Crete, from one red truck to another

Week 39

6/9-11 Lewisville, TX -- Waxahachie, TX -- Abbeville, SC --- (961/994 miles)
6/11-12 Abbeville, SC -- Greenwood, SC -- Jacksonville, FL --- 338 miles
6/12-13 Jacksonville, FL -- Hattisburg, MS --- 504 miles
6/13-14 Hattisburg, MS -- Ft. Worth, TX --- 521 miles
6/14 Ft. Worth, TX -- Roanoke, TX -- WIlmer, TX --- 70 miles (+35.00 short haul)
6/15 Wilmer, TX -- Sunnyvale, TX -- Minneapolis, MN --- (381/967 miles)
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2775 miles (+35.00 short haul)

I guess ok since I got screwed yesterday for virtually no miles. Talking to some of these dispatchers makes you want to smash your head against a wall sometime. Got screwed on my current run when they told me it delivered on Sunday morning and then when I am at the shipper this morning I get a message that the delivery is actually on Monday morning. I lobby to t-call the thing in KC but no luck as apparently that is another area with "short freight". So screw it, I am just going to doddle along the next two days I suppose as I don't need a reset.

Miles update:
week 1 = 3124 mi
week 2 = 3067 mi
week 3 = 2946 mi (with 34 hr reset)
week 4 = (Aug 8-14) = 0 home time
week 5 = 1810 miles (2 days home)
week 6 =3184 miles
Week 7 =1396 miles (3 days home)
Week 8 =2535 miles+ 65.00 extra pay (1 day home)
Week 9 =2500 miles (1 day at home)
Week 10 =3161 miles + 35.00 short haul
Week 11 =3056 miles +35.00 short haul
Week 12 =1054 miles (4 days home)
Week 13 =3073 miles +100 NYC pay
Week 14 = 2625 miles (with 34 hour reset)
Week 15 = 1560 miles (3 days home)
Week 16 = 2420 miles (1 day home)
Week 17 = 2034 miles (1 day broke down, 1 day sitting)
Week 18 = 2920 miles
Week 19 = 697 miles (5 days off)
Week 20 = 2785 miles (+100 NYC)(1/2 day off)
Week 21 = 2319 miles (35.00)(1 day off reset at home)
Week 22 = 3319 miles
Week 23 = 2221 miles (+35.00) (2 days off)
Week 24 = 1288 (3 days home)
Week 25 = 2184 miles (2 days home)
Week 26 = 3038 miles
Week 27 = 3290 miles
Week 28 = 1713 miles (2 days off home)
Week 29 = 2087 miles + 30.00 drop pay (2 days home)
Week 30 = 2273 miles (+150 extra drop pay)
Week 31 = miles ca. 2493 (+30 drop, 35 short haul, +84 detention)
Week 32 = 2806 miles (+25.00 short haul)
Week 33 = 1871 miles (2.5 days home time +35.00 short haul pay)
Week 34 = 2737 miles (reset off +25.00 short haul pay)
Week 35 = 3007 miles
Week 36 = 3059 miles
Week 37 = 1023 (4 days hometime)
Week 38 = 2611 miles (+35.00 short haul)
Week 39 = 2775 miles (+35.00 short haul)

 

Drove through some heavy ### storms today in Iowa but no real problems. Sitting tonight in Des Moines and watching a little tv, thought the the NBA games was on tonight but guess I will just have to settle for some Lyndsey Lohan on SNL.

 

I just have a regular small flat screen tv that picks up the digital signals. I had a bigger one that I took out that required the truck to be running to keep it on but this smaller one works while the truck is shut off so pretty cool. It picks up quite a few channels when near the bigger cities and sometimes nothing when in the sticks. I just plug the antenna cord into the antenna outlet beside the bunk and it gets fine reception as long as a truck is not passing in front of you.

I haven't really gotten screwed a lot with the old "low freight" message so I can't complain too much. Having a place not having their product ready to ship with a carrier and customer waiting is asinine, someone should be getting fired for poor performance.

Got a call from my kids this morning wishing me happy father's day. Really looking forward to my daughter getting to spend some time with me on the truck in a few days. Happy Father's day to all the dads out there.

 

Got my tile load kicked off early this morning and got the old message "we are -22 loads in Minnesota so what you see is what you get". Well they sent me a load that had an appt. time of 1730 at Malt O Meal in Northfield, MN going to Williamsport, MD for an anytime delivery on Wednesday. I called MOM and they said come on over and they would try to get me loaded early which they did. Made it over to Lake Station, IN tonight so won't have to deal with Chicago traffic tomorrow which is always nice. Could probably make it to customer tomorrow night but no parking there after unloading so I will probably just pull up at Breezewood, PA and roll on into the customer on Wednesday morning. Always dread heading toward the NE but hopefully they will find me something headed out of that direction back down south for my remaining time out this session.

 

The breakdown of my loads are as follows:
0-200 miles - 13 (8.8%)
201-500 --- 53 (35.8%)
501-1000 -- 65 (43.9%)
1001-1500 - 13 (8.8%)
1501-2000 - 4 (2.7%)
> 2000 ---- 0

Drop hook both ends: 59 (39.9%)
Drop hook one end: 71 (47.8%)
Live load and unload: 18 (12.2%)

Well so much for a nice run back down south Picked up a load at Church and Dwight in York, PA and delivering tomorrow morning here in Windsor Locks, CT. Driving through the PA backwoods, NJ and then across Da Bronx along with #### loads of construction makes for one long day.