How long are you on the road for???

3 weeks out is enough,come home for three days, head back out.The longest time out was 6 weeks

 

I try to limit my time working to 19 days per month.

I might work a 9 day week, then a 10 day, or broken up some how.

 

It depends on the frieght. Spring-fall (flatbed) I can make more than enough to keep the business up and running, support the family, and have money to spend when I want to spend it. Winter rolls around and it seems like I have to be out more to make money, usually 2-3 days and then home for a day and then back out. It's all in how you route and how you plan your trips. Winter brings more headache with bad weather and tarping so it slows me down a lot too. summer I can turn 2 loads a day but If i run down to wichita in the winter I usually end up booking something going up north and stopping at the house for the night instead of a truckstop sleep at home finish the trip in the morning and do it all over again the next day. Just depends on what part of the industry you want to be in and your frieght lanes. Lot of guys don't like the short loads but I'd take making a little less and seeing my family, over running all over the country for a few weeks at a time.

 

I'm home every night.

 

10 1/2 - 11 months at a time, then take 6 weeks off in winter.

 

What kind of loads do look for to be home each night?

 

OP is from Daytona, FL......... I guess if you can find loads worth pulling out of Daytona you can get home as often as you want too.