Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

"must Include at least two nights when their body clock demands sleep the most, 1-5am"

Hence the reason I've been in a hotel room since 1PM yesterday and I don't get back rolling until tomorrow morning. Safety my ###... I don't need that much time off.

 

Since when did we get our 14 hour clock back? Last time I checked, we only had a 13 1/2 hour clock since we work soooooooo hard, we are forced to squeeze in a 30 minute break w/o stopping the 14 hour countdown.

 

#### you're good, I forgot about that.

 

i used to stay out longer, now just 21 or 28 days. My monthly miles are about the same if I take 4 days off or none.

 

I'm not staying out longer than 21 days while working for crete. The bs factor is too high, runs too short. No matter what I do I make about the same money, here.
After 3 weeks I need to get out of the truck or every car driver starts to look like my asset manager and the steering wheel magically starts turning toward........
(No. Won't admit that. Safety is probably reading this thread)

 

I'm on my home time aND crete has. Called me twice
To come back early lol
I told them they call me again I'm taking another day

 

My miles have been very average to say the least the last
5 weeks I was out I can't afford to not have 2500-3000
I'm going with the ups and downs of the freight

 

My last three weeks were 3000 (exactly), 2494, and 3300+. Only reason I stay out longer than about 24 days is to accommodate my wife's weekend schedule....she rotates weekends with other siblings taking care of their mom, who has Alzheimers. Otherwise, 24 days would be about my limit.

 

Marietta got me right in the shop, maybe 20 minutes after I wrote it up. But they knew I was in no hurry.
I needed steer tires and new couplings on the front brake chambers. Monday, I was at a stoplight and the airline popped out of the chamber, I managed to jerry rig it, but it really needed fixed,

maybe tomorow or Monday I might get around to looking for an empty trl.

 

Too bad I ain't got an empty trl, they have a 2600 plus mile load that delivers on the 2nd, in the morning. It's been preloaded for days. Someone's gonna have to hustle.