Stevens Transport A year in review

Stevens runs all 48 and canada...southern routes, Atlanta, major deliveries, florida, pick up all over GA, Alabama. It does not matter where you live, they send you everywhere. You may get stuck in a loop just the way the loads and dispatch work. I run very few southern routes, I usually stay north. Other Drivers stay south.

My paid miles are what Stevens pays. The "unpaid" I show are not unpaid, they are yet to be paid. Takes time for the paperwork, and the electronic deposit to my bank account.

Stevens only pays shortest route miles, they send us a load assignment stating how many miles they are going to pay, examples Gadsden AL to Paris TX, Loaded miles paid 626. It took me 656 miles to actually complete that trip. I get paid for the 626, the 30 additional miles are unpaid, lost time. Nature of the business with Stevens. I then Picked up in Paris TX, 7 actual miles away, and was paid for 1 mile. Same City, they do not pay any more.

there are some companies that pay practical route miles, but you will still have out of route miles, unpaid miles on most trips. My unpaid miles this year is running 5% of miles paid. Stevens expects 8%, less is better. 2% of my unpaid miles is me going home, it is a 360 mile round trip to go home, all at my expense as an alliance driver.

 

Mule deer season has not started yet, first is some good jerky meat, better know as pronghorns. There are more of them than people in Wyoming.

 

200 yards???? try bow hunting, 30 to 50 yards, get alot of stalking experience. Or laying by the water hole before the sun comes up, and pray the wind does not change.

Jerky cured correctly, ie not in your oven, will last a year. needs to slow dry. that is why the Arapaho cured the meat in the fall. easier to carry on their journey away from the High plains.

Mule Deer...The tag, and the week in the woods, priceless.

 

Good luck with which ever company you choose.

As far as dealing with the desk jockeys, we have different perspective and at times different priorities. As a driver, we live by that log book, and keeping it legal. The office staff understand that, but since they do not live it, they do not always take it into consideration when making decisions. And I try to keep a sleep pattern, so I drive safely. I get questioned at times when I shut down to sleep, instead of driving. It has never cost me a delivery time. I always point that out, when questioned.