Good Night From II

On the Walmart acct I was on, it was almost beneficial to be surge, lol. Surge drivers get paid OTR rates, and dedicated drivers get a bit of a CPM cut and a cut to stop pay. Basically you will be ran out of the DC just like a dedicated driver. If you get along with everyone and don't suck, after a while you will be placed in the terminal on the dedicated acct. Walmart dedicated is a good gig with steady money, at least where I was. I only left so I can go on another dedicated run which I start in a week. I like being home once a week

 

Taking my break on a quiet side street in Fairburn GA a little south of Atlanta. It's a lead in road at an industrial park where one of my favorite receivers is located. No reefers or APUs mucking up my sleep tonight!!

Hustled in to town this afternoon to drop my load early and set my 10 to be ready for another load. As of yet don't know what load though. Been checking Mac30 steady since last night and it's been empty. Hmmm, NOT good

After doing my ecall I tried again and got all excited that there was a load offering...excitement didn't last but a few seconds. The load was to go up to the Decatur terminal at 9am and pick up a live unload, 45K lbs, that doesn't deliver for THREE more days EIGHT whole miles away!! WTF!!! I'd have to be a deaf, dumb and blind stupid idiot to take that load...just sayin'.

I let that joke die on the vine. I'll try again later.

 

Houstank that must be the trend, lol. I'm going to my home terminal to switch to a dedicated run, and since my DL put a request in to plan me west, they pre-planned me with a 177 two stop load that loads tomorrow, has one drop 160 miles away Monday, and the final drop 24 hours later 6 miles from stop one. I declined that load, stating that id rather take a 34, and immediately got a sweet run leaving Monday straight to my terminal.

 

You'll be "on loan" to the DC until you decide to quit or they don't need you.

 

Ok which means, im assuming, that all dispatches will come from Los Lunas...?

 

All dispatches will come from the onsite terminal at Walmart.

 

A surge driver takes up any slack that is not covered by their dedicated people.

I've worked a Target account a couple times and a Walmart once or twice. The pay for surge drivers is usually pretty good - if you can manage to get them to pay you correctly.
The last Target I worked surge for paid $250 per day. As long as you were on-call and available you were paid that amount, whether or not you had a load to run.
Some days were full working days, and a few I got paid to sit in my truck. Most were one load a couple hundred miles away and then back to the DC, either with a backhaul or mt.

If you land something like that you shouldn't take a home time until you intend to lose it.

 

I ran for the Wal Mart out of Moberly and surge and L/O and what it meant is that I got what was l left. Those assigned got the loads first. Also as far as stop pay, even as OTR I only received $10/stop, the same as if assigned. I looked and it is right in our contract. L/O receive $35/stop unless on Wal-Mart

 

Forgot who was planning today and also Sunday.