My life at Millis

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  1. Steelersjunkie

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    Hello everyone. This thread will be a continuation of my last thread. If you are interested in Millis, please feel free to read my first two threads. The first one is titled "Millis Transfer training school" and it chronicles my experience at the Trenton, Ohio location. The next thread is titled "On the road with Millis" which is a detailed account of my experience during training after school. The purpose of this thread is to give a continuing account of what it's like to work here, and answer any questions you may have about the company or life on the road. Hope you enjoy!
     
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    thanks for this, I like reading of a drivers day to day experiences.
     
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    Looking forward to it!
     
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    i enjoyed your other two threads looking forward to this one!
     
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    Looking forward to it.
     
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    Definitely Subscribed! Watching Trucker Who on Youtube and reading a Steelersjunkie thread makes for a good balance between a lterary and visual world!
     
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    Here goes my first real post here. And by the way, if there are specific things you'd like to know about as I'm documenting my days, let me know. Most days out here are pretty routine and uneventful, and I may very well skip over something that you might want to hear about. So, let me know. Today was relatively good, I guess, but definitely annoying. I started out in Wisconsin, and finished out in Hayti, MO. 515 miles, which is pretty good but I was hoping to get further down the road. I had Qualcomm issues, and spent more time than I wanted to trying to get it handled. I'm sure that Diane in the log department was probably sick of hearing from me. She did help me get it resolved, and I definitely appreciate her time. But I had to stop 3 times which killed my motivation and shortened my mileage a bit. But, it's fixed, and that's all that matters. I hate the alternative, which is running on paper logs. Homie don't play dat. This will hopefully benefit other drivers. Here was the problem. My unit was frozen up, and completely unresponsive. A reset will fix that, but no one was able to get it to reset. On my last call, Diane handed the phone over to someone who taught me how to do a manual reset. There is a fuse box just inside the storage door on the driver side of the truck. Pull fuse #8. Should be a red 10 amp fuse. Now watch the Qualcomm box that is also mounted in the storage area. When you pull the fuse, you'll see a blinking red light. When it stops blinking and goes dark (takes about 10 minutes), put the fuse back in. Voila, it's done. Now you just have to wait while the display unit boots up, then log back in, and you're set. It's a guarantee that won't be the last time I'll need that little trick. Other than that, my day was pretty good. Traffic wasn't awful, and there were less idiots on the road than normal. I'll call that a win. I'm 110 miles from my delivery, which is a cakewalk. Getting reloaded at the same place then heading to Texas. I am loving these southern runs, at a time when the north is getting blasted with snow. My home state got pounded the last couple days. My poor wife is driving in that garbage while I'm sitting here in 50 and 60 degree weather. I feel a little guilty lol, but just a tiny little bit :) That's all I have for today, talk to you guys soon!
     
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  11. Vic Firth

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    Do you typically have a preplan?
     
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