Driving OTR with US Xpress

I get my home-time every time I request it, usually on the day I put in for. Sometimes situations arise that force me to get home a day late, but I make up for it by taking an additional day off that I lost by coming home late.

I stay out normally 4 weeks at a time. Sometimes longer, sometimes less. It all depends on what's happening at home or how I'll be impacted by the holidays.

Coming home will always affect the paycheck because the truck's not moving. I found that staying out around 4-5 weeks at a time works out the best for me.

 

I think Walmart dedicated is a great fleet. I get loaned out to the Walmart DC in Shelby, NC every now and then. I'd consider it if I could get assigned to a DC near my home in GA.

Good luck. Let me know how it works out.

 

Hello Everyone.

I'm in Towanda, KS heading down to our terminal in Irving, TX. This is a nice run. Picked up at P&G in West Branch, IA, and delivers in Waxahatchie, TX on Tuesday morning. Paid miles:886.

I'll make Irving by early afternoon on Sunday, so I've asked for a drop number so I can keep moving. I'm not ready to sit around for almost 40 hours waiting to deliver.



Here's something spooky.

I stopped at the Tamarak Travel Plaza in WV for a break one night and I saw my old truck "Christine". I thought for sure she was going to be rotated out with the high mileage. Guess not.

Anyway, as I was walking past her, the head lights flicked on, then off.





I walked up to the truck.........no one inside.




Now that's creepy.






Guess it was just saying "Hi".





Thanks for reading.
-Wedge

 

Yeah. Hope the thing doesn't burst into flames.


A quick update:


Made my drop in Irving 2 days early and got a load that picks up at a Walmart DC in Desoto, TX and drops at a Walmart DC in Cullman, AL. Paid miles: 676.

There are no mtys here at the terminal, so I have to PU an mty at a Sears in downtown Dallas before I roll in to the Walmart. Pick up time is 0600 so it's off to bed.