Originally Posted by Alanp613

Ur buddy is having cold feet. I am assuring him as long as he runs and watch his spending he'll do just fine

Originally Posted by BigG2009

Hey Alan......do drivers there have to be out 6-8 weeks at a time to make anything, or is there a better home time deal...I wanna make cash, but at the same time, I have a wife and kids that Id like to see as well...I can do 3 weeks with 2 days at home, but 8 weeks......thats a bit insane to me eh...

Originally Posted by AspiringTrucker

Well then you don't understand the question. For example, I am currently under a load from Milton, PA to Wilsonville, OR- 2744 miles. I picked up Tues at 1200 and have to have it in OR Thurs at 1600. That's 57 hours. 2744 divided by 57= 48. So my dispatch is 48 miles per hour (no DOT breaks because I team.)

So for some of your loads to be dispatched at 72 you would have to have an 80 MPH truck that you could actually do 80 for the whole trip otherwise one fuel stop would put you in service failure territory. I don't know how your company operates so if they give you a load and tell you to just get there asap but no later than a certain time, then that certain time would be what you would use to calculate your dispatch speed. This is all I am trying to figure out. I have never run reefer before and it's my understanding that there are a lot of live unloads. Are they on a first come first serve basis, or by apt only, or a mix? For you guys to be getting 3000-3500 miles a week I would tihnk a lot of them are first come first serve, but no later than a certain time.

The main reason I asked is because I am interested in JCT but since I team the dispatch speeds they use would play a big part in my decision. I can run 50-55 MPH dispatches with no problem, but if it gets over that then that's a bit outside of my comfort zone.