Where is everyone?

At the shop changing oil in my truck.

 

Unloaded at the Nuclear Sub Factory this morning, then shot up to Terre haute to grab a load of skidded coils..... well, it turns out the 46K of skidded coils was actually a single 46K coil. I don;t carry racks with me, or beveled lumber, or the friction mats they wanted so i said SEE YA and DH home. On the way home, i got pulled over by IN State police and got a Level 3 and issued a "warning" citation for going 62 in a 60.... yeah, i know.

Anyways, loading up some flow-bin's in the morning going to Pascagoula, MS for delivery monday, so i get a few more days at home.

 

Home for the night. Truck is serviced and ready to go.

Getting up at 4:30 to load corn. Have to drive across a guys yard to get to the bin site i'm loading at so it only works to go in there early in the morning when the ground is still froze.

 

Beautiful Gary indiana... at the TA of ext 15 on 94. deliverd in flora IL earlier today nd deaded up here to pick up a load headed for little rock, lancaster tx, and austin tx... love how its already late so now i get to be the bad guy and deliver it late. dropped off the student i had with me since spokane for a few days. really enjoyed teaching him what little knowledge i know and enjoyed the company

 

Wayland MO at the J.
So this should make Pape happy if he didn't already know, Boyd bought out Mid Seven. I dont know much about Mid Seven but I do know about Boyd. That cant be good fot rates.

 

Unfortunately, I was well aware of this. I would assume this will not be good, but I am not sure how big of a deal it is. I would be much more concerned if it was someone like Maverick. The other good thing is that Mid 7 was not that big a player. I don't think think Boyd got much value from this purchase. I hate to see wall board haulers getting into the specialized game.

Interestingly enough, even in a down market, we keep finding customers that are willing to pay for top notch service. It's not easy, but we are expanding our customer base. For example, we have a relatively new national customer that is sending lots of business our way. All of their loads are spot bid and they are choosing to use us even when we are not the least expensive because of our high service standards. Customers love working with someone that always does what was agreed upon.

Follow Cluck's motto..."don't suck."

 

John Deere

 

I heard a Boyd driver saying he is pulling JD stuff. He was pulling a step also. That was a first seeing that. I would.guess Moline and E Moline is where they are pulling out of mostly. Not sure about the other stuff.