Maverick Driver general bs thread

I'm looking to try to go with maverick after I get out of school and just wanted to see if it would be better to do regional or glass. I know regional gets you home more. But what one do you make more and what one is more Challenging. I like to have to thank on my job.

 

Glass runs nearly everything we haul plus glass, but at the higher glass rate. A good friend running glass over the winter had absolutely no glass runs in January. All steel runs. Same miles and freight I was running but at the higher rate. Difference was he stayed out longer and I went home each week. He's running a dedicated route at the moment, but he was consistently making $1200-$1300/week without missing a beat. He's regretting being on the dedicated route now and is dropping it to go back to regular glass. A glass hauler can run 12% fewer miles for the same pay no matter what they haul. If you're in the right freight lane you are constantly on the move.

 

Not Big Blue!

 

I've got two bad tires in my garage from breakdown coming out and replacing after I picked up at charlotte pipe. Never heard a thing.. now I wish i didn't have them, need to get to laurinburg.

 

What's the deal on blown/ flat tires? I've read and heard from people that maverick expects you to bring the bad tire back to a maverick yard. What are they used for? I asked road service if I was supposed to take it, and he said he had no idea. So I have a blown, absolutely worthless(in my opinion) tire and mudflap/mudlflap bracket strapped to my trailer. Planning on dropping them at the Madison yard on the way out tomorrow.