Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

I’m trying really hard to just keep my mouth shut. I like Bob too. I just can’t help but think if he was making 1.75 a mile vs 1.15 a mile, how much different he would think about things. How much precious “time” is wasted by running for so cheap? Perhaps in a 70 hr week, around half those hours could be considered wasted?

It’s all about how you look at things. Sitting at a wash bay doesn’t seem so bad then.

 

Ugh... I am not so sure...when they pay $3-4 per mile I feel even more pressure to run 12-14k miles per month than when they pay $1-2 per mile, and literally to the point of physical exhaustion.
Or maybe not so much after I paid a visit to ER last week. LOL
However, after a month any White Volvo needs a truck wash. Now when the new HOS rules allow on Duty non driving status to qualify for 30 min break, it should be easier to find time for it.

 

I do not run filthy looking equipment. You do not need to wash a truck more than once every couple months to keep the dirt knocked down and keep it looking decent.

Unless, of course you run off road or get into a mud pit.

EDIT. Also note that even if I were making $5.00 per mile, I would still drive 12-14k per month if possible. I am not a truck driver in order to park an ornament in a truck stop.

 

Yup. Been there.

 

Not always there are long lines at Blue Beacons...Let's face it; $75 - $90 per wash is a nice bone in Ribeye steak dinner and 2 tall draft beers at Outback restaurants.. enough for a tip too. I mean, I have these dilemmas too. Sometimes, however, my White Volvo needs to look white too. Lol

 

Im the same way. I’d like to think it buys me more retirement time that I recapture much further down the line though.

Scooter has been using the high rates to work 25 hours a week less or so. But, he also has grand kids coming to the house so that seems like a great use of time.

Oh well. What do they say? Six one way, half dozen the other?

 

I like to think I'm a good friend to have, as well.

 

I can’t tell that it does anything. If you get through Greensboro nc. Davis power wash has a good spray on wax.

 

I just can't believe how big companies keep finding guys to run for a fixed rate. The guy who parks next to me at home, already ran over a million miles for PAM leasing their trucks. Right now his pay is $1.15 per mile including fsc and he only gets like 2500 miles per week doing reefer work