Refrigerated loads or dry van - which is more likely to need team drivers?

Depending on the freight you should be able to call the consignee and ask if you can drop earlier. I’ve dropped off early even on live unloads.

 

Why do you want to do so many miles?
Figure out a money maker lane that works for you and is repeat business. What if you could score a Chicago to NYC to tn to Chicago. Or something similar. Chicago to Minneapolis to st Louis to Chicago. I have no idea. Just examples here.

Trying to drive maximum miles is company driver mentality. What you want to do is drive high paying miles. And generally the longer the load the less per mile.

 

Why gross 7-8 A week if you have to do 4000 miles to do it?
Would you rather ~2250 miles and gross maybe 5000-6000?

 

Better rates running East; You think we could see 5.00 per mile?

 

Neither one is better than the other, pay wise, waiting times, etc. I pulled reefer's for several years, and would run coast to coast with Hirschbach Motor Lines, and JCT (John Christner). pick up in Central Cali (Grimmway Farms, or Bolthouse in Bakersfield, Di Giorgio, or Shafter. Usually went to east coast.

 

My first thought is are you kidding?

Then my second thought is why not team if you can do it. I have done nothing but overnights with all sorts of trailers on my 5th wheel. I know I can do nothing but overnights for a certain length of time. But no more than that. If we were a team (And we were a few times in my life for a variety of good reasons..) that became a acceptable and profitable long term situation. Overnights.

If you ever have trouble with a dispatcher for whatever reason, all they have to do is start running you overnight every night due next morning at 5 am 700 miles after a daily all day loading. You will leave the company sooner or later on your own. Problem solved. Follow me so far?

I thrive on really long runs, say Onions Yakima WA to Boston Market in 6 days in the dead of winter. Im there in 5. I love that. love it. And that's by myself. As a team with wife I'll be back on the west coast inside of 6 days and do that for weeks. And did. Until the Avenel NJ dispatcher had a issue and decided enough is enough of our welcome there. After that we got into medicines which is ... drumroll.. overnights anywhere east of the rockies usually memphis to detriot or even CT. No problems. This is not potato chips or aluminum coil. (No offense.. just generalizing.)

Whatever you do, you have to sleep where the oppertunity presents itself at that moment there is time to get some sleep where possible at all day or and night all the time on overnights. Ultimately there is a ELD in your truck to protect you from getting over tired.

If you have a company boss who tells you run it and ELD be ###### trying to burn you out and force you out then you are not doing well there and need to either fix it with a talk or find another employment before you leave this one. Always have a new driving job lined up before you quit the one you have.

 

It can't be....What loadboard are you finding these loads from? The only three days trips for a load up to 1000 miles or even 1400 (Salt Lake City, UT) is when I pick it up on Friday and it is to be delivered on Monday. During the week most of the loads I can find that are 700-1000 miles are due in 48 - 60 hours. Or even less at times. Examples: Rochelle, IL - Cheyenne, WY (900 miles) picked on Tuesday 12 am delivered on Wednesday 8 am. Elwood, IL - Harrisonburg, VA (758) picked at 8 am on Thursday - delivered 2 pm the next day; Chicago - Baltimore, MD (750 miles) picked up on Monday - delivers on Wednesday, York, PA - Joliet, IL (685) - picked up Wednesday - delivered on Thursday (next day). Even two months back - Aurora, IL - Houston, TX (1120) picked up on Wednesday (10 am) delivered on Friday 48 hours later....most of it is like that. I use DAT load board and brokers own loadboards.