Estes Extraboard

All done at Solo?

 

Sounds great. I'm glad to hear the hotels are decent and not trash. I have a buddy who's a city driver over there and he said it's a good company. What terminal are you working out of? I'll be out of Greenwood, Indiana

 

Yep. I'm actually at marathon right now hauling gas. Been doing this for the past few months. Benefits are probably the best in the industry, but it's just not for me. I prefer driving to delivering. Especially with winter coming.

 

Sounds like a good gig. I've heard a lot of people say Estes is pretty laid back. I'm looking forward to starting with them. I plan on doing the regional extra board for a while. Going somewhere new instead of the same terminal every day sounds good.

 

Nice. The TM said extra board drivers usually average 2500-3000 miles a week. And we start at .545/mi here. How far do you guys usually get? I was told everywhere except probably won't get farther west than Colorado unless you're running team.

 

Put in a few apps at Saia expecting the same thing, but still no dice from any of them. Estes looks somewhat appealing, but as I'm gunning for something akin to the same days off as I'm getting over at where I am now, packing everything up and moving for an "extra board" position any where seems kind of iffy at this point.
Right now, I'm kind of stuck between a low-paying, yet healthy hours position at the Premier Distributing a bike ride away from my house., A yard-to-plant shuttling position with odd days off, but same hours every day down in Portales., And then there's the two McLane positions I was gunning for that would require a move, plus a license change and being on their extra boards. But the pay for McLane kind of outshines the first two choices.

Pay wise, all I'm really interested in doing is getting my pickup truck paid off quickly, while moving on from dealing with the agricultural environment in general.