Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

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I never really wanted to go over those CO mountains though. In training with two different companies when I went out west both my trainers (even when I wasn't driving at the time) went out of route to avoid the mountains in CO supposedly because it sucks and takes forever driving through there.
From what I've seen the chain laws aren't there entire state just on I70 going through the mountains.

I really want to go out west during the fall, it would be soo beautiful going through some areas out west around then.
This whole "OTR" is feeling more and more like a job lol. It was fun seeing the all new places for the first year or so of driving but now I've seen most everywhere east of I35 already.
Simply going to places like Kansas city or Minneapolis has brought me great joy because I've only been there a couple times before not a million times.

 

The northeast sucks! It sucks when you are a company driver and it sucks even more as an IC because you feel like you are stuck there.
You could always leave anytime you want if you want to leave for peanuts though.
The Northeast is good for people that live there and can run regional to get home a lot.
If you don't leave the Northeast and just run in tiny circles you can do well.. but I know personally I flip out if I do that crap for too long.

Here's a few tidbits of my own experience...
For me personally... I draw a line from Pittsburgh down to Richmond.
Anything to the right of that line means I'm officially sucked into the Northeast black hole.
Not that say Baltimore is the "Northeast".. I know some like to nitpick when I say the Northeast but I'm talking about rates.
It's not that difficult to get okay rates going WEST from Pittsburgh down to Richmond but after that line I speak of then it is.

I don't cross that line unless I get huge rates going in.
Once I'm sucked into the black hole $1.40 all miles is my bottom line to leave.
Meaning I run regional until a load pays me $1.40+ all miles to escape.
I refuse to leave for cheap which meant multiple times being stuck up there for a week plus.
My record was about 12-13 days... I ran PA to NY and back the entire time just waiting for something to get me out. After 10-11 days I was totally and about ready to give up.
Right when I was totally spent for patience I finally got lucky and nabbed a Rochester to Memphis load for $1600.
So far every time I have met my $1.40+ goal but it ain't easy!

 

"Drivers are required to carry chains on I 70 from mile marker 163 to mile marker 259 from September 1st through May 31st. If you are caught on this stretch of road during these dates without chains, you may be fined."

You're right through, you never know when you could need chains. A few times I could have used them in PA last winter.

 

I'm over this crap.. people today have beat me multiple times to hot loads in a manner of seconds.
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