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Edited on Sat Apr-09-11 08:20 PM by cherokeeprogressive
Wow good to hear from you. Hope things are well!
Yeah, I take my time. I hate and fear pain probably more than anyone else I know. No jake brake, I can't imagine that. I'd probably be at the top of the low range. What a ride that must have been. Looking back, I was actually 'fraider my first time from Laramie to Cheyenne with a light trailer, ice on the road, and the wind blowing 45+. Once I looked out the right mirror, and couldn't see the trailer. I looked out the left and could READ THE LOGO! Ten seconds later, I was doing the same thing in reverse. That was during my first week on the road.
I do love it, aside from being apart from the Mrs. I love driving and always have. I'm on the 20/10 program with the Crash and Roll Stunt Team, so it's going to be like having a 10 day vacation every three weeks. I'm currently sitting in the Pilot in Sacramento. I've already scrubbed inside of the truck from front to back and side to side. I got the dispatcher today to okay a reimbursement for the cleaning supplies since I deadheaded from Fontana to Columbia, MO, to pick her up in a repair yard. Whoever had her last should be ashamed of themselves. Today was the first time we've actually had to sit back and evaluate her. Filthy Dirty was all we came up with. Soooo we spent the day with ArmorAll, Windex, Febreeze, a whiskbroom, and about ten rolls of paper towels. Much nicer now, and livable too. Tomorrow I'm going to spend my own money to take her through the truck wash so's she doesn't look like something from the ghetto.
Even though it's against company policy, I know I'm not going anywhere tonight so I got a twelve-pack of Heineken and will probably be posting some wierd shit later on tonight LOL.
I tip this one to You, my Friend and Fellow Trucker.
Oh hey, something really cool happened to me the other day. We had just picked her up and went to the Loves near Columbia. Having been off a week, I had no shower credits. I was about to pay for my shower and my co-driver's too when some guy behind us stuck his Loves reward card between us and used it to get us free showers. He was a JB Hunt driver. I promised him that as soon as I saw a JB Hunt Driver who was about to pay for something at a TS, I'd step forward and cover it for him.
We've named our Truck "Snake" since when her governor cuts out, instead of making a big PSHHHHH, she chatters and it sounds just like a rattlesnake's tail. She's been good to us so far and since we gave her an inside bath today I'm hoping she takes us into her heart.
Someday we'll cross paths. Looking forward to that.
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