48 state miles? GOOD INFO INSIDE!

Since it seems like 6 out of every 7 threads is about "who gets more miles? W11 or 48?" I figured I'd start two separate threads about the miles for each side:

PLEASE JUST POST YOUR MILES, for comparison/education sake. Either a good/bad run, a good/bad week and/or month, and/or your monthly total/average.
(if you only had 1400 miles because you had to babysit a load, and then a flat tire, and breakdown made you wait, blah blah blah then go create a thread about it.)

I'd like to actually INFORM and COMPARE in here.

 

I'll go first...
Had my new truck for 22 weeks, and have put just over 60k on it. Not factoring going home at all, that's over 2700/wk driven. Figure I've been home for 2 weeks, during that time, that's actually 3000/wk driven. (I've alos been watching the paid v driven discrepency % also this year, keeping that to a minimum, correcting when necessary)

Pay period ending 05/01/12 only ~500 turned in
Pay period ending 05/08/12 5470 turned in (2852 carryover from prev week)

 

What, a 5 month average isn't enough?
How about in the year 53 weeks I had my last truck I put 136k on it? That's 2500+ assuming NEVER going home...assuming OTR 46 of those 53 is a 2960+ average.

Again, as everyone points out, and you have indictaed understanding...NOBODY CAN EVER GUARANTY MILES! The only thing you can always 'expect' while OTR is that you will be away form home lol
In a ~60mph and 70 DOT hrs available, you can only go so far lol


Celi: I like the upfront, out in the open, info!

 

I have less than no idea what you're asking. I don't understand how the miles form Ontario to ATL will be lower if they are in a reefer lol
The biggest thing right now holding you back is the incredibly long travel time being given by logistics. It is becasue most drivers can't do the simplest task of driving and delivering ON TIME. We have had too many late dleiveries, and now EVERYONE must suffer for it, in the form of 3 days to make 1000 miles. They would rather give a timeframe that even the most brain-dead lazy driver can make, and not risk losing a customer, then tell them a more realistic 2 days for those 1000 miels, and have Joe Drivesixhoursandrestsforfourteen deliver it late. (BTW, I've met 'Joe' several times, I'm usually repowering his load from him to deliver it ON TIME, or talking to him at the terminal, where he stays for what seems like days, complaining about his low miles)
Just like Public School cirriculum is based of the dumbest kid, our appointments are now being set for the slowest driver.

W11 = DRY VAN ONLY
48 = Whatever-the-h3ll-they-give-you
Tell your DM "sorry, I know I'm 48, but I only do dry loads, because I don't like to sit at the docks" lol

Anyone who complains consistently about door time or wasting their clock at a door has pi$4p0or clock management. I don't care what time my appt is, I get there the night before, whenever possible, even if it means driving 11 straight. Then my clock won't start ticking until I'm done and pulling AWAY.
Wed 1700 pickup? Get there Tuesday night, and shut it down there (obviously when DOT hrs and distance/notice of trip allow) Best case scenario, I'm loaded/unloaded WAY ahead of time, and pick up a load, I may not have otherwise gotten. Worst case scenario, I sit in my truck watching movies and/or catching up on sleep until my appointment time. Either way, my clock is intact.
Does it work all the time? NO, but I consistently bang off my 70, never reset, I'm never late and always run hard.
This is my 2nd drop in 4 days that will be at least 24 hours early.

BTW, congrats! you got me off on a tangent I was trying to avoid in this thread lol