my paul inc adventure

Nope

And to the don't set the brakes to allow the truck to idle, that doesn't work either.

 

I give my DM an A plus rating for finding a run back to OKC, so I can get the apu fixed.

I know she didn't have to do this, but she certainly has given me the impression that she cares.

 

Annnd I got to take a 34 south of Ft Collins Colorado. Delayed the load because of the reset. I called DM, she relayed the message.

Orientation pay for experienced drivers sucks, its 100 bucks for four days. Oh well, it is life.

 

Meh, I take what I can get.

The first week I logged 3500 miles, which was from OKC to Everett, WA and back.

So far this week I went to Duke, OK to pick up drywall to take to KC. I have a load of brick to pick up in Bonner Springs to take to Enid.

I got my APU fixed yesterday. Truck runs good, engine brake works when it wants to, more often not than anything else.

Troy (the owner) personally called me, and said not to wait longer than 15 minutes anywhere around Kansas or Oklahoma. He said that because sometimes the information doesn't go through the computer properly.

 

As far as logging stuff, I'm running the electronic logs, so I can't get away with much.

The longest I have sat is an hour to unload and that was today.

4 days home a month is pretty standard for OTR drivers, anything better than that is called local in my opinion.

 

They used to be headquartered in Enid. The trucks were worked on in OKC at one point. All the dynasys apu's are repaired in OKC at boomer diesel repair.

What I was told was, with headquarters in one area and repair in another, they made the decision to move everything to Tulsa. I don't know if it was lack of space in Enid or what the deal was.

As for maintenance, they are building a new shop on the property in Tulsa.

 

I ran from OKC to Duke, OK for a load of drywall. I took this from Duke to KC, KS. Return load was from Bonner Springs, KS to Enid, OK.

I went from Enid to Medicine Lodge, KS for more drywall to go to Grand Island, Nebraska. Nebraska is in the morning, as I was close to being out of hours when I preloaded tonight.

Troy himself asked me when I wanted to go home, I told him I know freight needs to move, so whenever its possible. I told him i hadn't been home yet since orientation and he tried to send me home today, but being broke it would not do me any good, so home time is planned for friday.