Well, I've not been on much here lately... but when I do come onto EO I always enjoy reading and surfing thru the site and checkin' out all the latest info in the expediting biz.
I'm driving for Swift Transportation now.
I run solo in all 48 states. I love it too. I miss the bus biz, but enjoy the idea of having my own small mobile apartment again.
I can tell you that if I ever get a layover in the Florence, SC area I will be goin' by the EO HQ. I hear they have covered parking spaces with heaters and ceiling fans. They offer IdleAire for free, and have free phones too... well, a driver can dream can't he?
Well, anyways... on a lighter note, a g/f of mine knows a guy that got on with CR England (18 wheeler operation) and didn't like it, and so he went back to expediting for a co. who has a cat in it's logo.
Me? I'm lovin' bein' able to have alot more freedom, I'm not under so much pressure. I've still got very strong contacts in the bus biz and can go back into it anytime, however I think the freight industry is runnin' much stronger now than the bus biz is. Esp. after Katrina and Rita. I've been runnin' I-81 alot and across the bottom lately, however I'm also all over much of the US. No 2 weeks are the same, and I'm not stayin' in any one part of the country too long.
I go to T/A's & Pilot's alot, and Swift terminals alot as well.
I'm seriously considering on becoming an O/O within Swift towards next year and/or by this time next year.
I think the Bumper Sticker idea is a good thing...
perhaps there could be a portion of the site where visiters and regulars alike could design a bumper sticker? maybe something like for a month or 2 let people design bumper stickers and/or vote on designs/models of bumper stickers, and get 2 or 3 as final stickers... play with that idea. maybe a promotion of some kind could be tied into it for a truck show - hint hint. Ya know, somebody with the most votes on their sticker design gets a close reserved good parking spot for their rig at the KY Truck Show? a nice hotel for 2 nites with secured parking for their rig? free truck washes at the beacon for a month? one month of free showers at the J bird or ?
How about a satalite radio of some kind as a prize, with the 1st 6 months of service paid for? or ? Just brainstorming.
Great way to advertise for everybody involved.
This is why Swift hired me, I not only am a good dumpster diver at their terminals and help them out by giving all those Coleman and Igloo electric coolers a 2nd lease on life by giving that $60+ cooler a simple $20 motor, but I am also full of good ideas.
Now, if we can just convince EO excutives that truckstops with covered parking spaces and free cable tv and phone service would increase business we'd be set.
I sure hope ya'll keep throwing those coolers away, I've almost got the whole top bunk converted to a huge fridge, I just gotta figure out the freezer thing now. ah ha! another idea for a prize!
a freezer! ahhhh, that would be soooo nice.
By the way, why is it people throw away a cooler and it just needs somethin' simple and a good cleaning, but the TV's are always in pieces. I mean I can handle cleaning a TV, but glueing all that glass back together is gettin' on my nerves! Smile!
And always wear gloves when you dive.
BigBob
aka BigBusBob
