How do croos town work?

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  1. latoya thurmond

    latoya thurmond Light Load Member

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    My uncle has finally got his own truck and he wants to do cross towns in Chicago with pacer. He was told by another driver that the pay would be $60.00 a trip and he colud do 15 trips a day thats about $900 for one day and $4500 a week .My question is that possible or is someone saleing him a dream. Please tell me how do cross town work?
     
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  3. kwswan

    kwswan Road Train Member

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    i have been in chicago traffic, i dont see how you could do more than a couple, unless it was down the street & back.
     
  4. sgreer78

    sgreer78 Light Load Member

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    That "other" driver is full of ####. Not only is Chicago terrible for traffic, you have to get in and out of the rail yards too.
     
  5. Old Man

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    15 trips a day, does Chicago have 96 hour days?
     
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  6. Allow Me.

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    Well, can he hook up a trailer, drive across town, unhook and re-hook and drive back across town in a bout 40 minutes total time? Seriously doubt it. Just have him do dry runs for a 12 hour day and see what he comes up with, time wise. Then factor in hooking/unhooking/looking for trailer/dealing with office personnel and you will have an estimate. Might be 4 rounds a day, but that's just a guess. :naka:
     
  7. latoya thurmond

    latoya thurmond Light Load Member

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    I was told that they go from rail yard to rail yard within a 5 to 10 block radius. the name cross town is an understatement.
     
  8. MedicineMan

    MedicineMan Road Train Member

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    I've only been to a railyard once but it took me about 2 hours just to drop a trailer off. from what I hear those yards are netorious for being SLOW.
     
  9. Tankergirl80

    Tankergirl80 GangstaGirl

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    Oh hell yeah. I've been waiting in line to get out with 17 trucks in front of me. :biggrin_25510: Not mentioning the time it takes to get in one.....
     
  10. MedicineMan

    MedicineMan Road Train Member

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    we are jut full of good news aren't we?
     
  11. Tankergirl80

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    Ehh.... it's what we do. All in a days works, just spreading the positivity....:biggrin_25522:
     
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