Cobra was taken... By Holland Enterprises

I think it can go either way. I've had good dispatchers that have never driven a truck and I've had bad dispatchers that have driven a truck. Like my dispatcher Konan at Caledonia Haulers trying to tell me I should be driving 650-700 miles every single day because "I used to do it when I was driving". It wasn't just me either. Apparently other drivers had problems with Konan

 

My record is 714 and that's the 2nd time I went over 700 miles in a day. But yeah, no way you can do that every single day. Especially in the lanes they run

 

Got stacked with preplans today. After I deliver in Lewisville in the morning I'll be picking up in Dallas going to Rogers, MN. 33 empty miles 963 loaded. Then I'll be picking up in Le Sueur, MN going to Edmond, OK. 69 empty miles and 771 loaded. I'm not thrilled about getting two sub 1000 mile runs in a row but I do like running I-35. Haven't really gone up and down I-35 that far in a while either. Not since my FCC days doing their Southwest regional division.

 

Well, I say that, but actually I'm not taking I-35 for long on the way up there. Just on the way back. From Dallas I'll be taking US-75 to US-69 to I-44 to I-49 to I-35. Still very familiar highways for me. A lot of trucking companies send me home from Dallas for home time so I've been through there a lot.

 

I got a preplan today. After I deliver in Edmond tomorrow morning I'll deadhead to Springdale, AR for a load going to Clackamas, OR. 205 empty miles 2037 loaded. I requested to be home on the 25th so I'm not sure if they forgot about my home time or if I'm going to meet another driver somewhere along the way to swap loads. Either way doesn't matter to me. I don't have anything planned for my home time and I wouldn't mind a nice long run like that if I did end up taking it all the way.