Bye Bye Millis Transfer

***Yawn***

130 PM and 1 already beat the ATL and Crashville, TN traffic.

To me, a weekend is a weekend...whether it's Monday...Tuesday, Saturday...Sunday, Wednesday... Thursday.

I no longer need to be home by Friday night for it to qualify as a weekend. That's something you learn to accept after nearly two decades of this. I deliver Saturday, I will likely be home before noon, and won't have to go out again until Monday the 10th.

Hit it hard for another 5 to 6 weeks. Lather, rinse, and repeat.

That is just my usual routine. Leave MN Monday, deliver in FL and reload Wednesday or early Thursday...back by Friday or Saturday. For anyone who runs FL, This time of year, even with a reefer, you are lucky to get a load the next day after delivering...even with a reefer.
Outside of 1 truck breakdown and 1 reefer breakdown, those are the only two times in the past 7 years that I have not made it home or made it home in time to at least recap hours and do next week's trip At the very worst, I recap hours on my outbound, but that doesn't happen often. But I would venture to say every once in a while things go wrong in Millis fantasyland, right?

During the "bad" time of time of year, June through late September, I average 3100 to 3400 miles a week. During the
rest of the year which is really busy for produce, I backhaul from as far away as Homestead, FL or Immokalee/Naples all the way to Central MN and Central WI sometimes. Quite a few 3600 to 4000 mile weeks in there.

2+full days down, and 2+ full days back of not bumping a dock and not swinging doors. Just sitting back in the rocking chair, relaxing as I blow by Millis and Heartland trucks on the hills and the flats like they're up on jacks. They often "show me who's boss" in the construction zones though.

No "Millis 500" for me.

I fuel where I want within reason, run any toll road I want, I don't have to ask permission to take a different route if that arises.

Yup, no one could ever be a good as Millis.

Will it last? Maybe 10 years, maybe 10 more days. If and when that card is dealt, I will adapt and overcome like I have before. For now I will enjoy and appreciate it while I can.

I will concede that Millis is a decent starter company. They aren't and never were that great.