DABinTX..thankyou very much! I actually live in San Antonio now. Like I said I'm loving it here!!! Seems like they always got something going on from the Spurs winning the championship all the way to a good ol' farmers market. Lots of racks down here to load at, took me about a month to finally get carded in all of them! For the most part they got me hauling ethanol which is about as easy as it comes.

GMAN I can thoroughly understand about the cold. I have no intentions ever going anywhere north of Oklahoma ever again....we'll see how long that lasts! I enjoyed ND for a while, it was a "breath of fresh air" so to speak just because I needed a break from the big city life. At the same time though I missed the big city. Up there we don't have the simple things a big city has like Taco Bell, Del Taco, 3d/IMAX theatres, Del Taco, good looking women, Texas Roadhouse oh and did I mention Del Taco???😁 don't get me wrong you can find some of those places in ND but you'll have to definitely travel a ways to get there. I would like to consider myself a "fair weather" driver but the weather and bad conditions always seems to find me so I kinda had no choice but to suck it up and get experienced in the cold/ice and snow. I learned a quick lesson my 1st week in ND!!! I had no idea steel can get so cold it'll burn your skin like a hot stove! There I was chaining up and I had one little spot on my wrist not covered by glove or jacket and I somehow touched it on the frame of the truck, 15 mins later when I'm done chaining and in the warm truck I couldn't figure out why my skin was turning purple! Finally donned on me I must of touched the frame and it was easily -40 outside so it simply burned me. Anyways thanks all and I'm glad to be back!

We are glad to have you back, Wimpy. In fact, we are glad to have several of our older members checking back with the forum. It is great to hear what you and some of the others have been doing. It can get pretty hot around San Antonio, but I can deal with the heat much more easily than the minus zero cold. I have spent a lot of years fighting the cold and snow. I will take the warmer climate any time. But, I tend to follow the rates, regardless of where they take me. San Antonio is a nice place. Like you say, there is always something going on in the area.

wimpy, I hear ya buddy! I just finished my 5th week and have 8 cards. Only one to go. Some racks up here drag their feet. I work for UPT. We have a yard down there. You might know some of our drivers.


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DABinTX, I sure do know some of the drivers from UPT. For the most part I know more of the O/O's. Seems like they haul most of the ethanol loads for UPT. Great bunch of guys!

Welcome back, Wimpy! And, of course, good to see K9 still hanging with us! I was ALL set to go up there and make my (retirement) fortune... until you mentioned throwing IRON! Might have to see what's available in the West Texas oilpatch! I don't have any "ties," so.... I'm ready to spend a year or two toughing it out for a retirement "nut." (besides.... west texas is closer to my daughter and grandkiddos!)

Hey, GMAN.... Can you get DABinTX his old username of K9 back? He's kinda freakin' me out!

Yes wimpy, they get most of the ethanol loads up here too.

Hobo, good to see you brother! I could get my old username back, if I remembered the password. Maybe GMAN could email it to me. I can't recover it because I deleted my old email account a few years ago. I mean, who still uses yahoo mail? [emoji12]

Let me see what I can do. Usually, we can merge a couple of accounts together. It has been a while since I have done it. I will check it out, guys.

If you want to email or pm me your new email address, I can change it for you under your old name. That should enable you to change your password under the old name. Just let me know.