Yeah, I'm with you on the reimburse. I guess you know we are getting cut to 62mph. Not a big deal to me really. My electrical problem is a bad starter I'm sure or ignition switch. Probably have a bad battery also which if one has a short it will discharge the others. Sitting in the Petro off I70 in Oak Grove, Mo. waiting for a load. Brought up a load of stone block from Dallas (about 600 mi). They asked me to head to Joliet, Ill for an early am pickup but I told them I only had 3 hours left of my 14 and it was 500 mi to Joliet so they said never mind, they will get something out of KC in the am. Oh, I have to make sure I don't run my cooler when the truck is turned off. Drive safe

 

Everyonce in a while I turn the key and it doesn't do anything. When I release and retry, it starts. I think it something in the switch.

I received a call today while at the Ontario TA. It was telling me that my TWIC card was ready. I called into Arrow and they said it was cool for me to go get it. I headed home and jumped into my pickup and headed to Downtown San Diego. Back home tonight, watching a movie on the bigscreen with the wife and kid.

 

Did you have to go to San Diego to apply for it? Did Arrow say you needed it? What did you have to do to get it?

 

well so much for "something out of KC in the morning". It's 1600 and I'm still waiting.

 

Another day of waiting. At 1600 hours I get a dispatch to pickup in Topeka, Ks. friday am and deliver Monday to BNSF in Memphis, Tn. A total of about 700 miles. Not much on the next paycheck either. The bad news is my wife got laid off her job today. She was the last employee left besides the owners who are good friends of ours. Hopefully the owners can keep the business going. They will hire her back immediately when things improve. They will also pay her cash to come in a couple days here and there. One thing they noticed is that companies who started ordering parts from China before, are now placing a few orders with this company. I think all companies should order from American companies. Obama should make it expensive to buy from overseas. Enough of the soapbox. At least I still have a job and hopefully miles will improve.

 

im assumin a skate board is a flat bed yeah?.......i know dumb ?............only took me a day to figure out who parkin lot is

 

That's why your a rookie. We all started in your spot. I did retail for almost 25yrs and just got tired of it. I've had to learn too. I can remember when my trainer and I were cruising through the mountians in Montana and he yelled careful there's a bear..... I was looking for a Grizzly and he's talking about a cop. lol....

Hey DD, is it me...? I still miss Davis.... I saw a couple trucks in Ontario/Fontana. One was parked and as I was leaving the TA I saw one on a side street going under the 15

 

I was in the office and got to sit in on the conference call about TWIC for Arrow. My DM wanted me to be the contact for the regional guys and for me to be the first one through.

After about 4wks I have a TWIC card.

Arrow wants the drivers to get a TWIC since some of the customers have mentioned that they will be utilizing the TWIC ID to have us go onto their sites. The TWIC card is only for the ports but others are supposedly going to require from what Arrow says.

The card is ours so we can take if we quit Arrow and go to another company. If you have a HazMat endorsement then it should be a quick background check since it is the same process. One thing though... My HazMat is up in 2 yrs and the TWIC card has to be done every 5 yrs. You are given the option to run concurently with Hazmat and get a price break down to 105 and change but then it's only good for 2 yrs. I choose not run with my HazMat so I paid 132.50

As far as San Diego.... I figured not as many Port trucks there so maybe not as long of a line to wait to get into the office. I made an appointment online for the next day and was in/out in 15 minutes. You should pre-enroll online or you can use the toll free number. There is no big truck parking at some of the locations. San Diego location is in Downtown San Diego and you have a parking garage to park in. The garage has a height limit of something like 6 ft high. One of our drivers went to Terminal Island in Long Beach which has onsite parking. He did his about a week after me, so he should have his in a week or two... But then again it all depends on your background history. Make sure you bring the correct types of ID's that are listed on the site.


Go to TSA: Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for all the info.

 

I had two drops #1 at a Home Depot in Upland and then #2 in Culver City that was changed to Anahiem. I emptied and bounced back up to Ontario West TA. I scanned and waited for a load for a couple hours. After I spoke to my DM and Fontana office I drove home since there were no loads for me. I was told I'd get a load monday and head back to AZ.

 

That sucks about your wifes job. Doesn't Obama have a plan that he wants us to buy USA stuff?