Averitt Express Not What it seems

It Just amazes me how you can drive 6 out of 7 days and only get 2000 miles. Must be spending a lot of time at the truck stops playing video games

 

I saw where you retired in 1992. That is before the new law of the 14 hour window. I have sat at a dock with a time stamped entry of 2:15 pm and an exit time of 8:45 pm. I started the day at 6:30 am. I had no choice but to go to the truckstop 1 mile away. Total miles for the day 70 miles.

 

Well just a little FYI, I have returned to driving, and have been driving under the new HOS. What I set out to do I accomplished. I just wanted to get you to explain WHY you were only getting 2000 miles a week. Thank you
LMB

 

sit, sit,sit. THAT IS THE AVERITT WAY!!!

 

70 miles in over 6 hours?

 

If you're sitting at a dock waiting to be loaded or unloaded for four to six hours, you can't do much else that day. And if you aren't given a load assignment to go anywhere, what do you do? Lots of people get lousy miles but they're spread out over the entire week. You can only go where you're told to go and no further.

 

I liked Averitt Express but I was making no miles I averaged about 1500 under Webb Davis. The biggest problem for me is I could not take the truck home at all which living in Michigan and working out of Fort Wayne really created problems. I would tread carefully here.

J

 

I have recently left Averitt. I averaged only about 1500 per week, but that is not why I left. Averitt pays HHD miles, and after 3 months when benefits kick in, they short drivers even more. Often up to 25% of actual miles, without any off-route miles. In spite of what their recruiters say, it is very difficult to get detention, unloading, or lay-over pay out of Averitt.

 

That is what stopped me from going with Averitt..the truck issue