From the Office to Trucking

Pulled my first significant grade yesterday (Fancy Gap / NC/VA border). Had a load of soup/juices and was grossed out around 77,000#. Made it half way up the mountain when my check engine light came on. My first thought was "Oh ****". Continued driving for a little bit as the truck felt normal and all gauges were at normal operating range. The engine cutoff light then started flashing. When I saw that, I immediately made my way to the shoulder. Got out and didn't see any apparent issues under the hood. A couple of wise folks mentioned to check the coolant levels based on the water pump incident that took place a couple of weeks ago. Long story short, we are hoping there was just some air in the coolant system which triggered the light. I topped off the overflow tank, let the engine cool, and went about my day. Check engine light never came back on after that.

Currently at $3,550 for the week on ~1,155 miles after I get empty tonight. I believe I have a load lined up for pickup tomorrow that would deliver Monday, which should help next weeks numbers a little bit. I do plan on taking off Thursday and Friday of next week, but will still be shooting for ~$3,500 or so. I am hoping my Prepass finally showed up this week, so I can start venturing out a little further.

 

I by no means know a lot at this point, but feel free to PM me if you have any questions about anything. Happy to help where I can!

 

I have not. Probably won't be getting that far west.

 

That is where I am trying to get to!

 

I am not going out of my way to find the heaviest thing I can. With that being said, I'm not going to sit at this point if there are only heavy loads around, if I can get a rate I feel is acceptable. In your example above, based on revenue alone, I would have turned down the heavier load for the lighter one too due to the revenue. If the revenue was reversed on those loads, I tend to believe I would be hauling the 46K assuming it was a comparable lane to the opposing load.