Bonus transport,apopka,fl

JELLYBEAN:
BONUS HAULS CHICKEN & OCCASIONALLY WILL GET A BACK HAUL, but most of the time, they'll deadhead to pick-up at Perdue plants. I mean deadhead! Many times I would get empty at Jewels in Chicago, then deadhead to Washington,IN to load turkies - 400 miles. That is how Perdue thinks;they want their trucks at their plants. It was fine with me. I got paid the same loaded & deadhead.

Another good deadhead is from Stop & Shop in Assonet,MA to Milford,DE - 400 miles.

I've never run produce for them, & NYC is a no-no. You can run through it if you want (Bonus doesn't route you, unless you're dumb enough to need it),but I ususally take I-287 around. Drivers have plenty of time to get to their stops.

Just a note on logs. Neither Bonus nor Perdue will hound a driver that is willing to produce; just make them legal.

I can understand why you want to run the eastern shore; I never spent much time over there until I met Bonus. I kinda like the people & the area. I could live without the bears in a few areas & that beautiful she-bear witch at the VA coop, but all in all I wouldn't mind living there.

Don't forget that Tyson & Moutainaire( sp ? ) have plants on the eastern shore too.

Good luck & safe rides to you.

 

Trashtrucker:

I just read your story last night, & you got my juices fllowing about running local again. I've legally had 35 years OTR,regional & local ( I started driving at 14 on backroads & farms). I've been through 4 wives & 0 kids (all my fault) ; my 2nd wife told me "that road is your love ,your life & your lady. No woman is ever gonna come between you". I reckon she was right. I have no regrets.

I've always wondered about & admired the man who could come home after a hard day's work to the same woman, same screaming brats & the same 4 walls. He showers,eats & goes to bed only to get up & do it all over again the next day. I know that's how it's supposed to be. I know it's the right thing to do, but my twisted mind just can't wrap around it.

However, the 4-wheelers are getting harder to tolerate, I have little patience left for them. Those freezing winds & sub-zero temps in Chicago & Buffalo feel colder each year. The truckstop food in my favorite restaurants all tastes like cardboard & grass & the crap on the CB just isn't worth having it on.

So,I've been thinking that maybe a local or regional job is in the horizon, then I read your blog about Pritchett. I've seen them for years & delivered mulch to the same places,but 60 mph trucks never appealed to me.

Well,now that I 've gotten to know most of the east coast bears by name (especially VA), maybe I could better handle the idea of 60 mph on a local basis.

I would appreciate any inside info about who to contact at Pritchett that might be sensitive to an old beat-up trucker who just wants to do a good job & go home once a week.

Sorry!!! I forgot to answer your question; I was too busy blubbering. Sorry!!

Yes, Bonus offices are in Sorrento. Their yard is in Plymouth, but their formal address is Apopka.

Unless you applied for a job with them in the last 5-6 years, you're probably better-off not getting hired when you were 15. From what I understand, they weren't too good before then.

Safe rides to ya.

 

Thanks for the comeback.

 

Don't know. Idrive for Bonus, & they dropped their O/O program.

Good luck talking with that jerk in charge of hiring O/O's at Perdue. He's formed a life-long friendship with himself.