Average miles a week on paper?

...i still do ... 2800-3k per mon-fri

 

When freight was good my weeks started at 4K miles run as many as needed per day to get there on time.
Still no elog for me but freight sucks right now miles are off a bit. I’m paid percentage so I haven’t been watching miles they are down though.

 

4-5k miles
Things were great, drove until I was tired and slept 7-8 hours and felt good.
Now I drive 10-10:30 and sleep 7-8 hours and got nothing to do the 2-3 hours remaining

But hey the government knows my body better than I do! They also know the trucking industry better than truckers.

 

Too many variables to give a "once size fits all" answer.
One example though; when I pulled flatbed, I'd get a load from Nashville to Stockton, CA.
All the drivers in the company did this.
Nashville to Amarillo - 938 miles - stop for 3 or 4 hours.
Amarillo to Stockton - 1330 - make delivery.
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This type running was very common for drivers on paper logs.
Only stop for a quick meal and fuel.
In Stockton could usually reload fast; within a few hours. Usually sleep 6 or 7 hours after reloading, then do similar running back to the Northeast or some other east coast state.
From Nashville or Carolinas, usually hauled bull dozers, road graders, etc. or commercial rooftop air conditioners to California and then 99% of the time hauled lumber back to the east.
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Not much sleep in those days. It was a badge of honor.
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Nice!

My route going from Oakland Ca to Atlanta GA was always like this

Oakland to Williams AZ
Williams AZ to Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City to Atlanta

 

Fun times. I loved hard running and paper logs.
One run I left Nashville pulling a reefer and ran to a Publix warehouse somewhere in Central or South Florida.
Same deal, only stopping for food & fuel.
Unloaded and went to the Everglades for a load of produce going to West Virginia.
Drove straight thru from Everglades to West Virginia except very quick stops for food & fuel.
Reloaded in Ohio going back to South Florida.
When I was going thru Knoxville, the safety man contacted me and made me stop at the Petro and gave the load to someone else. Safety man was a little PO'd about that. He was a retired state trooper.
It's hard for some people to understand how we did that. Munching on pills like they were M&M's and chugging black coffee.
I'm one of the lucky ones and still healthy. Some guys didn't make it due to heart attacks.

 

Most people on paper logs run 1200 miles a day, and kill at least one person a month.

 

1800 miles a week. Why more.

 

Run until your eyes can't stay open. Or until you can't log. Just me.