Crete/Shaffer‼️

it also depends where they was when last empty

 

that's exactly how i've witnessed it to be.

 

I had no idea. When I was at Marten, I was getting all the long run because I could consistently do them on time. Interesting

 

I would have to think it would depend upon how regional your carrier is. I dont see that many true OTR carriers that often.

 

Love your post man. Very informative. I could definitely take a page out of your book.

 

Personally I never got the "I dont do short runs thing." I take what's given. If we're both sent a 400mi run, I take it and go. By the time you're done arguing with dispatch for a longer run I'm 200miles down the road. I like the long runs too, but I'd rather be rolling then arguing with dispatch. I've had weeks with nothing but "short" runs and gotten 3000+ miles, and I've had weeks with one long run, then another but it doesn't deliver until after pay cutoff so stuck with 2000mi for the week.

 

I found that short runs could be just as productive AS LONG AS they kept you running and not sitting at the dock. If you have two hours sitting at a dock you've lost about $62 (back in my days there: 50 cents a mile at 62 MPH for two hours). So dock time is costly compared to driving. Short run dock time is the key. Keep it down and short runs can be productive. If long runs have excessive delivery times then what have you accomplished there? Yeh you make good money driving but then you sit for a day so you've lost over $300 (.50x62 MPH for 10 hours). It's tit-for-tat when comparing short runs Vs. long runs. Keep in mind the other variables. It all comes back to the old adage; "if the wheels ain't turning, you ain't earning"