Who was the first Customer you picked a load up from?
#11
10-27-2007, 05:05 AM
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Route 9 across Vermont is one heck of a ride , especially pulling a 53 foot wagon. Been there done that one time.
Would love to do it again, but in a 4 wheeler as it is a very pretty drive. Just very narrow and curvy.
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#12
10-27-2007, 06:27 AM
My first load was a repower going to Miami,FL. I remember missing the exit and ending up at the airport. Then, when I did get turned around and found the place, it was a blind side back across 3 lanes of traffic into a small fenced in 2 bay dock. I was ready to quit that day. Coincidently, I haven't delivered another load to Miami since.
#13
10-27-2007, 06:31 AM
my first was an inter-company transfer from Fall River MA. to N. Brunswick NJ. which I now do every monday.
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#14
10-27-2007, 06:34 AM
Originally Posted by Uturn2001
Route 9 across Vermont is one heck of a ride , especially pulling a 53 foot wagon. Been there done that one time.
Would love to do it again, but in a 4 wheeler as it is a very pretty drive. Just very narrow and curvy.
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#15
10-27-2007, 06:52 AM
My first load I hauled was a load of beef going to Mac D's, but I picked it up at the yard. The first load I picked up was Budwiesser out of St Louis, Mo to Texas.
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#16
10-27-2007, 09:38 AM
First Load
Picked up a load of three Mark III vans from Ocala, Fl to Abq and Espanola, NM. Second load was nine crushed vehicles from Capital Scrap in Santa Fe to a steel mill in Midlothian, Tx. BOL
#17
10-27-2007, 12:16 PM
Re: Who was the first Customer you picked a load up from?
Originally Posted by kona911
Who can remember where you picked your first load up at after getting the keys to your own truck? I remember mine.
I left Pacific, WA and headed to the starbucks DC in Tacoma, WA. I picked up a load of beans heading toward L.A. and ended up dropping it in Portland. I have to say that was my most exciting time ever driving a truck. Here I was, after spending a month in truck school, then a month with my trainer, driving all alone with my music playing. I was ecstatic. Where did you pick your first load up at?
#18
10-27-2007, 03:46 PM
After testing out in Troutdale, flew next morning to Albuq, NM. and then was picked up by the shop helper, taken to the Tucumcari yard. Next day, was dispatched to DH to El Paso and pick up preloaded trailer full of fridges (out of Lectrolux, Mexico) going to the new Lowes DC in Lebanon, OR. Turns out, I was the first semi to drop a trailer there, had fun looking for my numbered spot out of the 4,000 there.
#19
10-27-2007, 07:04 PM
First load I picked up in some little rat hole in Jersey City, bound for Avon corp. in Des Plaines IL. Jersey city is a heck of a town to drive in for a rookie, I clearly remember desperately trying to hold my lane at the traffic circle next to the post office as traffic buzzed past me in that special, h*** bent, near suicidal North Jersy manner. I remember it was a sort of drop and hook. I dropped an empty in the smallest drop yard I've ever seen, which took forever. Then I was supposed to pick a loaded trailer, but they were off schedule so I had to wait 3-4 hours for the trailer to be loaded. Once I crossed the PA line, the trip went smooth.
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