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Double Yellow's Company Driver to Independent Thread

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by double yellow, Nov 5, 2014.

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  1. Mar 8, 2015 #411
    HalpinUout

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    No need google when you got doubleyellow, dudes a straight shooter
     
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  3. Mar 9, 2015 #412
    icsheeple

    icsheeple Trailing the Herd

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    Kudos on the new wagon. Every new Hyundai composite I've pulled has been way out of alignment. I've heard alignments fall on the dealer.
     
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  4. Mar 13, 2015 #413
    double yellow

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    Quick update: Haven't hit any home runs in my first week back, but I am getting some base hits.

    31,000 lb Herlong, CA to Ft. Jackson, SC: $4000 on 2650 loaded miles (2850 with dh) -- $1.40/all miles -- ouch!
    45,000 lb Summerville, SC to Dubuque IA via Rockford, IL: $2350 on 1070 loaded miles (1160 with dh) -- $2.03/all miles
    13,000 lb Oshkosh, WI to Lexington, SC: $2425 on 977 loaded (1160 with dh) -- $2.09/all miles


    The best news is that fuel economy is noticeably improved with the new trailer:

    Sacramento to Laramie: 8.3 mpg
    Laramie to Mascoutah, IL: 10.1 mpg
    Mascoutah, IL to Inman, SC (after going to Columbia/Summerville): 8.6 mpg

    Those aren't ecm readings; they're odometer miles by gallons added (odometer is less than 1% off)... Current tank is over 8.6 mpg according to the scangauge, but it should rise now that I'm picking up a 13K load...



    The day after I booked that Herlong run, an agent called offering me $3/mile from Stockton to Dallas so I clearly could have done better getting out of Cali. And it was only 15,000 lb too! Guess I lacked patience after getting a new trailer -- I wanted to get back to work.

    And on the subject of new trailer: On the very first load I found myself on a country road with fresh low-hanging branches. Scraaaaatch. The second load required nailing blocks into my new floor (I should have known when the broker specified "wood floor"). Each blast of the nail gun sent a shiver up my spine... Then the consignee had one of those deep in-ground docks that tweaked my trailer skirts a bit. They sprang back pretty well, but now have a little waviness to em... And that same consignee managed to ding one of my interior plate walls when using a sledge hammer to knock the blocks free. Sigh, I guess that's why I can't have nice stuff...
     
    double yellow, Mar 13, 2015
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  5. Mar 13, 2015 #414
    Cranky Yankee

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    do you always leave your tandems forward while backing down the ramp
    i put mine to the rear after i get past where skirts will scrape
    but another one of our trailers that doesnt help either skirts are so low

    that's great fuel mileage I can't think of becoming a Prime truck
    so I am always trying to get to 7 mpg
    but i only got 6.5 from Tulare to Laramie
    I hope the boss don't read your thread :biggrin_2558:
     
    Cranky Yankee, Mar 13, 2015
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  7. Mar 13, 2015 #415
    Oscar the KW

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    DY, what speed are you running?
     
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  8. Mar 13, 2015 #416
    ironpony

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    Awww, come on Cranky... ya know ya really wanna change that handle to PrimePete!
     
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  9. Mar 13, 2015 #417
    double yellow

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    I should have, but there wasn't room to get back to the slider once in the hole. No one there cared whether the tandems were back, I just do it automatically...

    55ish unless barn sour or on an expedited run...
     
    double yellow, Mar 13, 2015
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  10. Mar 13, 2015 #418
    Cranky Yankee

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    I hope you got stainless doors so I notice you before I get there :biggrin_25522:
     
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  11. Mar 13, 2015 #419
    rollin coal

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    Funny how (not really!) low hanging tree branches that were never there before are all over a new trailer now. wichris suggests smacking the sides of a brand new trailer with a big hammer as soon as you take delivery so you don't worry about it any more. What was that 1980's comedy where some undercover cops (if I remember right) had their undercover car painted and fixed up like a taxi cab? It looked brand new. Guy gets in it and says "this is not a taxi!" slams it in gear and smacks into another parked vehicle nearby "now THIS is a taxi!" lol.
     
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  12. Mar 13, 2015 #420
    Cranky Yankee

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    wichris suggests just letting me drive it
     
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