It can, but I don't agree that it should. It's hard for the inside of the trailer, and you pretty much have to assume $50 off the top before your next load, so that bites into what it pays too. At least there was a fsc on it.
But, it fell right out the hopper doors as well as anything else I suppose.
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Well, you got one on hubby, he's never hauled coal.
He had a load the other day that loaded on the rail tracks, came back home pretty upset, cracks in the new super singles. Had them looked at today, and the tire place said run it that way.
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Yeah my regular tires have nice slits just about on every one of them.
That coal is not a good thing for the hopper. I went and got a wash, it was basically an hour of them cursing at it, and it still has a 5 o'clock shadow inside. Plus the gears all have tiny rocks and sledge in them now.
Never, Ever, Again.
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Oh crap. OK, passing this information on to hubby for future reference. Did they citrus it?
Hope that the load paid decent, at least.
Hubbys on his usual round this week, up to MN across to IL and back home. I don't think they wanted to shock him too much after our little vacation.
But, he did come home sick, so I guess, comfortable is better, and he knows where he is going, so I'm sure he's much more relaxed.
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Ok, well the load was designed to pay $2.75/mile for loaded pcmiler miles.
Reality was $2.58 for real loaded miles. After 211 mile deadhead and 20% off the top, I got $1.41/mile.
So yeah, still it was one of the better paying loads. $871.42 was my take for 617 miles. Ok, minus $50 for the washout.
edit: then I deadheaded home 300 miles
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