THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

Here is the one I got for my truck:

http://www.amazon.com/Whirlpool-WMC20005YB-Black-Countertop-Microwave/dp/B005GSZB3M

Its a 750w microwave but remember you will need an inverter probably closer to 2000w to be able to handle starting it.

So, ended up working out some other loads. Guess who is going back to C&S wholesale in York? LOL. Just couldn't help it, when I can string together a set of loads like this I'll sit through their long unload if I have to. I deliver in York on the 30th, what I'm hoping is that by the time I actually get there I can grab a decent load back to NC to take some time off.


Got some interesting loads lined up here... short pallet run that pays $6.51 per loaded mile, just threw that one in there cause I've got some time between two of my bigger loads, so why not. Then a quad-stopper load picking up in 3 places in NC then delivering to GA. Will probably be all over Atlanta, Charlotte, and Carlisle OCs throughout the rest of this week and the weekend.

 

I don't get anything for empty miles, I'm paid by percentage not mileage. If I do a long deadhead I choose a load that pays a high enough rate to cover the long deadhead. For example, notice one of the loads has "230" written in the "empty miles" column.

FSC isn't listed in the screenshot that I posted above. You can see it in a more detailed view of each load, the screenshot I posted is just a general overview of some loads that I had booked. Also included in that total revenue is stop-off pay, etc. The total revenue and per-mile rate are the numbers that I focus on.

LHL revenue I believe stands for linehaul revenue (maybe?) and is what the load pays for point a to point b. It does not include FSC or any additional pay such as stop-off on multi-stop loads.

For example, here is how the last load in the screenshot breaks down:

First I have a 55 mile deadhead to pick up the load (55 miles in empty column)

Then I pick up the load and I take it 720 miles to the delivery (720 miles in loaded miles column)

I get paid a total of $1433.36 to transport this load. This includes fuel surcharge, and any additional pay like if it had multiple stops (it doesn't)

From pickup the delivery I'm looking at roughly $1.99 per mile (estimated loaded rate per mile column)

However, I have a 55 mile deadhead to make from the previous load to arrive at the pickup, which brings the total per mile rate down to $1.85 per mile (estimated total rate per mile)

 

A fridge like this - http://www.truckfridge.com/tf49.html - would probably be pretty hard on batteries only. I plan to get one sort of like that (maybe not that specific model) at some point.

I am still using the same fridge I used in my company truck - http://www.adventurerv.net/dometic-coolfreeze-portable-refrigerator-freezer-cf25-cf025dc-p-1227.html - now. This one worked great with the company truck and would stay running my entire hometime without draining the trucks batteries. It can also act as a freezer. The biggest thing to remember with any kind of a fridge is it is only efficient when it is full - fill up empty space with bottles of water, etc. Same can be said for a big fridge at home, too! Much cheaper to run one full than it is empty.

Here is my Dometic CF-25 that I use right now.





My plan is to get a larger fridge like the one I listed above to keep drinks and lunch meat, etc. in.

Then, I will use my little Dometic fridge and turn it all the way down to freezer mode (it will cool down to -18*F) and put frozen food items in that one that I can cook in the microwave.

I am trying to find out which Dometic model this fridge is. I ran across the picture below it it is the perfect fit inside a Cascadia cabinet. Still trying to track it own though. If anyone recognizes the model number I would really like to know what it is.