the dump valve usually lets the air pressure off of the rear axle to make turning easier. i have 3 spread axle flats myself & this is the way they are set up. they are wired to a switch in the cab through the light cord.

As far as I know Maverick does not have dump valves on any of its trailers.

Home every 2 weeks
Average since mid second quarter 2300-2500 miles a week
Based in Laurinburg, NC
Not sure what the starting rate is at the moment
Think they maybe hiring only experienced (flatbed <<-- not sure) drivers

Any other questions let me know been with them about a year

i appreciate it ..... I will be sending an pm with my email. 2 questions for right now how is your home time and what is the ratio of glass to other loads that you pick up?

70% or so glass. Mileage log on blog will show you more details

Every 2 weeks. Except once and that was voluntary for a CA run totally my choice. Can range from just a 34 reset at home to 2-3 days depending on freight. Doctor and other appointments no problem just try to arrange them to be around your normal home time if possible.

Bookerz

Sounds good so far and i did check out the blog.... Really great detail!

Redcoat said he would take a look the next time he stopped which would be in a little bit to check his load. He was under the impression that it was something that was automatic.

Now, I'm not sure where Redcoat picked up his load whether it was in Darlington or somewhere else. I lose track of where he is. But I know it was a load of channel whatever that is. Some kind of iron?

Yesterday morning he got the call over the CB to come in and load and he said it was the most frustrating experience ever only because of the waiting. First he had to get in line to weigh the truck and get his paperwork. Then he had to get in line to get loaded with the channel. I think there were 5 or 6 pieces and he had to wrap the chains tight around each piece which sounded like quite a bit of work. Then he had to put the canvas tarps over that and then the regular tarps and "hundreds of bungees" as he put it. That took him about 2 1/2 hours. Then he had to get in line again to weigh the truck before leaving. It was something like 1500 before he finally rolled out of the yard.

He's headed up to Baltimore by way of I-20 to I-95 and for whatever reason (probably just really tired) he turned the wrong way from the shipper to get to I-20 and it took him a half hour before he could get turned around. He gets really nervous in unfamiliar territory so he doesn't like to just pop off the next exit to turn around unless he can see that there is a place for him to maneuver. After it was all said and done, it was close to 1900 before he finally made it almost to I-95 so he decided to call it a day since it was getting dark and he was hungry and exhausted. Better to get some food and sleep. He planned on getting up at 0400 to shower and get on the road by 0500.

I think, ideally, that in a perfect world, Maverick tries to deliver loads in the morning, bounce to the next shipper and the driver hopefully gets to the consignee by the evening in time to deliver the following morning.

My question is, realistically, how often does this happen? It seems more like deliver/bounce/load on one day and then travel the next day alternating days. Is this more the case?

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They did till drivers started rolling across the scales on 1 axle....

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No dump valves and that sounds like jackson TN.

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I may have given you some mis-information about the dump valves. Apparently, they are an after market install, when I worked for SMX, we had them on all the trailers. I can't imagine the manufacturer not including them with the trailer. RC should ask the other Mav drivers about them. When I worked for Arrow, they thought the drivers could unload/deadhead/reload the same day and deliver the next day early. (500 miles away) Kinda hard when you spend the whole day doing this using up hours.