Cheeseman Trucking, Fort Recovery, Ohio

Yes you can have riders as long as the proper paperwork is filled out. Orientation is 2.5 days. Get there Monday, and it starts on Tuesday. You will be done on Thursday afternoon and get a dispatch that day usually headed home so you can get your truck set up.

 

I live just South of Charlotte, N.C. ....they have a terminal in S.C.. We are always going through Cincy.. Orientation is done at the main terminal in Fort Recovery, Ohio.

 

They say home weekly.....but in three months I have been stuck out a couple times not by choice. I don't mind being out the occasional weekend, because I just came from a company where I usually stayed out 4 to 5 weeks. As far as load choice...if your at one of the terminals they may give you a choice of 3 or 4 different loads if they have them, but at other times it might be whatever is available.

 

I had a pretty busy week. I Left last Sunday with a load off of our yard in Sc going to Toledo, Ohio for a 0800 delivery. I kicked that off with out a hitch, and went to pick up load of forklift batteries in Fremont Ohio going over to New Bremen, Ohio. From there I went to P&G in Lima, Ohio Going to Middle Village, NY (Queens)...now I volunteered to take this load, but in the end the $80 they pay us to go into the Burroughs wasn't worth it. I stayed at the TA in Columbia, NJ exit 4 in I80, I was only 90 miles from the customer and had a 1200 noon appt.. I left 6 hours early to give myself plenty of time, im glad I did because unbeknown to me all other bridges except the GW were closed due to high winds (this will come back to be bite me later on in the story) so it took me 5.5 hrs to go the 90 miles to the customer. I got unloaded in about an hour, and was given a load that picked up later that night in York, Pa.. I left Queens and headed to the the Verazzano bridge, well again I had no idea that all bridges were shut down due to high winds. I got to the Verazzano and had two choices...turn around and fight traffic all the way back to the GW or wait it out. I decided just to wait it out, and about an hour and half later they finally allowed trucks to cross.

I headed to York, Pa. for a d/hook pick up going to Detroit for the next day. I picked up the load and called it a night. I got up bright and early and made it to my delivery in Detroit about 1500. From there I went back to P&G in Lima, Ohio and picked up another load going to Albany, Ny. for a 2000 appt. Friday night. I was empty in Albany fairly quickly and was given a load, that load anytime Sat. morning coming back down to SC for a Monday delivery. I ran in Snow most of this past week, and all day yesterday from Binghampton, NY all the way into NC. I finished the week with 3756 miles, but only 3035 will be on this pay period. When I deliver Monday mid-morning I will have about 879 miles to start next week off with. I hope everyone has a safe and productive week.