From the Office to Trucking
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by zmster2033, Jul 16, 2018.
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Pulled my first significant grade yesterday (Fancy Gap / NC/VA border). Had a load of soup/juices and was grossed out around 77,000#. Made it half way up the mountain when my check engine light came on. My first thought was "Oh ****". Continued driving for a little bit as the truck felt normal and all gauges were at normal operating range. The engine cutoff light then started flashing. When I saw that, I immediately made my way to the shoulder. Got out and didn't see any apparent issues under the hood. A couple of wise folks mentioned to check the coolant levels based on the water pump incident that took place a couple of weeks ago. Long story short, we are hoping there was just some air in the coolant system which triggered the light. I topped off the overflow tank, let the engine cool, and went about my day. Check engine light never came back on after that.
Currently at $3,550 for the week on ~1,155 miles after I get empty tonight. I believe I have a load lined up for pickup tomorrow that would deliver Monday, which should help next weeks numbers a little bit. I do plan on taking off Thursday and Friday of next week, but will still be shooting for ~$3,500 or so. I am hoping my Prepass finally showed up this week, so I can start venturing out a little further. -
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My belief is that I'm in this to make money, not spend money. Heavy loads will make you SPEND money.
I pulled 3 loads this week: 30K, 20K, 2K and grossed $5,350 on 2000 loaded miles + 400 deadhead. Dash reads 8MPG for entire run.
Turned down a 46K lbs load ($600), and snagged the 2K lbs load ($1350, but had to deadhead 300 miles tho)zmster2033 Thanks this. -
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