Good night from...

Denver, CO for some home time with the lttle girls.
Finally!
I've been trying to get here for the past week, but the planners have simply ignored my ht request.
Accepted a load going to ID, and then got to my DM to get it t-called in Denver.

I like my DM's.

For nearly a year every home time was right on time. I didn't have to refuse a single load to get there on time.
The past couple months have been just the opposite. I've had to fight for it.

 

Blsqueak, have you checked into getting on the reefer side fulltime at Costco? The O/O do pretty well and are home every weekend for a reset and you living by Columbus should be no problem. Something to think about and being as a mentor you should get easily around 3,000 miles a week. Just throwing it out there.

 

Is that out of Morris? A solo should be close to 3K a week. The ultra lights with the super singles are nice ... I get about 7.5mpg out bound at 79K and 10+mpg on the mt return ... Sitting at a shipper in ID watching my 14 go tick, tick, tick ...

 

Yea morris, the reefer side is pretty much all o/o and the ones that are mentors and team usually get the longer ones or the ones with split loads as its harder for a solo to turn those runs each day. The nice thing for the reefers have to return back and usually mt with some back hauls. I usually get a load or 2 a week on the dry side being on GLR. Seems like a good gig but not sure on all the info for a o/o to be on it.

 

sitting at home. went to doc appt. anf have a detached retuna. had operation last nute to repair and will be out on meducal leave for 2-4 weeks.

 

Wonder if it is run anything like doing a surge for Wal-marts. I would think that it would be hard for a O/O with a student to go home every week do to motel expenses, but I have seen it done. Might have to check it out. I know that I have never seen a message advertising for it. I thought that it was just company trucks that were actually dedicated,

 

The compamy drivers and many of the O/O that just pass through grab a load and head out then move on from there. Like I do with GLR unless I get lucky with a pallet return load and then head back. That is why the dry side is mostly not dedicated cuz you usually do not go back to the DC, but there are guys dedicated on that side and are the ones who usually get the pallet returns. The reefers have to return, so that is what the O/O like cuz of mostly returning MT. I dont know who you would have to talk to about it, probably Manteno as that is where it is planned out of.
As far as having a student doesnt matter. I trained on this account and went home every weekend. I chose to drive 3 hours to my mentors house and not stay in a hotel. So you could give them a choice stay in hotel or they can meet you somewhere each week. Just have to work out with student coordinator for students that live by that will work.

 

Still at home and it feels good. Today got the 90 day DOT, faxed it into Lewiston, and they will take care of it since I would be on safety hold Monday, and with the time difference. Passed with flying colors and surprised with 200K on the truck and still plenty of tread on the drives. Going to check out that Costco, but not sure how Lewiston will deal with it, being a Mentor, and they like their mentors getting their students from there. They would probably want me to start to get students from Columbus. It is a territory thing, like getting in a certain area and the terminals like to take care of their drivers first. (hehe)

 

I've never had a problem getting students from anywhere. Just send the available for student macro, and keep rolling solo till a terminal asks me to pick one up. Never waited more than a few days.

 

Try talking to Manteeno ... I've dealt with the Costco planners a couple of times and they seemed pretty accommodating ... On 45.5K load and running outlaw on the fuel ... got my fuel consumption figured out at 6.5mpg to be at weight when I pass the next scale ... wouldn't you know it, I'm running 8.2 mpg ... hope it's closed for Easter.