Loggin on "Line 3" for TMC

craigslist has a slew of jobs in trans field... no need to let folks walk over you at any company, if one is a VET doors you may think are closed due to being a rookie will open if the skills are there you can go anywhere...

 

I think it would help to calm down a little Blind. TMC is not testing you or anything like that. You have one of three kinds of fm. One is inexperienced two is dont give a crap and three would bend over backwards to do anything for you thats in his power(which you dont have). Now what I would do is call your team leader and forcefully not getting nasty, tell him your fm is not working with you so you're not working with him, so get me a new fm. Plain and simple. TMC is a great company I worked for and with them for 5-6 years before my wife dragged me away kicking and screaming the whole time. Its not TMC trust me. Ive had some of this happen to me but not to the extent that you are. Sometimes there's nothing anybody can do. I wanted to answer the O/O question in the post. I started as a Co driver but bought my own after about a yr may e less. They're record requirments are the same and they may have tractor requirements now but they pay 70% of the gross and you have the ability to move up like Co guys. They pay another 4% if you have your own trailer no forced dispatch and you usually get the choice of two or more loads. As long as u empty firzt thing in the am andstay in the freight lanes you will make good money. I took my expenses out every week including truck payment and usually cleared between 2500-3000 per week. Blind I could help you alot I think especially with time management so let me know. Keep at it. Switch fm's and remember get empty first thing all the good loads are on the board then. Plus if you're first you get first dibs.

 

How do you get empty first thing in the morning when you get held up for a total of five hours between both shipper and consignee? I am not having the same experience Blind is but I am trying and wanting to make it as close as I can to a consignee. It took two and a half hours to unload with a 120 mile bounce to sit for three and a quarter hours. Had to get the 0800 appointment changed. Still have a 150 miles to go. There is no making up time at 62 mph.

 

lol I was about to reply to your other post saying if you're in Yankton, you'll probably get hay...then I saw this post. Did you pick it up out of Dakota Premium Hay? Good guys there....

 

I can average 60 miles per hour in this truck. You just have to keep the door shut and continue running. When you stop to do load checks try and go for rest areas they are easier to get into and out of and it only takes 2 to 3 minutes to check your load. Remember if it only takes 7 minutes to do a load check and use the restroom, you can mark that has 15 minutes. Believe me I've legitimately run 670-680 miles in 11 hours. It take some time to figure it out and get use to everything. Crappy shippers in receivers are always a problem

 

melton used to have a picture of a "running rabbit" under the melton name on thier trucks. they had that for years and everyone knew them as running rabbit, really a loss to old time trucking they removed the rabbit

 

if you have to wait for five hrs to load or close to that why not make that part of your 10 sleep early and drive trough the night , could that work? maybe that could put you first in line. i do not know it was just a thought.