn’t get into SA until late at night.

No big deal, just go get a motel, right?? Wrong! We tried 20+ motels, no vacancies. Go figure. Memorial weekend, 2am, etc.

So... after spending the previous 4 weeks on the road in my semi, I got to spend a night of my home time sleeping in the cab of my Ford pickup with the wife and our 100 pound lab. To make matters even more disgusting, Sunday (the morning we woke up in the parking lot) was her birthday. Heck of a way to wake up on the wife’s birthday huh? It took a few hours the following morning, but we were finally able to get the keys to our place (that I had already shelled out $1,300 to secure last month). The property manager got a piece of our minds needless to say. They apologized repeatedly. Spent the day moving in, went to Logan’s Roadhouse and had steaks/margaritas, then went back Monday to get my semi.

I left OKC this morning, dead heading to Mission. Made it to Falfurrias (632 miles) and was almost out of time. I don’t have a pre plan yet.

 

It wasn’t too bad, just irritating since it was her birthday. That’s cool they’re keeping you close until your home time.

 

A lot of guys just add it on their own to the company truck. One guy even bought a brush guard. One guy bought a tire chain rack for the frame. I’ve seen a lot of chicken lights too.