My Experiance with Watkins Shepard!

thats what they use in conover to load the trucks



American Trucker

 

So I just finished doing what I do best (Crunch Numbers) and here it is:

• I'm 37 miles from my Receiver Roughly 37 minutes
• My receiver is also going to be my first shipper so no driving involved
• Then 8 miles roughly 15 minutes to my second stop
• Then 265 miles roughly 4 hours 49 minutes to my third stop
• Then 79 miles roughly 1 hour 25 minutes to my forth stop
• Then 20 miles roughly 29 minutes to my fifth stop
• Then 99 miles roughly 1 hour 58 minutes to my sixth stop
• Then 8 miles roughly 17 minutes to my seventh stop
• Then 31 miles roughly 45 minutes to my eighth stop
• Then 195 miles roughly 3 hours 32 minutes to the Indianapolis, IN Terminal
• Then 550 miles roughly 9 hours 11 minutes to the Conover, NC terminal

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TOTAL: 1292 Miles 23 Hours 45 Minutes of Drive Time

Plus:
15 Minutes minimum at each stop: .25x8=2 Hours
15 Minutes minimum unloading in the morning
15 Minutes minimum at the Indianapolis, IN Terminal
15 Minutes minimum each day for Pre-Trip:.25x3=45 Minutes
15 Minutes minimum for each fuel stop (amount Unknown)
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TOTAL: 3 Hours 30 Minutes Minimum On Duty Not Driving Time

Plus: Two 10 Hour Breaks!

Thats also not including: Scales, Getting lost, Construction, Slow people, accidents, break downs, Breaks, Tire Checks, going 20mph up even the slightest little hill, and any other unexpected and unplanned time!

So with all that in mind according to my calculations I should get to Conover, NC between 12PM and 3PM On Thursday!




And all the hold hands out here whine all day about us "new" truckers not knowing how to do anything other then hold the wheel and follow the GPS, Do you know what I've got to say to them?????






American Trucker

 

If I had 5 log books like you had I could do that too! haha


Thats 90% GPS routing, I do my Estimated times with the GPS because its allways 100% of the time with 15 minutes of what it takes, BUT I can often find short cuts with my map, so If I plan my time with the GPS and run with the map I will be there early and have time left over lol I like to plan for the worse case scenario that way I'm always happy with the results haha




American Trucker

 

Don't feel bad me and My Rand McNally TND 700 fight and argue with eachother all the time, BUT unlike a real woman I win everytime.


Like my Tech School teacher used to say "You have GOT to be smarter then the Tool!" and "GI-GO (Garbage In Garbage Out)" Refering to calulators or any other computerized tool it can only give you the right answer if you give it the right information and enter it properly lol




American Trucker