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

yup I'd take that if I was there.
Still not going to Florida though lol

 

Well that's a complex answer.. depends on a lot of things and/or my mood.
Biggest thing I guess where you getting is how do I decide if a load or area is good or bad?
That comes through experience, learning the lanes.. shippers.. markets etc etc.
Doesn't happen overnight for anybody.
For example when I'm in an area I have a good idea what I can GET out of that area and won't settle for less.
Now if I go into an area I don't know well like when I went to Mississippi once then my outlook is different. When you're new then it's all new to you.
That's just me though.. everybody is different and has different wants and needs.
Like now that winter is coming I'll only be booking 1 maybe 2 days out and be checking the weather more so than the load board.
No more driving in snow and ice storms, I'm going to book around that crap.
I've had enough close calls with Fedrex blowing my doors off while sliding all over the interstate.

 

Oh yes!

Never again... NEVER AGAIN do I have to deal with a dispatcher sending me into a freaking ice storm.

I hated that most about being a company driver.

"ring ring ring...
Hello this is driver number 12345
You know this load is going right into an ice storm right?"

Dispatcher:
"Yes but the load must be covered.. it had to be picked up"

Me:

"Well it's unproductive.. they're saying whole interstates will be shut down"

Dispatcher:

"do your best"


Me:

 

lol it's okay to ask questions, I don't mind.
For the record I don't see why not.. southern Mississippi isn't a great area but there's loads there.
Only up hill battle I know of is the learning curve but we all go through it.