Still in the Game - yes
Long time between posts here to Live Journal - that's what happens when Facebook takes over as a person's onlinjea outlet - all others get left behind since FB is so immediate and interactive but here ww are - back at LJ with a post. I am still moving trucks - have done 33 trips this year and was pretty active in September 2014- less so the past two weeks but that's partly due to the job list which has seen the Midwway Ford F-150 and F-250 pickups dry up temporarily. They've been my mainstay all year - probably 80% of the trucks I've moved have been Asplundh units going to their managers and foremen - always Ford trucks but in varying livery and equpiment. The higher level the manager the better equipped their trucks but all are new and reliable and make for easy moves.
Here was a regular non-Asplundh unit I moved two weeks ago - a very short move from Elmhurst, Illinois to South Beloit, IL - about 83 miles, almost a suburb to suburb move except South Beloit is near Rockford and out beyond O'Hare by 40 miles. Had to used Van Galder bus to get back to the city then Amtrak's Southwest Chief to KC.
I see some changes in LJ online entry since my last time using their interface. Trying to add and image but it's not taking so far. I'l get there.
OK there it is and the unit was a 1998 IHC 4700 bucket truck that was in surpringly good condition being moved to the JJ Kane auction lot for Oct 23 auction - it was the old style IHC cab and dash that I don't see much anymore but was very common when I started this work in 2001 - the newer style cab layout much preferred but this one was clean, had been in use recently and except for 80 miles of contruction on i-290 and I-90 was an easy move.
i spent the night in the Chicago Hostel so i could get the 5 53 am Metra UP West train out to Villa Park then Uber cab to the city garage to make the pick up. Hostel rate is about $43 now but still a bargain for clean/safe downtown CHI place to stay - really no other choice under $100. Uber is great - my cost was $7.14 for the short ride from Villa Park Metra stop 3 miles to the garage. Later in South Beloit for about the the same distance, regular cab was $18 - a gouge via their "flat rate". Should have inquired deeper but didn't have any oother choices out there as the Rockford cabs wanted $40 just to to come to South Beloit. No wonder Uber is taking over a lot of biz from traditional cabs - but they don't serve all areas so I often have to use regular cab service. i've used Uber twice - both times good experiences - it's cool to watch your driver approach you via the Uber smartphone app and you get his or her name and photo before they show up. That is a big change in this work - the number of cell fone apps I used regularly - very handy in many ways. If yoiu sign up with Uber here's a code that will get you $30 in credit toward your first use: UberRJW . I get some credits too. We both win.
Well there's a shorty to prove I'm alive - will try to do some more and maybe reprise some past trips that had a few interesting moments - actually moving the Asplundh units there's not too much drama. They're new, we don't cross the scales and most are well equipped - some even with Sirius XM. The upper echelon managers get those dressed out units.
Facebook for more of the give and take - just sort thru about 10,000 people with my name. Imposters every one of them.
Here was a regular non-Asplundh unit I moved two weeks ago - a very short move from Elmhurst, Illinois to South Beloit, IL - about 83 miles, almost a suburb to suburb move except South Beloit is near Rockford and out beyond O'Hare by 40 miles. Had to used Van Galder bus to get back to the city then Amtrak's Southwest Chief to KC.
I see some changes in LJ online entry since my last time using their interface. Trying to add and image but it's not taking so far. I'l get there.
OK there it is and the unit was a 1998 IHC 4700 bucket truck that was in surpringly good condition being moved to the JJ Kane auction lot for Oct 23 auction - it was the old style IHC cab and dash that I don't see much anymore but was very common when I started this work in 2001 - the newer style cab layout much preferred but this one was clean, had been in use recently and except for 80 miles of contruction on i-290 and I-90 was an easy move.
i spent the night in the Chicago Hostel so i could get the 5 53 am Metra UP West train out to Villa Park then Uber cab to the city garage to make the pick up. Hostel rate is about $43 now but still a bargain for clean/safe downtown CHI place to stay - really no other choice under $100. Uber is great - my cost was $7.14 for the short ride from Villa Park Metra stop 3 miles to the garage. Later in South Beloit for about the the same distance, regular cab was $18 - a gouge via their "flat rate". Should have inquired deeper but didn't have any oother choices out there as the Rockford cabs wanted $40 just to to come to South Beloit. No wonder Uber is taking over a lot of biz from traditional cabs - but they don't serve all areas so I often have to use regular cab service. i've used Uber twice - both times good experiences - it's cool to watch your driver approach you via the Uber smartphone app and you get his or her name and photo before they show up. That is a big change in this work - the number of cell fone apps I used regularly - very handy in many ways. If yoiu sign up with Uber here's a code that will get you $30 in credit toward your first use: UberRJW . I get some credits too. We both win.
Well there's a shorty to prove I'm alive - will try to do some more and maybe reprise some past trips that had a few interesting moments - actually moving the Asplundh units there's not too much drama. They're new, we don't cross the scales and most are well equipped - some even with Sirius XM. The upper echelon managers get those dressed out units.
Facebook for more of the give and take - just sort thru about 10,000 people with my name. Imposters every one of them.