My journey with PGT begins today

Yea, that sounds better per week than per month.

 

Ive done some wallboard that went from shippingport to gaithersburg md that paid to the trk 1.21cwt @ 48,000. Also one that paid 1.92cwt @ 48,000 from shippingport to bayonne nj.

Ill give you my whole week. Left last sunday for cleveland with plate from nucur cofield nc that paid 807. Then dead head from there to shippingport to get that preloaded dry wall for jersey at 1.92cwt for 48,000. Then dh to camden nj pier and loaded for skidded alum. coils that when to lebanon pa for 450 flat rate. Then dh back down to us steel fairless in morrisville pa and loaded a single coil for cincy at 2.33cwt for 40,000. Take my 26% off trk from those. Then reloaded out of ak in middletown with a 46k coil for troy va to start off next week and it pays 900 flat to the truck.

Big issue with the building materials division is when you get wallboard from shippingport you have to drop and hook and majority of the trucks have zero storage.( if your on BM you can put your name on the list for a headache rack). Most every trailer has a headboard with chain racks on em. So moving alllll your gear is a pain. I lucked out and got a truck with a side box i keep everything in there and the little storage in the truck. Only thing i have to move was my tarp and lumber. Your lumber tarps stay on the trailer you drop and when you unload the preload you inherit those tarps.

Im pleased with them so far and a have great experiences with everyone ive had to interact with. But my journey there might be real short. Got a phone call from my old boss who just started a second wrecker company and wants me to run the show. Gonna have lunch with him tomorrow and see what he has to put on the table. If its good ill be turning my truck in whenever he wants me to start. Aint gonna turn down a good job where i can sleep at my house everynight.

 

^^^ WOW, those are cheap rates for flat loads never mind steel. NC to Cleveland load is $1.38 a mile and Pa to cincy is around $1.95.

 

Yeah i know i did the same math. Hence the last paragraph. The cleveland load was in the hole so much nc it was through boyds broker side and the came from the agency by my house. Boyd paper work had it at a grand. Which aint any better.

 

just think of all the guys that would run you over for 1.95 coming out of the east.

 

Comeing out of New England i can see guys fighting for $1.95 but from NC to Oh $1.38 is crazy and the same with the other spots he loaded out of. Loads all day long over $2.50 a mile in those areas from brokers and direct shippers.

 

Right now, you are going through the toughest time. Most trainers arent good trainers. Heck, most trainers arent even good drivers. But you've come too far to be denied your own truck. Remember this experience of riding in another guy's truck. Quite unnatural. Remember everything this guy tells you.

Why?

Down the road, you will see another rookie going through what you are, and you will know exactly how to help him. Salute.

EDIT: Dont worry about the cars...do what you have to do, get into the lane you need to be in as soon as you can. The cars will go around you.

 

Forget that guy, I'm pretty confident pulling open deck and take alot of pride in my work and there's still things that I can scratch my head about securing, no bodies perfect and in this industry especially pulling a skateboard you need to learn something new everyday, there's no reason he should be talking down to you when he's supposed to be helping you!

If you ever need a few hints about how to secure a load don't let his negativity slow you down, go ask some other driver's there or one of the loaders usually they will help you, this forum is also a great place to ask for advice, there's guy's here who can tell you everything you need to know about securing certain types of freight...

Be safe out there man...