Going back to OTR with Schneider Lease Purchase!

Just finished up my first week!

Late Sunday night I took a load from Bear River City UT to Albany OR for delivery Tuesday morning. Deadheaded that morning to Vancouver WA to pickup, delivered to Boise ID Wednesday morning. That same morning I picked up literally around the corner in Boise to deliver to Auburn WA for Friday. I would be able to deliver the day before, so called my BOA and they allowed me to deliver a day early, and brought the load to WA Thursday morning. After that deadheaded to Issaquah and picked up a load going to Sparks NV for delivery today, Saturday morning. Got to Sparks on time but the customer was closed, contrary to the load info on workflow that said customer was open Saturdays. Called my BOA (or the person covering for her) and she had me relay the trailer to our drop yard in Sparks, and I get paid as if I delivered it to the customer, as the operating hour discrepancy wasn't my fault.

With only 8hrs on my 70 left, I'm currently taking my 34hr reset, preparing to check out loads leaving Reno this coming Monday. Considering I'm getting readjusted to life on the road, being my own dispatcher and on top of that, actually having to manage my clocks again, this wasn't a bad first week. I definitely want and need to make more revenue, but I'm learning the process, cruising no higher than 60mph to save fuel, and I'm having fun!

Now to get some laundry done and have a good meal at the Iron Skillet!

 

I ran long hours every day, and I technically only worked 2hrs late Sunday night. That would only give me 10hrs to work between now and Tuesday when my Monday hours roll over. Felt like it was better for me to reset than recap. Also the loads in Reno definitely aren't paying $3 a mile, but there were some in town drop and hook runs for like $60-$80 apiece. I do understand what you're trying to say though, and I'll try to better utilize my recap in the future.

 

Yeah I didn't wanna spend my time doing those. This coming week I found a couple good runs that would take me either to Chicago or Laredo, and the loads surrounding Chicago blew my mind. Problem is I can't take them. We're having a small wedding the weekend of the 6th and I want to try to stay within the region of Salt Lake so I don't miss my own party. Afterwards though I'll take a 95cpm load to get out east if I have to so I can start bringing in the good stuff.