I'm baaaaaack!!!!!!!!

Hi captain zoom, I hope you don't mind, i'd like to ask you a question. do you know if risinger runs out west and south? I know you run east and mid west states, but I don't remember reading that you went west. I got the impression of your story that you wanted to run all over the usa. has that changed? or did I get the wrong impression?

 

how long did it take to get out of the dog house when they got angry about the almost late load?

 

These are pretty important observations. Newbies, take note!

1) Yes, Gordon told Zoomy only what he wanted to hear, gambling that he would stay on. That's not a knock on Gordon as much as on OTR Truckload as an industry that recruits dishonestly.

2) "I enjoy making a living more than... " The best $$ for company drivers are typically milk runs and while there's a learning curve with any new company, Risinger, Gordon or whomever, as Zoomy said in an earlier post he's learning the Risinger customer list right now, efficiencies will follow. Many will take it a step further and trade the 'adventure' of a large network with the predictably of the same stops, the same loads. Especially where that means sleeping in your own bed, the one WITHOUT wheels.

These are standard tradeoffs to making a living as a company driver. Dishonest recruiting, the need to learn the customer list before you get efficient and where you want to tuck in at night. Even independents (owner operators) get so that they see a load on the load board and know who the unnamed shipper is, what it paid the truck last time, what hassles were encountered, etc.

Yes, Virginia, experience does count.

 

So as long as you are getting good miles even though you run the same lanes, you are satisfied with not running all 48. I got you. I would never suggest you to jump ship and go elsewhere, as I know that will only go in one ear and out the other, cause as you said in your story, you are just writing your work life down as you go about your life and no one can tell you to go here or there, its your decision. I was just curious because I figured you would get tired of running the same old lanes. but the miles you are running with risinger are a lot better than the other company you were with. I hope you have continued success with them and not have to move again. thanks for your answer.

 

I just got done talking with one of your lease drivers. He seems pretty happy.

 

Thanks for welcoming me, and I understand if you did not answer right away. I figured you would answer after you and your wife off time. Your story is interesting and had me reading all the pages from the start. I was curious to see where you ended up. So far, it looks like you are doing pretty good. Thank you again for letting me respond and read your story. So you say the goat is calling it quits huh?