Roadrunner transportation from the start

They work with arrow trucks and lakeside intl in WI.Your credit is not a factor as they are co-signing. Your payments are deducted weekly and then paid monthly to the lender. Restrictions on the trucks are has to be 300,000 miles or less and payment has to be under 2500 per month

 

Well first load out Indy To Seattle nice run pays decent del sun they already called and have me lined up for back to Indy. There is a definite learning curve here, and you need to have a good understanding of trucking or it's going to be much harder. So far it seems that they want to keep you in the dark so that you will pull terminal freight which benefits them greatly. You can make money doing that so I will not rock the boat yet.The def system on this truck is still not right but its working for now.Man after six months off I rolled about 670 miles today and I am beat, feels like my legs are jello. First time in 20 plus years I am taking my dog with me so far so good.

 

Well I'm sitting in Oregon can't del until tonight. Then up to Seattle to final and pu on tuesday. Sitting for a day on a load that has a little to much time on it. But ok for first load out after six months off. However I'm a little ticked off and maybe I am off so you guys tell me if I am missing something here. Here are the facts I pu Tuesday night in Indiana they do not communicate well here, you just have to figure it out. No idea when I del in Portland 2300 plus miles away. On the manifest it says del expected AT 1800 8/10. Now everywhere I have worked a live unload that has a date and time is an appt. Also the place is closed from Friday at 1300 until 1800 Sunday. One more thing I know I wont reload until Tues.

Now Im not going to make fri by 1300 so I am cruising along getting good fuel mileage making my check calls etc when on Friday I get a call "why are you in Evanston Wy?" Well sh$% I thought I screwed up maybe I was supposed to go to Portland Maine. So I say well where should I be "well you should be delivering today" my reply was you need to think that thru a little and quit burning up my minutes.

Should I have run it thru and del friday burning fuel at 5.9 instead of 8.1? only to sit in seattle till Tuesday? I don't know but I can tell you one thing talking to me with an attitude will get you back an attitude you won't like. Oh well it is beautiful out here sitting here looking out at the river about 100 miles from del cruise on in and wait for them to get there. Would you have run this load differently?

 

Carguy That is a hard question to answer because I don't know how much deadhead is involved freight rates etc. But in general I would go with % especially on Reefer freight the rates are very good right now I saw 8000 on produce from CA back East. Good luck let me know how it goes

 

Sounds to me like you have a good plan. Kind of hard to give accurate pay info from here as I have only been with Roadrunner 1 trip But there is money here. You will need a down payment to buy outright most likely. IMHO and this is my opinion only. I would put minimal down payment and keep the rest for expenses you will need the nest egg. You can always pay ahead if things go well. Cash is king keep as much as you can. A down payment effects your monthly payment by approx 25 dollars per 1000 down. Sounds like your heading in a good direction take care

 

Side note off topic. Tony Stewart situation No judgement from me on here but I will say this. If I was driving at night and a state trooper ran out trying to get me to stop and I hit him, pretty sure Ima sittin in the hoosegow right now.

 

Picking up in the am for dallas we will see how it goes getting loaded in dallas oh well if I can get by till I figure this craziness out I think it will be good First load out tells me do not deliver on weekend or monday. I am afraid the sitting time may be more than what I am used to and if that is the case i will for sure be pulling other freight instead of waiting on them to load something 2 days later nice long haul though. to early to complain actually looks like it might be pretty good.