Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

The boring runs comments were made when we were discussing @rollin coal's experiences working out of a Walmart DC. As far as the other stuff - not making enough money, average miles per day, etc. are the same...if I am not averaging enough miles per day, then I am not making enough money. I would like to see more than one 3000+ mile week every 6 weeks, especially this time of year pulling a reefer, and especially spending this much time away from home. And I'm not like you, I won't go running to the upper management (allegedly) being an informant every chance I get. I go to the source of the problem and confront them directly. Then, upper management can see that I am attempting to resolve the issue thru proper channels if that doesn't resolve the issue, then they can get involved.

Instead of #####ing about people on the thread they created, why don't you start your own. You can call it "How I think ya'll are ####ing up". I'm sure it will be a useful addition to the forum.

 

Amen brother. I have some positive observations and some humorous posts as well (although not as many as I used to), but all these haters seem to only post when I am venting and post the occasional rant. Some of these members are the kind of people that would complain about a traffic jam caused by a serious wreck, then stop to get a good look at the carnage once they get to the scene of the crash.

 

Alternate advice is one thing, but there are a number of members who would only post a negative reply when I would react or rant to a negative (or multiple negative) issues that the happen with the company I was currently working for. Most make seem like they're waiting for the opportunity to a "there he goes again" reply.

I appreciate the guidance about places like Estes or OD, but the main reason I stay out like I do isn't just to try to make a bigger monthly pay, it's because I would have a hard time with the limited time off a home daily or home weekly position would have. The way it is with staying out 6-10 weeks is then I am eligible for enough time off to accomplish larger tasks at home. I mean, my last hometime I did a full brake job on both of our vehicles, (including a day wait for a new caliper and rotor), and I replaced the oil cooler/filter housing on my wife's RAM (which requires you to disassemble the entire top of the motor right down to the valley between the heads), along with puting a new water pump on it as well. That much couldn't have been accomplished on a couple days off on the weekend. So there is advantages to the extended time out.

 

Preplanned on a load. Pickup in Albany, GA on Monday, deliver to Mechanicsburg on Wednesday. And since my truck is almost due for a B service, I will go ahead and have that done as well. I figured, since my hometime has hurt my week's miles, may as get a service done, and hopefully get out and get a head start on next week.(See haters, no bitterness, only being positive and hopeful).

 

Unfortunately it was also mentioned in the discussion from this post, that the current trend with shorter runs isn't gonna change, which is bad news for old school old farts like me. And the even older school drivers probably had similar discussions when deregulation changed things, and when the chauffeur license changes and the CDL was introduced. There are times I wish I could hop in a time machine and go back a couple-three decades.