Landspan Our experience

Welcome Daisy. They will pay you back in expenses for the trip down there and if you have to drive to go get your truck they will pay you back for that also. Just don't expect your first check to be big, expect small.. LOL They will also send your very first check home. You can either have direct deposit or I think they put it on the fuel card. Our first ck after truck deposit, pet deposit, taxes was a whopping $21. We have since moved on up the pay grade. Slowly but surely.. Where do live? I will try and help the best I can. If you ever get to Fontana, don't be surprised if you sit for a bit. All the volvo's have APU, the freight shakers don't. Governed at 64-65. So far everyone we meet has been nice and helpful.

Sacred. As far as I can tell the appointments we get are typical trucking company appointments. "Hey, go get this load that was supposed to have been picked up 3 hours ago and then haul but to deliver on time." We just got done running from Atlanta to Fontana. They tried to give us a pre-plan to do a local thing tomorrow, but we let them that we are low on hours and we are getting a few things fixed on the truck... Nothing major, just annoying things... need to catch up on some sleep anyways..

 

well just got back from delivering the local thing. Hubby whined and complained about doing it but in the end, we got it done. And if I say so myself, I did a great job of backing into the dock.I had to go the wrong way on the street to get the truck in the dock. Traffic was light and only a few cars had to wait but I got it in there with no problems. Sometimes I love a challenging dock and then when I am able to do it without too many hassles, it makes me feel good to know that I can do it Of course hubby was out there directing me but I still did it..

Daisy I forgot to answer your question about how much it costs to get down there. I am not sure where in MO you will be driving from. You will probably have to go to the springfield airport to pu the rental and also depending on the car they give you will determine the gas cost. But we spent around $100 - $150 on gas but we kinda took our time and a couple of scenic routes. We did that because we felt that we wouldn't get to stop at some places in a big truck so we took advantage of the 4-wheeler..

Now we are back on "Parole" board, as one driver calls it.. LOL.. but it's a beautiful day here in southern California, just a bit on the breezy side tho..perfect for kite's and sailing

 

well here we are in Snowy Jersey. Delivered our load in Edison then headed over to Newark to get next load to take to cleveland, oh. Glad they are keeping us moving. Not glad that it will be in the snow and on 80 in PA... fun fun fun

 

no, we don't have hazmat.. In 27 days we have ran almost 17K miles. Not alot in my opinion but we getting up there.

Sitting here waiting to unload in La Mirada then hopefully some rest before getting home. then we have to pack so no rest for us yet..

Hope your sugars are ok for physical.

 

that is great to hear! We are on our way home. Let us know what truck number you get or where you have to go get it at. Do you know who your DM is yet? Ours is Erin. She is pretty cool for a DM