Chronicles of Grocery Hauling

2 stopper at 2:00am this morning. Both inside docks, 418 miles, 12 hours, around $290. Not bad at all, but the early start kinda stunk!

 

I've run 3 shuttles this week to another DC, all of them were drop and hooks with an 8:00pm start time. 480 miles, 11-11.5 hours, around $260 in pay. Yep, I've found a home!

 

I wound up running 4 of those shuttles last week and made well over a thousand bucks. So far this week I've had 2 runs, both 2:00am start times. On Monday I ran 418 miles, had one inside dock delivery and one outside dock delivery. I worked 11.5 hours and made around $280. Yesterday I made 2 trips, the first one had 2 stops (the first one had an inside scissor lift and the second one had an outside dock). My second trip was an inside dock. I worked 10 hours, drove 217 miles, and made $260. Needless to say, I wish I could have that run every day!

They put up the "bid" last week and it looks like I'll have 6 choices. The other drivers are saying that I'll probably end up with a layover bid, which means 3 runs a week. Apparently they pay an extra 45 bucks a trip to stay out. The company also pays for hotel rooms, but we also have a few sleeper tractors so I'm not yet sure how that works. I pick my schedule and runs on Tuesday the 8th, and the schedule starts on the 13th. I can't wait!! Right now I'm waiting for a phone call...

 

Well, last week proved to be a busy one. I worked 5 days and made over $1300. Thus far I have not fingerprinted a single piece of freight and I'm enjoying the job. Some negatives are the screwed up hours and the gutless (but very well maintained) tractors. I get to pick my schedule today and I'm excited, to say the least!

 

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