Assuming I make it to my planned destination tomorrow evening, this week will have turned out to be not-so-bad after all. That reefer load I had...
After the 846 mile debacle that was the week of December 8th, I did really well last week with 3,293 miles. Got lucky and was able to deliver the...
Boy am I wasting my life this time out ... 1738 miles last week during which I sat the better part of four days. Okay ... Figured I'd get over it....
How much does Heartland Express pay its drivers for recruiting other drivers? Just wondering ... I've gotten the hard sell a couple of times in...
I unloaded in Dixon, IL on Saturday morning after sitting on the consignee's lot all night. I took a short run there hoping for a Spring Valley...
^ Maybe they're giving those of us who got stuck in the bad places the past few months the chance to make ours now? Just theorizing ... Kidney...
I feel like I need to knock on the wood of the Columbus, OH Microtel really hard in saying this, but this has been the best three week period I've...
Wow. Big Brother is watching! Hope I've been fair and balanced ... LOL If it came up in the conversation, I would be interested in knowing the...
I'm sitting in Midway, TN right now, but I can't complain much. I delivered the Socorro, TX to Dekalb, IL load in 46 hours (1523 miles) and then...
You are correct.
Say what???!!! I'm sitting in El Paso right now and my load can't pick up 'til Monday. Yes, indeedee ... I'm doing my second restart since...
Well ... My luck hasn't improved in the slightest. I got detained for the better part of today and just got a load that drops near home so I went...
^ Not surprising. I think I'm one of the few east coast guys who actually likes going to CA. The few times I've been there it's always been a long...
As I understand it, the problem with cashing out now for a later rehire is that you'll come back at a lower pay rate. Someone correct me if I'm...
^ Yes. Very slow right now. Our oft-audited-to-15 minute logs are also most definitely made of paper. Meh ... Bedtime. Counting trucks is more...
^ A complete response to that would be lengthy and would likely inspire a heated political debate which would have no place on this thread, but I...
^ Good luck. You're gonna need it ... I got another "currently out of freight" message from day dispatch right before they went home. Now I'm in...
As anyone could have predicted, I got the "very short on freight" message after my unload in Phili. I'm now sitting at the J in Carney's Point, NJ...
You're not alone. I'm not going to get into long narratives, but my last few trips out have been unacceptable: 8/5-8-25 ....... 7711 miles...
Thanks for posting that. I'm on my home time right now and I was scheduled to go back out tomorrow. I called my terminal manager and we went ahead...
