Stevens Transport aviary

Broke a pulley and lost serpentine belt. Went on reset and have appointment for 8am at local KW 41 miles away.
Should make Mon evening delivery on time.
Otherwise been busy, busy, busy. About 2,100 miles this week. Will have another 400 next week doing regular scheduled loads.
Do 400-500 miles everyday, Mon - Fri. Extra $75 run available Fri nights takes about three hours Aurora IL to Morris IL. Also a few $50 runs avail through week but not convenient for me.
Finally ahead on money and bills caught up. Looking for good truck parking in hometown but no luck. ThermoKing 60 miles from home only approved spot still.
Gratz on the 660 Aracos. Too small inside for my taste, but they do turn tight! Let me know how your mpg turns out. Getting 7.6 on my 72000. 8.0 - 8.2 on dashboard and QC.
Welcome new students and drivers! You won't get rich at Stevens but you will get trained and good experience that's highly in demand. Stevens is a great training company for first few years in trucking. Quite a few stay for ten + years. Both my OTR trainers had over 10 years. I'm expecting to stick around a while. 9 months with them and I'm regional in my home area never having driven a truck before, almost 2,500 miles a week and weekends off. I can't complain much except getting through on phones can be an exercise in patience. QC is usually faster though.

 

Alamorich, training can take longer if for some reason you can't get a load through enough mountain passes to make requirement to do so, or if you can't get the hang of backing, etc. Can also end up dispatched way out in NE or NY the week you're due back in Dallas and spend one or two weeks getting a load back to yard. It happens. I was six weeks on first trainer's truck because we were way out in nowhere northwest during bad snowstorms and got short hauls for a week, then took a week to get back to Dallas. Second trainer I was back in Dallas in four weeks and two days. My 90 days solo 101 days. Training doesn't go like clockwork once you go OTR.
It doesn't pay much either, so plan on scrimping! I lived on Monday and Thursday advances right up through third month solo, and sometimes after that.
Lovin' that shuttle ride? lmao Probably the worst thing about Stevens training is the shuttles. All students at Americas Best now? They were using Crosslands for students which is a slightly better place. See if they still are and if you can go there instead. Shuttle is still a daily exercise in patience and probably a test of your resolve and ability to get on one, lol.

 

Well, pulled into KW dealer twenty minutes ago, and the already have it in bay 1 with hood up and pulling broken pulley. Mechanic said I have a good hour, so I'm at truckstop across street having sausage gravy and biscuits. Adrian would probably complain, saying they should be illegal. lol. Will make delivery on time it looks, no probs. Yeah, that wondering what truck you'll end up with goes right up until they hand you keys, tell you the number and go look for it, and you are standing right in front of it finally. ENJOY!