Running with JCT, Part Deux

I've gotten detention pay several times without even asking for it. I send my arrival macro, followed by Bump the dock macro whenever I get a door assigned.

 

That bump dock macro is ancient and no longer used. As long as you're at the customer by the appt time is all that matters. I've also received detention pay without asking for it. I just say "happy birthday to me." LOL

 

Hey, how's everyone else's weekend going? Good luck to y'all on the west coast sitting, hope your production pcks up. I got out of the west last Tuesday, picked up cherries in Naches WA and delivered this morning here in Pottsville PA at walmart 7030. Any of y'all done that run before?

Now I'm waiting on a short run out of Vineland NJ heading back over to Melrose Pk IL tomorrow. Who else is JCT on the east coast like me?

Anyways just saying Hey...

 

Not quite yet, but I will be come a week from tomorrow. Heading out to Sapulpa from South Carolina on Saturday for Orientation on Monday. Just working out my last week's notice where I'm at. Assuming no glitches. I don't anticipate any. I've been assured all the reference and background checks are in and the only deal breakers would be a failed road or drug test; neither of which concerns me. I can drive quite well and I don't do drugs so those should be a smooth sail.

I'm in SC but Mom and Dad live in Fairhope, AL down on the Bay and my lil Sis got her Masters at Auburn so I have an AL connection too. She got her Law Degree at Carolina and is totally a Gamecock so I wear my orange shirts with a bright white tiger paw on the left chest just to aggravate her, AND support my daughter. Clemson is courting her for their golf team (we all pray for SCHOLARSHIP. Amen). She breaks par about 1/3 of the time, scratches 1/3 and bogies 1/3 and for a female her age that's pretty darned good. Heck for any of us that'd be great. She keeps trying to coach me to 80, but daughter coaching Dad? Not working out. Don't tell her but I don't want it to. I like her coaching me. Say "bonding" LOL, plus a GREAT way to help her keep up HER game. Teach. I'm not as think as she dumbs I am. LOL.

My wife was just accepted into The Citadel's advanced degree program as a non-traditional student (almost 50 year old female student at The Citadel? It doesn't get much more "non-traditional" than that LMAO), last month and a nice grant pending (we all pray for "non-traditional student grant". Amen) so no matter how all the money slices and dices, I guess I'll be adding blue golf shirts with a bulldog on the chest to my orange tiger paw ones about the same time I'm staring to get the "swing" (yes I DID go there. LOL) of JCT operations. JCT has blue and white in their color scheme too so it's all good. I'll still be styling and representing at work. LOL.

Anyway, someone has to pay for all this education and I'm the one it falls on. Sure hope all my numbers work out like they are in my spreadsheets. I ran them on minimum miles and max fuel to hopefully be pleasantly surprised by the miles JCT can do and the fuel I can pull off. Done a ton and a half of research on JCT and this whole L/P thing and JCT came back solid. The "nay-sayers"? Well looking at their statements I invariably said to myself: "Duh. I'd can you for that too;" or "Even a company driver can't do that and make a living. Bro. It's TRUCKING that isn't a good fit for you. Not just JCT, but anywhere. Can't roll in dough if you won't roll." or "YUP. Let the variable expenses get outta whack and you're sunk. Turn that key shaped thing to the left a little more during mandatory break time and put more pressure on your right heel than your right toes and you might have done OK."

Not slamming anyone. Just saying. I read HUNDREDS of posts, in dozens of forums, plus and minus and the minuses never stuck as a complaint, or what have you, that I couldn't clearly see someone with an attitude problem, knowledge deficiency or lack of self discipline to make ANY L/P contract work, and quite frankly most had some tone that I'd question success as a company driver with a mega or any other carrier with. That doesn't calm my jitters altogether but it helps.

See y'all in Sapulpa or wherever. Win, lose or draw I'm doin' this and with hard work and just a little luck I anticipate a successful venture at JCT. One absolute fact I have found out over the last few decades (Decades? Really? I'm there already? Measuring time in decades? Oh well. It what it is. Boy they went by fast): The harder I work; the luckier I seem to get. One can work smart or work hard and when I have been able to marry the two and that luck factor from the hard work kicked in, my situation went up like a rocket. The decade thing kicks in by knowing I finally got it right at home so the "up like a rocket" doesn't "fly out the pocket" to a poor decision in a mate and keeper of the home fire. Hey; I was young, dumb, full of (y'all know what) and no place to run."

Maybe these grey hairs will finally pay off. Here's hoping JCT is the way.

 

###### I needed a nap after reading that lol. Welcome to Jct...don't hesitate to ask questions if you got any and we might have the answers that you're looking for to help ya be successful.

 

Animal welcome to JCT, good to see another AL driver. There not lieing to you, they do cover everything before you get there. The road test with Mike is very relaxed. The dot physical and drug screen is up to you. Otherwise make sure you have all your Modules done before you get there, it will make for 2-3 easy boring days. The only thing you will have on computers is your DPAS quiz thingy and contract.
Good luck to you.

 

Found out that this forwarding warehouse here in San Diego has a full freezer and has no idea where they are going to put four truck loads of product.

 

Well finally told to leave with my half load. So now to bust ### all the way to Houston.

 

Finally got a door. 5 1/2 hours after getting here.

 

1st load out of the house and it's a 700 mile run over 3 days. Way to utilize my hours! Will probably drop in Phoenix yard in the a.m.