My Millis Experience -

Wow - it seems like forever since I posted an update. Time is just flying by these days.

Seem to be sitting a little more of late but still running decent miles each week so I am not complaining. I am at least able to keep up on laundry and crap with having a little down time some days.

I have been running from Alabama to NY a lot lately. Seems to be stuck on one customer these last 4 or 5 loads. Got the "can you do me a favor" message and of course I do those favors as they always net me good runs afterwards. The customer had a last minute order and it had to get there overnight. So I took the load since I had the hours and ran it from Saratoga Springs NY to Martinsville WV for a 8AM delivery. Made it with plenty of time to spare.

Only bad thing about taking a night run is you tend to get stuck in that rutt. I ended up running overnights for about a week after that. Some guys like running overnight - but it's much harder for me to see as good so I perfer the daytime. But you do what you have too. I will say this - running through Chicago at 55 MPH and never having to stop is well worth driving overnight for.

Been having issues with my truck spitting out the oil cap ( I guess it doesnt like that one) It keeps building back pressure and blowing the cap off and then spraying oil everywhere. It's happened three times now and I could seem to get to a shop to get it looked at.

Finally once I unloaded in Pewaukee, WI at 3:30am Wednesday morning - I sent a message to dispatch that I needed to get to Richfield to get it looked at. They ended up replacing a few things as as finally getting one of my drives replaced and a light replaced - I was ready to roll at 1PM.

Sent a message to my dispatcher letting him know it was fixed but was up against my 70 so I wouldnt get back any hrs until after midnight. Most likely wont get a load that late so I stayed up and then went to bed at a normal time so I could get back on more of a day time schedule.

Sat around on Wednesday and talked to other drivers and some of the trainees - great conversations and stories! Still get the drivers that are complaining about hrs. It's funny - I never have to deal with that for the most part - not sure why they do. I stay busy but I dont screw off either. There's a time for that.

This morning I hit "ready for dispatch" at 5am and with in a few minutes had a load. Another paper load going from Richfield to Cherokee, AL AGAIN! It had a delivery time of 5am on Friday. No way I could make that with my hrs so I let my dispatcher know. Got a message to drive safe and changed the delivery to 10am on Friday - that I can do and off I went.

Any trainees reading this - make your pickup and delivers on time and you'll get miles for the most part. Dont always listen to the whinners - they are also the ones that are late and dont take loads when sent to them for one reason or another. Do your job and you'll stay busy.

Now sitting at the Pilot in Hayti, MO. Just made some dinner in the truck and catching up on E-mails with a nice cup of coffee.


Be safe out there and stay warm!