My Millis Experience -

Hey and Welcome -

Wolfman is correct. They only hire students from their school. Once you have at least 6 months experience they will possibly hire you. Or you can attend their school.

Sorry that doesnt help you but it's how it is!

 

Man I feel like such a schmuck - I havent really had the time to update in a long time. I guess no need to go all the way back to my last update. Let's start with the last week or so........................

Grabbed a load out of Milwaukee and was headed for Ft Worth. Made it all the way to just before Big Cabin, OK and boom - trailer tire blows. So I limp to Big Cabin T/S and send in my repair call. Awesome - Big Cabin is an authorized repair shop. Sweet!!!!!!!

Get the truck written up - say's will be a few hrs. No problem I am about 4 hrs ahead of schedule so all is good and I can grab a good lunch while waiting. As I am eating the sky seems to be churning and dark clouds are rolling in. Great - More rain! (so I thought).

As I am leaving the T/S the driver next too me tells me to listen to the local station about the weather. So I turn it on. I hear the local station in OKC tracking a tornado on the ground and many others in the area. It was a very sad thing to listen too.

As I drove further south on 69/75 the skys got worse and do did the wind. I finally got very worried and decided to stop at the Chocktaw T/S and let this thing pass. Pass it did - right over us and let me tell you it was very scary. Many warnings through out the night all the way into Dallas.

The next morning got to Ft Worth - dropped my load and got a load out going to Albany, GA.

Made it all the way to Monroe, LA that day and shut it down. Same thing again - more tornado warnings and bad storms. I am really starting to think a black cloud is following me lately. Made it through the storms and dropped this load at the Brewery in Albany.

Was then sent to Columbus GA for a load going to Fennimore WI. The load didnt deliver until Tuesday morning due to the holiday. Had been relaying the need for my regular service so he told me to take the load to Richfield, WI and drop there. I told my dispatcher I would try Cartersville for service and if they couldnt get it down I would go ahead to Richfield. Got to Cartersville early on Friday - they were very slow so they were able to get my service done that evening.

I decided to grab a hotel for the night and had a great dinner with a friend. Was not in a hurry since it didnt have to be in WI until Monday - I decided to stay an extra day in GA. Then get a message from weekend dispatch to not drop the load - I needed to deliver it on Tuesday. Great - there goes 1K miles on next weeks check instead of the current week. I was not happy with that news. But nothing I can do except deliver the load!

Get up Sunday and find they didnt put the oil cap back on. Great - the shop is closed so I used a make shift cap until I got to a TS to get one.

While rolling Bear and I decide to meet up just north of Indy for the night. Was great sitting outside and talking and just relaxing. Always a great time talking to you man! Also grabbed a temp oil cap from the TA.

Monday I get to Fennimore - it's in the middle of nowwhere - really!!!! Pulled into the customer since they have room to park overnight. Right next to a large corn field. While sitting outside I watched a fox or coyote or something like that make it's way around the field very close too me. Also was #### near ran over by a deer that walked around from the back of my truck and I think I scared the crap out of it so it ran! LOL Got a great video of it too!

Got the load delivered and got a load right out of there going right back to Columbus, GA. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Made it too Oak Grove, KY for the night and stopped in Cartersville to get my long lost oil cap! Delivery isnt until Thursday so I am a day ahead. Send dispatch a message and tell them I can have it there by 3PM. Dispatch say's - deliver the load on Thursday. Crap! Just as I am getting to grab lunch - I get a message that say's "Change of plans - deliver today"! Ok - make up your mind!

I run the load down there - have to drop and move a trailer and then move mine into the dock. Sweating my a@# off but got it done. Then dispatch sends me a load to grab right in the same place. It's going right back to Fennimore. Seems like I am dedicated lately LOL!

However the load delivers on Friday. Ok - that wont work. I am set for home time Friday and Saturday. Told my dispatcher if load can deliver on MOnday - I'll take it home with me and deliver it first thing Monday morning. About an hr later I get a message - "we'll do switch tomorrow"!
Ok - no problem.....except where?????? I'm in South GA. Do I need to run up 24 towards Nashville/75 towards KY or 65????

It was 4:45PM when I left the customer and no way am I going to try to make it through Atlanta traffic on 85/285 and then 75 North at this time of the day. So I stopped for the night in Newnan, GA. I'll run to Cartersville in the morning and see if my dispatcher has found a repower yet or which way I need to head. Dont get me wrong - I love my dispatcher because he runs me hard - but sometimes communication would really be helpful!

Hope everyone is well - run hard/run safe and have some fun while doing it!