CRETE - A Year in Review

ET, did you deliver to that Bud Distributor there? I've been a couple of times. Nice people!!!!


My apologies, I've been shirking my duties. I've been forced into the shop for an overdue A service, so I have a little time to do some catch up.

2011


WEEK ONE
Monday, January 3rd through Sunday, January 9th
Miles include deadhead



Miami, AZ to Kansas City, MO(Tcall)………………………………………..1275mi
Kansas City, KS to Waxahachie, TX……………………………………………524mi
Ennis, TX to Columbus, OH(Tcall)…………………………………………...1096mi

Total Paid Miles………………………………………..2895 Miles
(Tues-Sun only, partial home week)
Actual Miles………………………2890 Miles

2866mi x .45 = $1302.75




WEEK TWO
Monday, January 10th through Sunday, January 16th
Miles include deadhead

Lockbourne, OH to E St Louis, IL(Tcall.).………………………………….442mi
Granite City, IL to Dunn, NC……………………………………………….......898mi
Raeford, NC to Carlisle, PA…………………………………………………......512mi
McClure, PA to Council Bluffs,IA(Tcall)..…………………………………1304mi
Council Bluffs, IA to Norfolk, NE(Shag)……………………………………..128mi

Total Paid Miles…………………………………………3284 Miles
Actual Miles…………………………..3308

3284mi x .45 =$1477.80 + Shag $35 + Stop pay + $30 = $1542.80




WEEK THREE
Monday, January 17th through Sunday, January 23rd
Miles include deadhead

Aurora, NE to Sanger, TX………………………………………………..667mi
Durant, OK to Des Moines, IA..…………………………………………798mi
Shelby, IA to St Joseph, MO…………………………………………….258mi
Trenton, MO to Ft Worth, TX……………………………………………724mi
Roanoke, TX to New Albany, MS……………………………………….587mi
Memphis, TN to Indianola, MS…………………………………………..240mi

Total Paid Miles………………………………………….3274 Miles
Actual Miles……………………………3368 Miles

3274mi x .45 = $1473.30 + Stop pay $30 + Training pay $85.71 = $1589.01




WEEK FOUR
Monday, January 24th through Sunday, January 30th
Miles include deadhead

Monticello, MS to Dubuque, IA………………………………………….1036mi
Prairie du Chein, WI to Anniston, AL……………………………………965mi
Decatur, AL to Topeka, KS………………………………………………...823mi
Topeka, KS to Denver, CO(Tcall)…………………………………………570mi

Total Paid Miles…………………………………………..3394 Miles
Actual Miles……………………………….3496 Miles

3394 x .45 = $1527.30 + Training Pay $150 = $1677.30





WEEK FIVE
Monday, January 31st through Sunday, February 6th
Miles include deadhead


Ft Collins, CO to Arkansas City, KS…………………………………….699mi
Topeka, KS to Phoenix, AZ……………………………………………...1374mi

Total Paid Miles………………………………………..2073 Miles
Actual Miles……………………………….2069 Miles
(Mon-Thr Morning Only, Home week)

2073 x .45 = $932.85 + Training Pay $85.71 = $1018.56[/QUOTE]

 

When I got to the scales, the security guy just shook his head. Yeah, theyve had it happen and not just once or twice.

I Qc'd dispatch and told them in no uncertain term that someone need to call and rip the shipper a new one. I was instantly put into a dock and they ripped my trailer completely apart and reloaded me correctly. Their supervisor came over and apologized and asked IF I was going to make delivery on time...I told him no, but I'd do what I could do "legally and safely"

Anyway, I agree, Crete does need to come down on these guys for this crap.

 

I'm glad I've managed to miss participating in driving in the worst of the weather since Christmas. I got my fill over the holidays chaining up to climb out of Cabbage Pass, etc. At the moment I'm running hard from NJ to Laredo, TX, and have managed to stay just inches ahead of the storms all the way south.

However, I've had to do a fair amount of running I-80 and I-70 this month just after the major storms. There must have been several dozen rigs off the road in spots like west of Indianapolis and around Wollcott IA (world's largest truck stop). The sad commentary is that nearly every rig was off the road in the median, meaning that they had wiped out attempting to pass and make better time than the guy/gal keeping their cool in front of them.

Even when I was passing through the day after the storms, the hammer lane was still in poor shape with packed snow and black ice, yet lots were passing me in that lane like it was dry. I actually considered shutting down for a day, not because the roads couldn't be driven, but because of all the idiots driving way beyond any safety margin and the fear of being taken out with them.

Did anyone see the US Express truck on the east bound side of I-80 near Wallcott on the top of the hill? The highway went through a cut in a hill and the rig ran off the east bound shoulder and up that hill like it was a runaway truck ramp. When I drove by it was perched on top of that hill upright and straight, and I thought it was an advertisement of some kind. Didn't get the big picture until I was past and saw the tracks leading up the hill. Boy, he sure had a ride! Wish I could have taken a picture of that one to share.

 

I run down by walcott all the time and live twenty minutes away and ya it was a mess through there a few days after the storm two flatbeds got in a huge accident and westbound was shut down for a few hours

 

CRETE; Crying redundant evicted truckers evolving

 

Oh come on guys, someone laugh, it took Josh weeks to come up with this.:smt115 In a few weeks he will come up with some clever words for all the trucks in the truck stop. I can't wait for Watkins & Shepard or Schneider National

 

That beats me...I spent the night in Huntsville, AL at the receiver...got iced in...the next load picked up in Florence, AL the next day...once I got the courage to roll w/an empty trailer, 20 miles west of Huntsville, the skies cleared, and there wasn't any snow or ice on the roads, and barely any snow on the grassy areas. Picked up a load to the south side of Atlanta...then McDonough to Alachua...and they got me home 30 minutes early. Asked to be home by 2359 on Friday night, was sitting in my driveway at 2330...Will miracles never cease. So now I'm off for real home time instead of the pass through visits I've been getting the last 6 weeks. Now to the real work....Honey do logbook, here I come.

 

Gee, you sure know how to burst a guy's bubble.