Big G Express Shelbyville, Tn So far........

For the next 3 months I will be experimenting with home every week here.
Things I hope to accomplish with this are:
fresh 70 every week (not playing with recap on week 2)
minimum 34 at the house (longer if load permits)
home with a load (trk/ trailer stays at Russellville for hometime)
keeping miles close to the avg I have now

The one annoyance I have on my 2 week out now is the "call" I get when I seem to be home w/o a load attached to me.
I don't mind coming out early on occasion but I have had the call on multiple occasions, I inform them of my pta that was set and leave it at that, I have not been questioned as to why I could/would not help at all but this is something you need to be aware of.

I have come out early to help on occasion but I make it clear I want my quality hometime.
I believe in nipping things in the bud early as to not set a pattern in the future and don't expect that I will jump when asked.

Home every week I think would eliminate that issue entirely but that is speculation at this point.

I monitor/document everything when it comes to my job, I analyze everything (sometimes over analyze) and play out all scenarios.

I have no doubts Big G would be a breath of fresh air for SS

I will be going thru numbers to see what avg length of haul here is but just glancing over my numbers I am thinking in the 450-500 range if that matters to any lookers.
You won't be kept sitting but if you prefer longer haul avgs this isn't the place for them

As long as I am rolling I don't care, pay and miles here are very consistent, not big swings week to week

Loads that have too much time on them I have never had a problem dropping on a yard to stay productive, my dispatcher seems proactive on unproductive loads and will already have a drop planned at times.

I can't really think of many negatives here (I have been trying to)
I am still in the honeymoon stage so time will tell but I don't forsee any surprises coming down the pike

YMMV

 

I guess Crete must have forgotten that their most valuable asset was sitting 63 feet ahead. I worked for Shaffer out of Lenoir City. The pay was ok but they treat their drivers like spare tires. Actually i noticed they care more about their equipment then their drivers.

 

The biggest problem with being out of Lenoir City for me.....was Jeff Hazelwood

 

Ya I got a strong impression that Jeff Hazelwood did not like truck drivers.
When I first went to work for Shaffer I was impressed. That did not last for long.

 

length of haul to date
468.45

 

I met a big g driver in Newport, TN, the other day. Had his wife and his dog with him. They were great friendly people. Said they liked big g after 2 months. Nice to see people happy about trucking.

 

Just finished the first month of new bonus program..
i ran 10542 which received a .03 cpm bonus.

all this while taking regular hometime 5 days total and being held up one weekend at a shipper that closed early. Was paid an extra $100 for that as well as another $50 bonus..

not bad for the first month of the program. These are the miles i usually run every month while taking every other weekend off for 2 1/2 days each.

 

So if I calculated your miles but based on the starting pay rate(as a new driver), after taxes and $150/wk personal cash the average takehome would be in the $725-$750 range per week counting the .03 mileage bonus(but not counting the extra bonus and extra pay for the customer closing). It this pretty close to an average month there?

 

How much hand unloading you do there?

 

No hand unloading...are you serious..