They’re pretty up front about what they pay, if that’s not agreeable for someone then I doubt that they force anybody to sign a lease agreement. Why does it matter if the playing field is level or not as long as someone is fine with what their truck makes?
My move to Bruce Oakley (Oakley trucking inc)
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The point is @Long FLD we’re grown men in here and our opinion has to matter
. I say that with the utmost sarcasm.
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I just finished my first solo week, I left the house Monday morning and loaded in Loxley, Alabama (Aluminum deox briquettes) going to a steel mill in Osceola, Arkansas.
From there I loaded at another steel mill in the same town (mill scale) going to Louisville, Kentucky. This loading was the first time I had to use my onboard scale system, and it turned into a Cluster. The first time I was over 2500#, so I dumped the whole load and started over, the second time I was 5000# over, same thing dump, and try again. Third time I was 875# over, so I pulled next to the pile and started shoveling.
My next load loaded in Frankfort, Indiana (soybean hulls) going to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. I unloaded this load through the “coal chute” see attached picture.
From there I bounced 32 miles to Blueridge summit, Pennsylvania and loaded roofing granules going to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The unloading in Tuscaloosa only took 30 minutes compared to my first roofing granule load in Oklahoma which took 1.5 hours. Some plants system can take a I higher volume of product into their conveyor system than others.
Yesterday I loaded in a rock Quary in Wedowee, Alabama (stones/boulders) going to Calvert City, Kentucky. In the load information the product was described as “gravel” I double checked with the scale operator and asked why the discrepancy in load information, he said “this what we always ship to Calvert City. “I said Just trying to CMA, this is some awfully big gravel.” On this load I was 1875# over so. I pulled off the scale, climbed in the trailer and started heaving rock over the side of the trailer for ten minutes until I figured I was close. Scaled again, and I was 79460#.
I ran 3059 paid miles, after fuel and Oakley deductions my net to the house will be over $5300 for the week.Last edited: Mar 22, 2026
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My mind says, “Oh, I’d love to do something like that.” (It’s what I was raised up doing on our farm.), but my body says, “I see you think you’re still in your 20s, girl. Let me just tweak that hip and show you something!”
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