Instant O/O and Load boards

And I was going to suggest the coffee cans. I've used cans a bunch of times.

Can you still buy exhaust tape??

Not likely I think it was asbestos.

 

This is a very mature and competitive business. Profits are measured in a few cents per mile. It is why companies jump on things that save even 1/2 cent per mile.

 

Don't feel too bad rob. I'm sitting here trying to decide if I should turn this truckback in while I still have a marriage. Or at least I need a new gig somewhere. Between the $460 I'm stillfighting landstar for on that "rate change" and my ac repair last wEek I believe I sent home $1400 the last 4 weeks and with a $1020 truck note I can't have that.

 

I'd keep the truck. At least when I take care of her and treat her right,
she gives me tens of thousands of dollars instead of the other way around. :smt033

 

Well where do I start..lets start by saying hoppers have not had a good start with me. first the delivery fopah, then hand loading oats groats from the silo, theres the re-capp get to Nocagdoches fine then head for freeport the next morning.. got there about 130pm . Its on port and I don't have TWIC.. wait for escort and this jerk comes out and ask if I am there to pick up from Sage 5 Foods.. I said yes sir he said no your not! I said yes sir and handed him the papers he just glared at me and says we don't load after 12pm.....I made the best of it found a little place to park for $5.. said its ok to drop trailer so I locked it up and head into town.. Went shoping, hair-cut and a sit down dinner... Get to the port back in and start loading.. Guy speaks NO english so I draw a picture of the truck and trailer with the amounts I want loaded and where... It took 6 trips to the scales to finally get full and on the last one I was over weight.. he has the gates locked up and is directing me off port... I call the office and tell them I need to dump 1600lbs where do they want it? They come back out to get me back into the hole dump the guestimated amount and back to the scales AGAIN. I now have the 50k I asked for at 530pm....I get to a cat scale and my drives are over by 1100lbs so I stop and get a snow/scoop shovel and head back to the scales to start shoveling rice flour from the front hop to the rear... finally get it right and head north. Get to Nashville and the pre-season game is letting out...aaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 hours in traffic.... I 65 south of Louisville theres 4 accidents. Motorcycle run over by a big truck, 3 big trucks crash not paying attention or listening to the radio for the wreck ahead.. at least one truck caught fire. I'd stopped ahead of it for some rest so I didn't have to sit through that... I was already beat. Get to Saint Marys OH,,,, deliver fine but missed my pick-up headed back to GA by 45 minutes.. So I get to sit at the TA off I75 near saint Marys till Tuesday morning... All toll the problems of pickup and delivery have cost me 6 days of work that I can never recover. ah..........


Good news is I increased my milage tremendously by changing my shift points from 1700 to 1500 and running the cruise at 67-68 first tank from TX to N-AL I got 7.64 second tank from there to OH I got 6.78...

 

Phil
What is your stack hight?
I can put on my trailer and run it over to your house/shop
Let me know

 

Wow, we do have some very helpful members here. Way to step up and be a good, oldschool trucker, Ray.

I'm impressed.

 

well ,pharm hope everthing works out ok,,head what you preach me friend,you just told medman to stick it out now you have to do the same!!!!!it will work out rob ,seems their are some realy good people on here comeing to your aid!!!!!! AND MAY I ADD YOUR ONE OF THEM!!!!the one thing i dont do to often is forget,remember when just my a/c clutch went out you offerd to drive 200 miles round trip just so i could stay cool ,and get a shower so the flys wouldnt chase me anymore and do some laundry?????,dude ,what you did is open your home to me!!!!! and if i could help right now i would ,in a heartbeat but the moneys are just starting to come in and im running my ### off????but i must add from what you told me rob you need to be there assisting in the repair of your truck!!!!learning asking questions,so as things add up you can put that wrench in your hand and turn it yourself and save those bucks for the bigger heartachs,and keep the home front going,,,chin up my friend,you have sucsessfuly hit the bottom,now you have to climb back yup,,,,,,,,,i use to have a saying ,theres three things i know,one im already at the bottom of the barrarl,2)theres a ladder,and half way up that ladder is one little short (mo!##,##@#$#)that wants toknock me back down,but when i get to the top,3)theres a long tunnel and half way down that tunnel there is a light ROB!!!!!so start climbing my friend.it wont be easy ,untill you start your path down the tunnel