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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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210730 MN-MN 1 pickup rail truck to Missoula MT (to storage) 1 tanker truck to Indianapolis IN (to storage) ... spending the night at home We had set up for me to pick up my paperwork at the office at 9:30 so that was our 1st stop. 2nd stop was the first shipper in Bloomington. Their building is still locked down, but someone saw me walking up and let me in. They knew what I was coming for and it was ready. They signed off before I saw the truck, then walked me out to the truck. This is a rail truck, but without the 'railups,' those wheels that let a truck run on the tracks. 3rd stop was the closest gas station, BP. Some of the trucks for this company need to be topped off at the closest station if they are not full at pickup. This was one of those trucks. OPPS. I am almost to the lot (storage) when I remember that I had not grabbed my receipt. I had said I wanted one before I pumped but never grabbed it afterwards. 4th stop is the lot in Lake Elmo. There are already two buses and six small trucks, part of the 39 heading to Elkhart IN. 5th stop was the shipper to pick up the second truck in Plymouth. Things have changed. This company has taken over the rest of the building and things and people are not where they used to be. I used to walk in the 'back door' and see one of the two guys that could help me. Now I have to go to the office to see someone different. Change. Just change. And they seem to be busier. So more trucks for us? Mine was blocked in because they ??? didn't know I was coming? (Someone must have known for us to have the order) 6th stop was back to the lot. No more work for today and the office wants the trucks that come in over the weekend delivered in the morning so unless they can't find a driver, no work for Monday. It's been a good month. We made our 'goal' for the month and we did it all on short trips ... and using our own car and rewards points for hotels. But the money was there. Load board US - 119 IA - 15/14 MN - 7 WI - 5 Now we are going to be mostly off for maybe the next month? No steady work for sure. |
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