Holland, Fargo, ND Line haul, Long Haul

Update:

Picking up Henderson, CO @0800 8/22/25

Delivering Rochelle, IL @0730 8/24/25

16 empty miles including 913 loaded

First load I’ve done under 1k miles in months. This load will get me back to Holland’s primary running lanes.

 

Sorry for the delay posting.

After my last load that i delivered in Rochelle, IL, I picked up in Broadview, IL going to Sumner, WA 8/25/2025 @0630

Empty Miles 64 Loaded 649 ( Actual final 2029 mileage)

However, I had a VA appointment in Fargo, August 27th. So, operations had me drop that Sumner, Wa load at the terminal in Mapleton so another driver could make on time delivery on 8/29 @ 1100.

Also, having actual home time in the Richmond VA, area on 09/03, operations then had me take a load that was on the yard ironically going to Sumner, WA and meet another driver in Beach, ND in 08/27 at 1400 at the Flying J.

That driver then gave me his load that came out of Burbank, WA, going to Ashland, VA for a 0700 delivery on 09/02. loaded miles to Beach, ND were 337 miles and the loaded miles for Ashland, VA are 1,770. As you can see Holland will work with drivers to meet their obligations.

After I empty out I’ll just head home. I’ll be on hometime until 09/15. So if there is another delay posting that’s why. When I head back out I’ll post my load coming off of hometime.

Stay safe out there.

 

I would say 60-65% of our customers allow us to take our breaks on their property . However, I’ve never had a customer say no when asked if I can take my 10.

Keep in mind this is my experience — others may differ.

I very seldom drive at night. I typically drive 1000-1800/1900 each day. Most deliveries are between 0600 and 1100. Yes, you’ll get a few early morning deliveries — 0200-0500 — however, for a refrigerated carrier these aren’t the norm. Again, in my experience.

 

Thank you. I appreciate that.

 

Also, I failed to mention, as an OTR carrier, at Holland, you’ll see the same customers quite often. It’s not like other OTR outfits. Where you may never see that customer again, or if you do, it’s months or even years before you’re back there.

I see them same customers all the time. 99% of them are happy to see us. Not embellishing this fact.

Myself, I enjoy going to the same customers. You know what their processes are and how to get to them. Plus I tend to find that the customers “lighten up” when then start to see you a lot. In other words, they seem to be more personable when they know they’ll see you more than the one off carrier that comes in once and they’ll likely never see again.