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Epes drivers weekly report

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by POPS3480, Dec 12, 2011.

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  1. Dec 12, 2011 #1
    POPS3480

    POPS3480 Light Load Member

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    These are my weekly travels while training with Epes Transport

    Week 2 -
    11/27 Columbia, SC, Siloam, GA 136 miles
    11/28 Siloam, Ga, Tifton, GA, Pendergrass, GA 414 miles
    11/29 Jackson, GA, Valdosta, GA, Tifton, GA, Columbia, SC 554 miles
    11/30-12/01 Columbia, SC, Salisbury, NC, Coatesville, PA, Dover, DE 651 miles
    12/01-12/02 Dover, DE, Concord, NC, Greensboro, NC 591 miles
    12/03-12/04 Home
    Total miles week 2 - 2346

    Week 3 -
    12/05-12/06 Columbia, SC, Douglas, GA 222 miles
    12/06-12/07 Douglas, GA, Savannah, GA, Garysburg, NC 509 miles
    12/07-12/08 Garysburg, NC, Pitman, NJ 430 miles
    12/08-12/09 Pitman, NJ, Bellmawr, NJ, Richmond, VA 348 miles
    12/09-12/10 Richmond, VA, Lexington, SC 357 miles
    Total miles week 3 - 1866
     
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  3. Dec 12, 2011 #2
    123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    Interesting,

    keep us posted !!
     
    123456, Dec 12, 2011
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  4. Dec 12, 2011 #3
    Larryparker

    Larryparker Medium Load Member

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    Is this good or bad. I do not understand your point. I think it would be very hard to make a living with your posted mileage.

    I wish you good luck and safe miles.

    Larry
     
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  5. Dec 12, 2011 #4
    POPS3480

    POPS3480 Light Load Member

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    It's not really meant to be good or bad. I'm being paid training pay anyway right now. This is just meant to give an idea of what to expect when you start in the business.
    I have to wait on my trainer to pick me up in Columbia, SC each week, he lives in Greensboro, NC. Factor that in and you will see that I haven't been leaving home til late afternoon early evening on our first day out each week which definitely affects mileage for the remainder of the week. I think mileage after I get out on my own should be pretty good and Epes will get me back home every week too.
     
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  7. Dec 12, 2011 #5
    rsellers

    rsellers Bobtail Member

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    Don't get your hopes too high on miles at Epes. They are a good company to work for, but the money is just not good when you are at the bottom of the pay scale. During my 7 months there this year I barely averaged 2000 miles per week. Did a lot of sitting and lots of short hauls. Nice people and equipment but bringing home $500 per week and sometimes less just didn't work for me. I had a few good weeks, but not very many. Good luck!
     
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  8. Dec 12, 2011 #6
    freebirdrfd

    freebirdrfd Light Load Member

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    That is some horrible weekly miles
     
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  9. Dec 12, 2011 #7
    Nashville Driver

    Nashville Driver Medium Load Member

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    I would say its hard when they are routing his limo to Columbia, SC picking him up late afternoon Monday and by Wednesday already working on routing them back to Greensboro via Columbia so he and his trainer can have the weekend off. Sounds like a heck of a company, my first company was also a regional carrier and I too got back to the house every weekend, but I had to drive to the terminal to meet my trainer late Sunday night or early Monday morning and I we would get back to the terminal sometime Friday or Saturday. If weather was a factor, we just stayed on the road.
     
    Nashville Driver, Dec 12, 2011
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  10. Dec 15, 2011 #8
    Nashville Driver

    Nashville Driver Medium Load Member

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    So Pops its been a couple days, how is training going?
     
    Nashville Driver, Dec 15, 2011
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  11. Dec 15, 2011 #9
    POPS3480

    POPS3480 Light Load Member

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    Training is, well, training. I think I may be getting on my trainers nerves as much as he is getting on mine. He's not teaching me anything new at this point, pouted at me today for making a mistake on some paperwork - he seemed shocked that I made a mistake, I'm a trainee for crying out loud.
    I'm getting 100% of the seat time on all our trips. I have from day one, which has been great and I need more. I'm just ready to be on my own, get into my own rhythm and routine and get my own truck and get comfortable in it. I want to be a solo trucker! lol Two more training weeks to go....
     
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  12. Dec 18, 2011 #10
    POPS3480

    POPS3480 Light Load Member

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    Week 4 - pitiful miles this week, trainer had a sickness in family and had to cut week short
    12/13 Columbia, SC, Lakeland, FL 459 miles
    12/14-12/15 Lakeland,FL, Ocala, FL, Elloree, SC 428 miles
    12/15 Elloree, SC, Ladson, SC, Columbia, SC 247
    12/15-12/18 home
    Total miles week 4 - 1134
     
    POPS3480, Dec 18, 2011
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