Central Oregon Truck Co...the fun begins

What kind of fuel mileage do you have to achieve to get a bonus? I am sure glad we do not have such a program since I am hovering around 5mpg. Last month I was running about 4.5mpg. It is nice that it has warmed up and I get to shut the truck down occasionally. I will idle in the remote areas just to make sure I wont hear the deadmans click in the morning. Fuel is a lot cheaper even at almost $6.00 a gallon than a service call if I can't get it jumped off the reefer.

Good to hear you doing good. I was home for the weekend and will head out tomorrow evening again. I was out for 12 days and burned through my 70 twice. Those 15 hrs driving days up North demolish your 70 really quick. Luckily I only have to swing doors and don't have to do the tarp and chain routine. On my last trip I backed into the dock with doors closed and they opened the doors, loaded me, installed bulk heads and load locks and sealed the trailer all from inside the building. I never saw the product and the same at the offload location. I did check for my bulk heads and load locks before I left the drop location.

 

I don't know what kind of trailers they have, but you can also use straps on coils. A lot of people dont know that.

 

#####, WK! I get too busy and/or lazy to post for 3 mos, and you go trying to break yourself, quit and change fleets, all while running the rubber off the tires! I can't leave you unsupervised anymore!

A. Welcome to the Western 11 semi's! (Technically I'm W-11, Occasional-48 & Canada... but I've only been north and east twice, each.)

B. January was killer for me, too! Just barely missed the .03 prod. bonus, and only missed out on safety bonus cuz I kissed a pole at a shipper's obstacle course... er, loading bay. No fuel bonus @ 6.4.

C. Feb sucked for just over 8k miles. Several customer and maintenance issues. Oh well. I don't count on having a great month when it's that short, cold and windy.

D. Mar was great again bcuz 1- I got moved from #591 to #721! You're dead right about the extra 10"! It makes for about 35 cubic feet of extra living space. Do you want an upper bunk for the cargo space or for passenger? Cuz I made an easy, great shelf between the rear storage bins on the walls. Two closet poles, one wire shelving unit and several heavy duty cable ties. 2- I got just over 10,500 mi. Thats TWO months out of three, over 10k! I NEVER had a 10k mo in my year+ with Roehl. 3- Health insurance kicked in!

I'm currently in Wheeler Ridge on my way to Rialto in the morning. I don't know what's next, bcuz unlike you, I don't bother to inquire ahead of time; I like the surprise! Really, I dont want to feel like I'm pestering them. And it has almost always worked out fine. lol In my 4 mos here, I have not sat and waited for a load any longer than 30 min, and even then it was less than an hour, and I didnt mind the nap I took while I waited. We seriously do have some competent people working like devils in the background!

I'm not supposed to be going home until Sun cuz I have Dr's appts. on Mon & Tue. But I only have 31 hrs left on my 70, until Mon morn. I will find out tomorrow how they want to work it. They have not let me down yet!

Holy crapola its late. Lol Gotta get some winks b4 6 or my day will feel unnecessarily long!

 

ABS in Rialto suck egg nuggets! I've been here for 2 hrs and they just started unloading. Received my next trip on the way here that has an 8am appt tomorrow in Tracy. Not gonna make that! I'm barely going to get to shipper in South Gate in time if this yahoo doesn't figure out how to operate the forklift soon...

 

So I just read in their latest recruiting ad they are paying drivers $100 if they are not dispatched within an hour of being empty. Sounds nice, hopefully its true, would be a good motivator to keep you guys rolling

 

I'm glad Kenworth was able to fix the mysterious and massive coolant leak in 591.

I love our planners! They got me home with a pipe load to Sparks, next door Reno. And Dustin asked me if I had a preference for leaving back out on Wed! I asked him to send me far and wide, back east or south somewhere.