Big Times February 2015 Welcome to Stewart Graves, Salina warehouse paperwork DBTI Website Salina Mechanic, Ali KulmiyeDriver Trainee. Glad to have you all as a part of the Big B Crew. In order to better keep track of loads, Jake in the Salina warehouse is asking that all drivers record their name and trailer number before dropping paperwork off at any of the DBTI warehouses in Salina. Soon we will be updating the DBTI website so we are looking for suggestions. Are there things that you would like to see on our website? Please let Jamie know what you think. ND & SD Spring Load Restrictions THE TRAIN……… March: 10th Clifton Brown 11th Tony Morris 18th Terry Bonin 19th Janet Vinduska 24th Mark Hallman 26th Gary Schippers 27th Chuck Nitchals 29th Curt Free 30th Dave Vinduska 31st Gene Renz Company Anniversaries March: 21 yrs. Ed Maupin 12 yrs. Robert Seiler 7 yrs. Dave Vinduska Janet Vinduska 5 yrs. Wendy VanWinkle Tom Steffl Rick Strayer Warren Unruh Colette Bogart John Hoffman Dan Labat 3 yrs. Ray Hoffman 1 yr. Gary Hochstein Every year during the spring some of the northern states impose “Spring weight restrictions” on some county and state highways. We have posted maps showing these restrictions at each of the offices. You will also be able to find those maps included with the newsletter on our company website: www.dougbradleytrucking.com Congratulations to Gene and Linda Renz on the birth of their grandson Elijah Ronin Ibarra born on January 27th to Harmony and Kyle Ibarra weighing in at 3lbs. 14oz. and 16in. long. He’s got some growing to do, but he’s a fighter with a good set of lungs. No violation Winner... Tony Morris – Congratulations January & February No Violation Inspections: Carmie Hawkins- SD/Level 3 Ray Hoffman- CO/Level 3 Barney Nitchals- MN/Level 2 James Conway- WA/Level 3 Tony Morris- KS/Level 3 Dougie Gorecki- AR/Level 3 Clayton Mitchell- MN/Level 2 Mike Unrein- IL/Level 3 Don Corrigan- NC/Level 2 and thank you for the clean inspection. Please stop into Stacey’s office to pick up your prize. Violation Inspections: Terry Bonin- Log Book Not Current-MO/Level 3 Richard Reeser- Defective Fifth Wheel, Not Latched-MN/Level 1 Tom Steffl- False Log-OOSTN/Level 3 Richard Reeser- Flat Tire on TrlKS/Level 3 At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even grandchildren. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves. The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life. Smartway Award Recently we received an award for ranking in the top 20% of carriers in our class for “Carbon Efficiency.” This just means we are doing a good job of keeping a small Carbon Footprint and reducing emissions. You can see a copy of this award on the Doug Bradley Trucking, Inc. Facebook page. Inspection Account Balances ‖ Company Driver -$100 ‖ Owner Operator -$250