Where are you

SEE? Just what I told you earlier....stubborn, thick headed trucker!

Where's my pie?

 

Panhandle:

Look for a Prime truck with a Lakota in it. That's Ironpony. He's there, too.

 

At the remodeled TA in Nashville, looks pretty good!

 

at the motel waitin for Wed to get here TO MOVE INTO OUR NEW HOUSE!!!! (East Texas)

 

Too late for that! 5 mi down the road in Laurel loading ice cream...

Well maybe. This place is even more screwed-up than ever.

Time to take a nap, and considering lettin' olhand take over this one!

 

When I was 14 I had back surgery in Kalamazoo. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I am in Reynoldsburg, OH waiting for a load to Richmond, VA. Supposed to be ready in a few minutes. We'll see

 

Fixin' to boogie on down to McAllen.

No over or underpass to get out. Just gotta gut it.

 

I'm about 1/2 mile down the road from the T/A waiting for a dock now LOL

 

Ok--here is the serious answer to this--first as an O/O I learned a long time ago--it's about revenue--not miles--what this has always meant to me--is obviously the more money you can make with the least expenses to the truck--(pretty self explanatory)
BUT--there are 2(at least)kinds of LTL--what we do--multiple shipments from multiple shippers to multiple receivers--therefor LTL rates for entire load--
then one shipper with multiple deliveries--2 totally different rate structures--and these type of loads have gotten extremely watered down over the years--for many reasons(and no reason to go into those reasons)
The key with either type IMHO is: does it pay more(and cost less)than what you can/would make on a trailer load that requires the same amount of time?
Again I am looking at this from an O/O standpoint
The biggest problem I see when talking to company drivers (OTR) about this type of work is IMHO--the company they work for does NOT compensate the driver for their time and effort--and even worse IMHO--when the carrier is being compensated properly for this type of work!--no point in going into all the pay scenarios--I think y'all understand where I'm coming from..
Just my$.02

 

Yep! Back in my JMI days we had a progressive stop pay; after about 5 stops you started making big bucks. $300 was common, sometimes as much as $500 in stop pay on TJ Maxx loads. Made it well worth the hassle of having to flirt with the ladies at the stores!