Found a USX trainee who had high-center his tractor on my curb today. We took pictures and made sure that a lot of others drivers saw him sitting there. Embarassing for both the trainee and his trainer. Oops. Check out the pictures below

Knee surgery is scheduled for March 7th. Not sure if I'll take vacation that week or have to go back on Workers Comp and lose my quarterly bonus.

Another End of Month is upon me. Long day today and an even longer one on Monday. 0500 start on Monday.

Bad News. I had to go in for a follow-up exam with my orthopedic surgeon. On my one-year checkup, back in December, the doctor found an "anomoly" on my leg x-ray. He sent me for a CT scan and today was my appointment to go over the results. I have a couple of bone fragments floating around in my knee. I'll have to go in for arthroscopic (sp) surgery to clean it up. Not good news! 

Happy New Year! An extra day off, thanks to New Year's Day falling on Saturday. Can't wait to get to work tomorrow and find out how Rich did, filling in for me last week. 

Was it mean of me to take vacation during the End of the Year rush?

Thanks to the fact that Christmas falls on Saturday this year, we get Christmas Eve off work. My week-long vacation starts early today! Don't have to be back until the 3rd of January! 

Rich, from CSK, is filling in for me while I'm gone. 

Happy Thanksgiving! I like this...weekends and holidays off. But, I have to work tomorrow! No fair! 

Oh, and the strange people in the office?  They're actually really nice.

A US Express I/C driver tried to  back into a door and couldn't do it.  After a couple of attempts, she pulled out in frustration, turned too sharp and caught her trailer tire on the front of the truck beside her. 

She also sideswiped the trailer in the door on the other side of her.

Pictures below:

Oh my goodness, my first "End of Month rush." Wow. 

11 hours of humping trailers around the yard isn't fun. That yard gets real small when there are 5 trucks waiting for doors to be "live loaded" as well as drivers picking up pre-loaded trailers trying to leave.

It's now the second, and they just keep coming!

Note to self: Check Job Description to see if "Traffic Cop" is listed.  

First day on my own! Whew, 5:00am start today. This is too early for me. I'm used to working later mornings and afternoons on the CSK account. This is going to take some getting used to. 

And these people I have to work with in the office?  Stranger yet.

An ORANGE Truck! Thank you Lord! Starting training/familiarization at Reckitt Benckiser. I'll be here for a week with the current yard hostler and then will start on my own next Monday. Friday is his last day.

Anyone who has hauled out of Phoenix sometime during 2002-2003 will probably have memories of Reckitt Benckiser in Tolleson.

Reckitt Benckiser (Wreck-It Ben-Keezer) is the parent company of AirWick, Lysol, Resolve, French's (Foods) and a couple of others. They are famous for their 40,000lbs+ loads going to central California and the Pacific Northwest. I don't know a pumpkin driver who didn't loath a load out of there on a Monday afternoon, or any other time for that matter.

Due to changes and competition, SNI is no longer the primary carrier for RB. RB loads are brokered to the lowest bidding carrier. Usually it's McKelvey, US Express, O&S Trucking or Werner. Occasionally a pumpkin will come around.

Starting next week, I will be the ONLY SNI driver on the RB account.  Whew, such responsibility.