How to make MONEY as a new driver

I will post explanations to each point thoughout the weekend

1.) Always arrive at the destination at least 10 hours early PERIOD!
without speeding. ( piss bottles, diapers, kitty litter, Bag lunch whatever 10 hours early)
2.) Kiss your dispatchers ### at the beginning (8 to 12 months)
your only reply should be YES SIR...RIGHT AWAY..NO PROBLEM
3.) When you type in empty at destination you should have 10+ hours
available to drive PERIOD.
4.) Be as far away from home on friday as possible
5.) For your monday morning am delivery you should be there 10 hours
early. means.... gotta leave on Sunday. (#### no football )
6.) Be the BOSS and dictate your income. ( explain later )

 

Why would you go home on an 1100 mile run on Friday?
1) you won't be there 10 hours early
2) Just go to destination and get restart there.
3) You will have to fudge your logs to have any hours or get a restart.

Every driver has to think different you can't think like an employee anymore. You are now a manager of a truck ( BOSS ). Managers and BOSSES make sacrifices everyday. Examples- working on a day off, going in early, staying late. You can't spend time at home if it cost you money or you have to fudge your logs. This is not a hometime buisness. Companies can get you home, sure, but don't complain about money then.
If you are the Manager of that truck, or owned it would you want it to go home on an 1100 mile run on friday? Or be reset and ready at destination Monday morning ready to go.
If the answer is no get a new job and don't complain about money.

 

I'll give you my week starting on Thursday -

Thursday- Unloaded in Syracuse, NY. 7 am. Got next load at 8:30am. Albany,NY. to pickup. ( 120 miles ) at pickup 11 am. Leave Albany for Indianapolis ( 800 miles) for Monday 7am delivery. stop in Buffallo, NY Sleep.

Friday - Heading to Clevland Friday morning dispatch tells meet a driver for relay in Cleveland because he wants to be home longer this weekend and can't make Jackson, TN by 7am Monday. ( Sweet because of another drivers unwillingness to make money my now 800 mile run just became 1200 miles for me, and I don't go home.) so I drive all day Friday and part of Saturday and I am now sitting in Jackson TN. getting my restart and will have 70 Hours and 10 1/2 starting Monday morning.

 

You do have control of where you are " kinda ".
First tell your dispatcher I could care less where I am on Friday.
This will tell him/her you are his go to truck, hot loads, special loads, relays anything. I relay almost every weekend because some driver complains about not getting home. I will meet them anywhere and take there money, other drivers putting money in my pocket..THANKS.
Two other points, you get layover pay for staying out and ussally get a longer run if you are staying out.
Paul ( 387, Pete )

 

This will be kinda long and it's hard too explain this way but please reply and ask questions i will respond.

2 trucks from the same company and dipatcher have a delivery at wal-mart at 7 am Monday.

Truck 1 - Has reset and has 10 1/2 available to drive Monday
Truck 2 - Has a reset and has 1 hour left to drive Monday

Truck 2 is a dead fish to a Monday morning dispatcher. Truck 2 is hated by that dispatcher. Truck 2 can't even deadhead 60 Miles to Pick-up.
it's a dead truck.

Now every week truck 1 is ready to go. Truck 1 will soon be his go to Truck ( this is were the 6 to 8 months comes in ) Every week and every time he drops he will save loads for you.

Note- sometimes drop and hooks are per-loaded weeks in advance. The most I have seen is 3 weeks. This means dispatch has been sitting on that load for weeks. Most drop and hooks have a 5 day window for delivery.

Now Back to truck 1.

This dispatcher knows this trucks has 10 + after everystop. so he will start to give you loads that are between 400 and 1000 miles not including empty. Which will give you 1 or 2 day loads with morning deliveries.
He will also start saving loads for you and you don't even know it.

I can tell you right now when I drop in Jackson TN. I will be going to PA.
1000+ miles. And any other truck will go to Iowa or Georgia 600 miles.

After a while, 6 to 8 months let your dispatcher know how you like to run.
My dispatcher tries to give me 5am or 6 am deliveries.That's how I like to run. Just like a regular job. Up at 4 am deliver and on to next load. Hopefully it's for the next day at 5 or 6 am.

So here I am on a 34 hour reset sitting on 1200 miles and Wednesday morning I will be in PA. sitting on 2200+ miles with 3 FULL days of driving left. How cake is that.

Please REPLY,
Paul ( 387, Pete )
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Hello Burky-

I am not that good at explaining things this way ( words ) but here it goes.

10 hours early-- What this means is be in the area of destination that's why I say 10 + . Rest area 30 miles away is fine. My rule is I have to be within 60 miles of destination = 10 + avalible.

Next is Friday far away from home-- I have a friend that drives for the same company as I do . Every Friday morning he is picking up at the same place and home by 12 noon on friday ( fine his choice ) And always has to deliver on Monday morning. But always leaves Sunday night. Then calls me to complain about the bad loads he get and about the miles he gets.
I stopped telling how many I get I just match his. if he says he got 1500 miles this week i just say that's about what I've got.
I am not a super trucker by being far away from home on Friday. I am actually the truck you guys pass everyday because I have a tons of hours left everyday and rarly pushed to do so.( I will give you a secret about speed and driving in another thread that will blow you mind.)

Dispatcher-- That was to get a point across. If you do your part your dispatcher will be in your pocket and be there to help you make money.
( I have only called my dispatcher about 10 times last year, all my communication is done trough the Quallcomm ) I don't call and complain.
Your right on this point, Burky, RESPECT.

Just in Time loads- I dont have loads like that but what you are doing by calling and doing all that can be done sounds right to me.

As for short---- 2 loads 200 miles each plus short haul pay $ 50.00 per load ....SWEET i'll take it extra $100 to go 400 miles ..Great DAY to me

Burky,Hope this helps,
Paul 387, Pete

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