Crete, from one red truck to another

Yep I have the battery pack ac and it does fine. Usually lasts throughout the night with no problem.

Well the Phoenix load was a drop so I didn't have to wait until this afternoon. Got a sweet preplan for a trip up to Portland, OR and about 10 minutes later it got cancelled with a new one picking up south of Tuscon and heading to Ft. Madison, IA. An ok run as well but I would have much prepared the NW run. I am now an official card toting member of the gold and copper mining facility. Sitting in Las Cruces tonight and got some nice back roads driving tomorrow.

 

Well got an asset manager now. Hopefully that will work out well. Nice drive today through US54 in NM, TX and OK. Sitting in Hooker, OK tonight and probably going to stop in KC tomorrow and perhaps get a B service done if they are not backed up.

 

Week 47:

8/4-8/7 home time
8/8-8/10 Durham, NC -- Cary, NC -- Phoenix, AZ --- 1425/2245
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1425 miles (4 days home time)

A real good run out of the gate. Managing to keep my hours around 8.75 every day since I have been out with these nice long runs. Finishing up in the morning in Ft. Madison, IA and likely picking up down the road in Hannibal I would wager after that. I am really liking all of this time west of the Mississippi river over the last 7-8 weeks, sure does make life a lot easier not dealing with all of the congestion and headaches of the east coast.

I keep a spreadsheet of a lot of data regarding my loads and thought I would post a monthly mileage update to give folks an idea of what they might expect. I will start with my first full month of August 2011-July 2012. I took April-May 2012 off for a family leave.

August -- 8913 (8 days home)
September -- 10671 (4 days home)
October -- 9001 (8 days home)
November -- 8572 (5 days home)
December -- 11376 (4 days home)
January -- 10221 (7 days home)
February -- 11088 (0 days home)
March -- 10150 (5 days home)
June -- 9477 (4 days home)
July -- 12567 (0 days home)
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102,036 miles
10,204 miles/month

Miles update:
week 1 = 3124 mi
week 2 = 3067 mi
week 3 = 2946 mi (with 34 hr reset)
week 4 = (Aug 8-14) = 0 home time
week 5 = 1810 miles (2 days home)
week 6 =3184 miles
Week 7 =1396 miles (3 days home)
Week 8 =2535 miles+ 65.00 extra pay (1 day home)
Week 9 =2500 miles (1 day at home)
Week 10 =3161 miles + 35.00 short haul
Week 11 =3056 miles +35.00 short haul
Week 12 =1054 miles (4 days home)
Week 13 =3073 miles +100 NYC pay
Week 14 = 2625 miles (with 34 hour reset)
Week 15 = 1560 miles (3 days home)
Week 16 = 2420 miles (1 day home)
Week 17 = 2034 miles (1 day broke down, 1 day sitting)
Week 18 = 2920 miles
Week 19 = 697 miles (5 days off)
Week 20 = 2785 miles (+100 NYC)(1/2 day off)
Week 21 = 2319 miles (35.00)(1 day off reset at home)
Week 22 = 3319 miles
Week 23 = 2221 miles (+35.00) (2 days off)
Week 24 = 1288 (3 days home)
Week 25 = 2184 miles (2 days home)
Week 26 = 3038 miles
Week 27 = 3290 miles
Week 28 = 1713 miles (2 days off home)
Week 29 = 2087 miles + 30.00 drop pay (2 days home)
Week 30 = 2273 miles (+150 extra drop pay)
Week 31 = miles ca. 2493 (+30 drop, 35 short haul, +84 detention)
Week 32 = 2806 miles (+25.00 short haul)
Week 33 = 1871 miles (2.5 days home time +35.00 short haul pay)
Week 34 = 2737 miles (reset off +25.00 short haul pay)
Week 35 = 3007 miles
Week 36 = 3059 miles
Week 37 = 1023 (4 days hometime)
Week 38 = 2611 miles (+35.00 short haul)
Week 39 = 2775 miles (+35.00 short haul)
Week 40 = 2633 miles
Week 41 = 1458 miles (3 days hometime)
Week 42 = 2355 miles
Week 43 = 2861 miles
Week 44 = 2761 miles (34 hr reset, +56.00 detention)
Week 45 = 3006 miles (reset)
Week 46 = 2243 miles (+30 extra stop) +1.5 day home
Week 47 = 1425 miles (4 days home)

 

What a long day. Tallied just a shade over 400 miles after two long loads and unloads and some Illinois back road driving. Heading to southern Atlanta for a delivery tomorrow night

 

Well a 600+ mile day. Delivered at the JC Penney warehouse and then got a preplan for my first reefer load that apparently needs to move so I am sitting in the Marietta yard after finally getting a reefer that functions. Picking up near here tomorrow and rolling up to the DOT facility in Illinois.

