Systems Transport

Thanks for the explanation!

 

I've been with my trainer OTR for the past month. We did several loads, one of the loads brought us back to Spokane and I was able to spend my "reset" at home. Week later another load brought us back by Spokane and I spent a night at home. Now two weeks later it's been a month and I'm getting my 4 days off for 4 weeks spent OTR.
As far as "fuel solution" we haven't had problems with it. It's always on the route where we're going to and we didn't have to wait in line to get fueled very long at all. Usually there was open spot available right away when we'd pull up into fuel island. Do your load check/fueling at same time so you won't have to stop until your next 150 mile/3 hour load check. Yeah sure, I don't like stopping for load checks, takes a little bit of time away but its rule that you have to follow. In the end if you don't like working for this company you can find plenty of other companies to work for, take care of your CDL and you will never be without a job. If you want more authority (which sounds like you do) you need to think about becoming owner/operator.

 

How can you control fuel mileage. I mean when truck is loaded it will get 5-6mpg etc vs unloaded empty ~9. You don't have whole lot to control about fuel mileage, they already tuned trucks so they won't rev past 1500rpm and speed is governed at 65 mph and you can't idle it more than 5 minutes.

 

For me with On the pole fleet if I didn't want to fuel somewhere I called dispatch and asked them to replan my route and fuel. They always had no issue with me doing that. Sure it's time you don't get paid for to fuel but it's their truck. They get to decide that. I was 100% on my fuel routing when I left. Yeah you save a bit of time doing it your way but how much did you cost yourself by missing out on the raise?
Not trying to be hard on you, now that I've switched to running my own rig I now see the value in picking and choosing fuel spots. It's a lesson that cost me a good chunk of change to figure out last week. This game is won and lost on fuel prices and freight rates. And they aren't getting that good of rates for most of the standard freight they do. Just my .02

 

Bozeman livestock auction is tomorrow morning. I'm sitting in billings right now, I may head that way tomorrow or just load here. Just depends on what the meat packing plant in Minnesota buys at the auctions. I'm doing good so far, I'm averaging $2.30 on all miles and running hard. I did 4600 miles this week. Just taking a 34 now

 

Are you running elogs or paper logs?

 

Paper. I have my own truck and am running my own authority. No computers for this fella