Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

As an OTR driver you should accept that you may have to go. One of our main customers has a huge facility in Brooklyn. We have lots of loads going there. NE miles pays 10 cents extra per mile and there is a $50 add-on for NYC deliveries or pickups, so there is a little sweetener for going there.

 

I’m looking at driving for them I have over 7 years exp record is good I live outside of Fort Wayne Indiana do they hire out of Indiana

 

If I get less than 3000 per week it's because of unforseen issues like weather or delays at shippers or receivers. Myself and others have had a few 4000 mile weeks also.

Another thing is that Abilene isn't afraid to deadhead drivers to get loads whereas other companies would just have a driver sit until a load came available. I have been deadheaded from Ft Lauderdale FL to Forrest City AR to get a load. That's well over 800 empty miles. I have heard of other companies that won't allow deadhead of more than 100.

 

I don’t mind going in there but I expect good miles in return which is fair last time I had stops in queens,Bronx and Jamaica got a load from outside of nyc to Salt Lake City

 

We are always going through Indiana. One of our main customers just opened a facility in New Castle and we have 3 other regular delivery locations in Indy.

 

As far as pay, run everything they give you and you should be able to take home $2K every two weeks that you stay out. In my first full 12 months I grossed $57K and I did $62K in 2017. I stay out 2-3 months at a time.

 

I understand what you are saying, but my philosophy is that all miles are good miles because they are all paid. As long as I hit my income goals I don't bother too much about how I got there. Whether it's 3000 mile coast to coast runs or bouncing back and forth on I95.

Hell, even if the money comes from detention and NYC/Canada drop pay I'm still good. The only reason I do this is for money, not to see the sights or anything else.

 

Like I said I hate nyc but I can do it Hope I can get out west a couple times a year I have my family in California and Nevada and Texas

 

When get sent Down to the city I always get there pizza or calzones
Some of the places I’ve eaten at Down there are some of the best food I’ve ever eaten

 

One can ask for time off anywhere in the US as well. I was able to spend a few days with family and go to my niece's graduation in So. Cal.

I have done several 34 hr resets out there with my family as well, and getting me home to FL is not an issue.