Finally got my own truck

Went to customer and they took the load at 9pm. So now I'm sitting empty at Petro by Toledo. Glad to get empty early, with this weather hitting. Hope to get a good jump on tomorrow. Who knows where I'm going.

Boss actually called me up while I was getting loaded earlier, and had another load already lined up for the morning, but wasn't sure if I was interested, so he ran it by me before he booked it. It was Ohio to Atlanta, GA for I think $1400? I said I'll probably take my chances in the morning to see what was out there. Not sure what Atlanta market is like but boss said it was $1.25 maybe coming back north. So I passed. See what's out there in the morning.

Still waiting for my $4,000 load to Arizona

 

Boss got me a great load. Ohio to MD, $1900. Unloading now. Broker said it was 9pm delivery, hot load. Shipper didn't get me out til 2pm, so 9pm was out of the question. Got here at 10:30 just north of Baltimore. Customer said my load was TOMORROW night's load - I was like...umm....no.

So I whipped out the part from the rate con sheet that showed the broker's appt time they set, and asked them if there was a storage facility around. So they took the load and told me I didn't have to pay the lumper fee.

As a bonus, there is parking here for trucks. So that's cool. Otherwise, I don't know what I'd do...I hate east coast. Hoping to get a halfway decent load out tomorrow. Boss said maybe Denver. Not sure what pays anything in Baltimore area going back west. $158 in tolls to get here, 5.5mpg on the fuel, was heavy and hilly and windy, so that sucks, and maybe truck's just breaking in. Hopefully 5.5mpg won't be the norm. But the pay on this load was good enough to make it worth it. Just want to get out of here in the morning ASAP.