Start CDL School For Stevens Transport Mon. 6/6/16 (Whew, Glad That One Is In That Date!!)

Good to hear. Are you enjoying the driving?

How are you liking the T680?

Congrats!!! I can't wait to get out there with a trainer myself.

I've been meaning to tell you. Keep your eyes peeled while you are out there. Transam and Stevens go to a lot of the same places, especially the meat houses. Ya never know, we might run into each other!

Good to hear. Are you enjoying the driving?

Hey there Scott!

Yup! Lovin' the driving! We've done a couple of short hops so far, but we pick up a load in KS tomorrow going to CT so there will be some good miles there, as well as giving me a better idea of how the long trips develop as you go along. A ton of stuff to learn right now between the Qualcom and all of the various paperwork!

DSTURBD

I've been meaning to tell you. Keep your eyes peeled while you are out there. Transam and Stevens go to a lot of the same places, especially the meat houses. Ya never know, we might run into each other!

Hey there Chickie!

Yes, I do really like the T680, also, its' kinda cool that every time I see another one pull out to pass me or whatever, I know that I'm driving the same beautiful truck!! LOL Silly, I know but like I've said, I've been a gear-head all of my life! I'll just be happy to get into my solo truck as being in the top bunk SUCKS!!!!! But I imagine that's the same in any of them. It'll be nice to be in the bottom bunk with all of the storage for my things and the bigger, more comfortable bunk! Climbing to a top bunk is not for a sixty year-old guy!! LOL

You are absolutely right, I am seeing Trans Am rigs everywhere! Our load tomorrow is a meat load, so I'm going to get to go through the Thermo King set-up and all to prep the trailer for the load. Looking forward to that as it is one thing that I think I'm pretty solid on the theory and procedure parts of it.

I will definitely be on the look-out for you!!!! It would be great to get to say hi and maybe have a quick visit!!

DSTURBD

Well you know what the Tedster looks like. Truck number is 41913.

Are y'all going to Dodge City or Holcomb? We usually hang out at the Flying J on Dodge City while we wait on the load. There is an awesome little restaurant right down the road that has bobtail parking or its walking distance from the J. The Golden Pancake I think it's called. Their breakfast is killer and they have an all you can eat breakfast buffet! (I like to eat, can ya tell?)

In Holcomb, the Loves everyone parks at has a Sonic! A ice cold Cherry Limeade sure is nice when it's 106 degrees at the stinky ole meat house!

Dang I forgot to ask. Are you in a manual or automatic? Not sure what kind of mix Stevens has.

And if you are going to CT from Kansas, you will be crossing NYC! Have fun! Remember you have to be in the two left lanes to get on the GW Bridge. And I'm pretty sure the bridges marked 12'6" are secretly taller than that... There's at least 6" of clearance from what I saw...

Good to hear. Are you enjoying the driving?

Hey there Scott!

Yup! Lovin' the driving! We've done a couple of short hops so far, but we pick up a load in KS tomorrow going to CT so there will be some good miles there, as well as giving me a better idea of how the long trips develop as you go along. A ton of stuff to learn right now between the Qualcom and all of the various paperwork!

DSTURBD

Glad to hear.

08/06/16

Hey Chickie and Scott (and everyone),

Sorry that I haven't been able to stay on top of this the way I'm used to doing, but we have been pretty busy.

Chickie- Our meat load was out of Liberal, KS and had five stops across New England. Yep, crossed NY and the GW bridge...WOW!! Most of our stops were no big deal other than finding them, ha ha. One, however, a grocery distributor kept us waiting seven hours to unload five pallets!!!! We were on time for the appointment and backed into a door 30 minutes later, then sat........and sat..........and sat! My trainer was not a happy camper, to say the least! Then we picked up a load in New Jersey (ughhhhhh) coming back to Fort Worth. Now I'm sitting at the home yard doing a 34 reset and plan to head out again Monday. So, we've had a couple of short hops and a couple of good mileage loads. We're hoping to go west next, to check off some of the mountain requirements. I particularly like the days that I can spend the majority of my eleven in the driver's seat. My trainer has been super at making sure I get all of the miles possible. He only drives when necessary, which helps us both.

This tractor is an eight speed, and I must say that I'm getting quite good with it all around. Not a thirteen speed like I used to have, but a good tranny and simple to refresh the skills on. They keep saying that we will all have autos eventually though! I just hope I get a fresh tractor with a standard and then they forget about me for a good little while, ha ha!!!!

Scott- Yeah, still loving the driving, but not so much the sitting at shippers and receivers, ha ha. Gotta go to Walmart tomorrow and stock up on some things that I ran out of in between laundry opportunities. Can't have too many clean pair of undies, LOL!!!!!!!!

I'll update soon, I hope.

DSTURBD