The ramblings of a rookie

Loaded in georgia, spent last night at loves in dillan(?), SC. Seemed like an okay place, but not impressively clean. It was my first experience with love's, and id go back if i needed to.

Made it to new jersey tonight. Staying at some little rest stop thats really just the parking lot of a DOT building with a couple porta potties off i287. Definitely not ideal, but its legal.

The lot here is super tight to get out, and since I'm leaving real early I was proactive and caught my neighbor outside his truck, and we backed up to make some room so im not either taking his hood off or pounding on his door at 2am. Its that kind of tight. Probably wouldn't be bad with tandems slid up but this spread doesnt cut it lol. Beter safe than sorry. Guy seemed cool all in all. I backed up too so my other neighbor has room... Im sure i could have made it work without moving, but why make extra work and risk?

Off to RI in the morning to unload/reload at the same stop, then burn it towards home with a drop en route. Looks like a really impressive (possible company record) week for revenue, which is awesome.

More to come
Stay safe out there

 

@Highway Sailor if you were asking about the rest area i stopped at, yes it was on 287

@Lepton1 @G13Tomcat I just want to clarify that i have no intention of looking for other work. I was just excited to have reached the 3 month mark because it means, were things to go south, I would have other options. I honestly havent considered looking elsewhere, based on what i have seen, itd be hard to beat our pay and home time with anything short of my own truck.

 

Just got word that the company is continuing to expand. They are starting a tanker program which is new, as well as all the rest of the business expanding and hiring drivers (logs, chips, flatbed, etc). This gives me hope that I have found a good long term company.

The most exciting part of the continuous growth is the discussion of getting a few dry vans to help keep the flatbedders busy when the slow season hits and as needed. Ive always wanted to pull van. Idk what it is about it... But I just always have. So thats pretty cool to see happening.

More to come

Stay safe and enjoy the weekend(if you get one)

 

Tanker is a no go for me. Its a local deal for a bottling plant. 1 truck 1 trailer slip seat 24/7 rolling. None of those things appeal to me lol