Another "Off to Swift I go" thread

Yes to that sir! I'll take any load any where, I'm a truck driver and that's how I get paid and how I get home.

 

Wow. home time with my wife is real nice too!

 

how is hubby doing. i been on road for 5 years. i am still learning.I get home for a couple days every ten days. It is all about miles not mater how get weither one 2 thousand mile trip of 5 small ones.record time in and out of shippers recievers this way if their long slim chance can get some money. always get a signature that readable on the original bol.if cant read print persons name

 

If they pay you .50/mile for the short ones and drop/hook it's okay. I don't know about you but dock time is free and two hours getting loaded, two hours unloading, two hours loading, two hours unloading is eight hours you spent on a dock in a work day making zilch. I'd rather drive long haul any day keeping them wheels turning. I'll do a short one to relocate where a long one is at is the only way.

 

Once Swift had me pick up a load north of DC and take to Richmond for a live unload. When I got there the trailer wasn't ready for my drop & hook so I sat for two hours. Beltway traffic was bumper to bumper and when I got to Richmond it was 4 hours getting unloaded. I got 118 miles in and it took over 10 hours. I hated that day. My DM heard about it. Next load was over 1,000 miles. I didn't mind taking a bullet, but it better be backed up with a nice run.

 

That's what I meant with my post. A lot of times, a short run will end up where a long run begins.

 

Dead on accurate, ma'am. And he'll be home most weekends. On Friday night they'll try to aim him near home. As most Costco's recieve 2 dry loads a day and 1.5 wet (reefer) loads, odds are pretty good.

For those of you who flinch at the 300 mile runs, remember Swift uses a sliding payscale. Those on HH live on that scale.

 

The short runs do get you to a better place. Not the first time, but I started my week on Sunday after hometime. Took a load that was accepted by my DM on Friday from Lancaster Tx, to 3 stops, rio grand city, mission, and edinburg Tx, (driver unload too, insulation 550 paid miles. Today took a short one from Pharr tx, to Laredo, was told if i took it there would be something good waiting for me. No sooner that I sent empty call in, I got a preplan for 1400 miles to S.C... does pay off...BigT