Only Drivers Happy With Werner

I moved over to the DG account at Ardmore and beginning to wonder if that was a mistake. Last two weekly settlements have been around 550. Now I'm stuck at the DC with no hours and cannot go home for reset in Dallas.

I'm looking into the possibility of buying a truck from Werner and being an O/O and maybe going back to 48 van. 800 a week is better than 550 for sure.

Any O/O's out there on 48 van and the Dollar General. I would appreciate any comments but no BS stuff, okay?

 

If you aren't making money in a company truck, you certainly aren't going to do it at $0.88/mile in a beat up fleet sales truck with a spit shine and an engine wash. If you're deadset on buying one of werner's throw away trucks, just wait until you can buy it AND pay it off that year. That's the only surefire way I've seen the relationship work out. How you scrape the $40k together is up to you, just don't count on werner getting it to you as you go.

DG is one of the better accounts for money making once you get used to cramming the carts on the lift without spilling too many of them. This is a very sluggish season for retail, so I doubt many drivers are seeing great paychecks so closely tied to consumer spending.

 

Well, hosed again. No home load so sitting here at the DC in Ardmore for reset. I hate it when they get behind on getting loads out and just start passing out loads without regards to HOS left and home location. Oh well, life in the fast lane.

 

They won't let you bobtail the 2 hours home on PDT?

When I was on F$ I usually had to bobtail 4 hours from Iowa to eastern Illinois for the weekend. I felt silly doing it, but it helped perk up my MPG into the mid 8's.

 

No dice on the BT home. I did like the MPG when I started. Drove the 170 miles from the house to here. I got 8.7 for that week

 

Wow I'm happy when I get 6.70 mpg on a trip!! Even bobtailing I average 7 on a good day!

 

Yikes. I've pushed 9 at 80K some days. Best I could do in the older trucks with CATs was high 7's.

You sure your tractor is in good shape? Or are you just enjoying not having the accelerator strapped to your wallet?

 

It's a cascadia with the top 2 transmission and a series60 engine, the truck sounds good no leaks whatsoever but I do see a crap load of I64 and pretty much a lot of hills, I averaged a 4.56 on a trip from Indianapolis to Richmond.

 

I just ran 64 from Louisville to st.louis and got 7.8mpg at gross in a 386 with an ISX in front of an 8 speed. I have heard that detroits are garbage on fuel economy and pulling hills, though.

Got your tires around 105psi with the 5th wheel as far forward as you can manage? If you can get ahold of Kevin in Indianapolis, or the foreman in Lithia Springs, they can tell you exactly what you need to do to maximize your mileage for the truck you're in, and neither will be bothered telling you. Both are great guys, and Gra-Gar wouldn't have such a bad wrap if there were more like them.

 

I'm trying to stay away from terminals those are blackholes, an oil change in Allentown cost me 2 days. So even when they tell me to fuel up in Indianapolis I just keep on going for the next fuel stop.I keep that truck in top shape as much as I can. And I checked with my father he have a 98 freightliner classic with the same engine and he is averaging about the same. So I'm fine with that... Right now I'm just doing some military training so I won't be seeing road until the weekend.