Starting at Millis 11/16/09

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Ya better lose that Jack and Coke habit before you join me at Millis.

I step away from my thread for 2 days and all hell breaks lose. Makes me proud to see my lil baby grow from 20 posts to over 60. They grow up sooooo fast.

Looks like some good info has been spread around this thread lately. I start in just over a week. I am getting more excited every day.

My friend Sketch drove through Springfield yesterday and we met for coffee. I got a tour of his rig (T600) and saw a nice trailer load full of beer. Made my mouth water.

He has been getting all the miles he has wanted this year. He is on track to make almost 50k for his first year with Millis. Yes he does run hard, but he has enjoyed it.

He has no complaints about Millis. They have taken good care of him and he does what they ask. Since I live right on I-55 he said I would probably get more then enough home time. Even if it was just a 10 hour break in my own bed. Hanadarko, if I recall, you live right off an interstate around Milwaukee so you would most likely get a decent amount of home time. My goal is to be home every other weekend, and I dont think that will be a problem at all without losing too many miles.

Keep the awesome thread going. Schools starts in 12 days.

-Z

 

PS - A classmate of Sketch took a regional route after going OTR for a few months because he wanted more home time. His miles are very low now with the regional route. Last I heard he was doing 1300-1500 miles a week. Hard to make aliving off of that. Sketch has stayed pretty consistent at 2500-3000 miles a week when he is out for all 7 days.

Just an FYI

 

He runs hard meaning he stays out about 3 weeks at a time. Then he is home for 4-5 days.

He is not assigned a terminal. He goes where the freight takes him. He is able to take his truck and trailer home when he gets his off time. He does end up going by a terminal or drop yard pretty often though so if he needs anything he can get it.