FedEx Freight Diary (ala Russian Rabbit)

Fortunately my home is almost paid off. The rest of the shorties add up for sure.

 

Yes, recap is possible to run and make this work to run 7 days should I choose.

The way it’s looking is that I’ll likely run every Saturday to give my clock a fresh start for FX to do what it will with it. At least until I get a solid footing of how this new company operates.

 

This check was a crap week. Between running out a 16hr exception, then running out of hours and having to lay down in a hotel for 10 hours and as a result, losing a night of work in the process. I was happy to start the weekend early, but wasn't keen on losing out on the $350 for the run and burning 8hrs of time to salvage the end of the week.

Also of note, it seems that my question about the top out seems to be what I came to expect, so it'll be in October, so will hang out on the 2nd year rung for another month. No biggie.

 

This week was a pretty good week, aside from running a 14 out every day (as usual). Standard out and back with no vias. I love running vias, they just don't get down to me enough since I'm not on the New Jersey run anymore. Great naps though. My truck is due for a PM from the hub I'm bidded to. This will be interesting because I was told by a mechanic that visits my terminal that he'd be doing the PM at my yard on the weekend, which I hope is the case because there will be a much higher probability of getting fresh drive tires going into the winter.

Last thing I want is the hub to do the PM and have their city drivers run the tractor for P&D.

The PT gig I landed didn't pan out this week. When I did my training run with them last Sunday, I told dispatch that I'd be available on Saturday after 4, but the lady I spoke to mistakenly put me in for Friday, so of course I was surprised to wake up on Friday evening to a VM from them asking where I was, and by that point in the week, all the loads were planned so it was too late to get a run this weekend. Oh well, there's next week.

Plus, I've admittedly been pretty hard on my 7 year old lately, he's just struggling with managing endless amounts of energy and it clashes against my docile personality. So, in this aspect, it was great to spend the day with him goofing around. Ended the evening with him asking me to teach him to cook something (he has always loved cooking), so I taught him how to make sausage and peppers. Find me a 7 year old that can tell you how to tell whether the San Marzano tomatoes you are buying in the store are ACTUAL San Marzano's. When asked, he will now explain how true imported San Marzano tomatoes are always peeled, never diced, etc and have certain authenticity seals on the labeling (Italy has similar protections to Scotland as far as the use of labeling liquor as Scotch whisky).

 

Awesome way to start the week... come in to Pre trip my truck and square it away... first thing to find all of my drive tires and rims were replaced with new over the weekend.
Happy happy Monday!

 

Awesome, please feel free to continue!

That’s a considerable amount of drops and hooks for that mileage. What does your bid consist of?

Do you only work dock at the hub or will they let you run the hostler?

Out of the 20 hours you put in, how many strips would you say you worked that week?