 

Week 48:

8/11-8/13 Durham, NC -- Cary, NC -- Phoenix, AZ --- 820/2245
8/13-16 Phoenix, AZ -- Green Valley, AZ -- Fort Madison, IA --- 1630 miles
8/16-17 Fort Madison, IA -- Burlington, IA -- Forest Park, GA --- 810
8/17 Forest Park, GA -- Marietta, GA -- Doraville, GA -- Mt. Sterling, IL --- 37/730 miles
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3297 miles

A very nice week. Sitting just a little north of E. St. Louis and picking up in the morning near there and heading to the WM DC in London, KY. Recycling hours now so shouldn't be any long days for a while barring delays in loading.



Miles update:
week 1 = 3124 mi
week 2 = 3067 mi
week 3 = 2946 mi (with 34 hr reset)
week 4 = (Aug 8-14) = 0 home time
week 5 = 1810 miles (2 days home)
week 6 =3184 miles
Week 7 =1396 miles (3 days home)
Week 8 =2535 miles+ 65.00 extra pay (1 day home)
Week 9 =2500 miles (1 day at home)
Week 10 =3161 miles + 35.00 short haul
Week 11 =3056 miles +35.00 short haul
Week 12 =1054 miles (4 days home)
Week 13 =3073 miles +100 NYC pay
Week 14 = 2625 miles (with 34 hour reset)
Week 15 = 1560 miles (3 days home)
Week 16 = 2420 miles (1 day home)
Week 17 = 2034 miles (1 day broke down, 1 day sitting)
Week 18 = 2920 miles
Week 19 = 697 miles (5 days off)
Week 20 = 2785 miles (+100 NYC)(1/2 day off)
Week 21 = 2319 miles (35.00)(1 day off reset at home)
Week 22 = 3319 miles
Week 23 = 2221 miles (+35.00) (2 days off)
Week 24 = 1288 (3 days home)
Week 25 = 2184 miles (2 days home)
Week 26 = 3038 miles
Week 27 = 3290 miles
Week 28 = 1713 miles (2 days off home)
Week 29 = 2087 miles + 30.00 drop pay (2 days home)
Week 30 = 2273 miles (+150 extra drop pay)
Week 31 = miles ca. 2493 (+30 drop, 35 short haul, +84 detention)
Week 32 = 2806 miles (+25.00 short haul)
Week 33 = 1871 miles (2.5 days home time +35.00 short haul pay)
Week 34 = 2737 miles (reset off +25.00 short haul pay)
Week 35 = 3007 miles
Week 36 = 3059 miles
Week 37 = 1023 (4 days hometime)
Week 38 = 2611 miles (+35.00 short haul)
Week 39 = 2775 miles (+35.00 short haul)
Week 40 = 2633 miles
Week 41 = 1458 miles (3 days hometime)
Week 42 = 2355 miles
Week 43 = 2861 miles
Week 44 = 2761 miles (34 hr reset, +56.00 detention)
Week 45 = 3006 miles (reset)
Week 46 = 2243 miles (+30 extra stop) +1.5 day home
Week 47 = 1425 miles (4 days home)
Week 48 = 3297 miles

 

Well kind of a long day with a lot of back road driving through Kentucky and Ohio. Made two deliveries today as well as picking up another load at the last stop. Sitting in Jeffersonville, OH tonight with a two stopper in Memphis and Jackson, MS. Going to try and deliver early on the second one as I have plenty of time to get it done quicker than they have listed. First day I haven't gotten at least 400 miles in a day since coming out this month and was easily doable again today but decided to just grab a shower and call it an early day.

Pondering on getting a truck through here but kind of holding off on seeing if I can get another home loan for a place in Las Vegas. If that falls through will probably go ahead and go the O/O route here as after crunching the numbers I can do somewhat better paywise by doing so.

 

Five best full weeks (I have had some better 7 day periods but from pay period to pay period these are the best/worse). Actually better than I thought on the bad weeks with the fifth worse still being over 2800 miles.

1. 3319
2. 3297
3. 3290
4. 3184
5. 3161

Five worse full weeks
1. 2273 (+150 extra drop pay to ease the pain)
2. 2355
3. 2633
4. 2775
5. 2806