Glad I moved over to Poly Trucking

I'm curious. If the pay is per hub mile, what is the down side to a 400 mile deadhead?

 

for those new to reading this thread i was once reading it too, been here 4 mths now and i think it has gone smoother for me than some on here, been in the same truck 2010 with 300k and had egr cooler changed at dealer down for 4 days, other thAn that no problems, ive had minimal trailer problems that were taken care of with out much delay, i try an stay out 3'or so weeks an take week off, have also been thru the house for the day or break a few times, i have run 42k miles so far with about a week off each month, i dont like posting miles cuz they have alot to do with the runs a driver chooses and what he prefers, like JD has said on here poly isnt for everyone, if you need your hand held or need a pat on the back an told ur doin a good job its not the place, i wouldv been lost here if not for reading this thread so i would advise u read it all before coming here, also a big part of gettn home is where u live and where polys freight goes, u can find out most of that on here, most questions that have been asked are answered somewhere on here, ok now im starting to sound like a recruiter lol anyway poly suits me fine, my main reason for coming here was the longer runs, but the pay and hometime are ok too lol

 

No downside actually the exact opposite in good weather for deadhead I was just wondering. The pay for a 400 deadhead has to be in the 3 dollar plus side to poly for loaded miles to consider the empty miles. Guess we just dont have the brokers for that side of the biz.

 

So I've been told. Load is strapped legal and customer says "we'll unload you whenever you get here" which is cool because if current backhaul unloads quick, I can be there tomorrow. I may need to check to see if the trailer has the winch bar or if the shop has one or if I have to buy one. It's gona need one to release the tiedowns.

 

for us, nothing...for the company, a reduction is revenue but on backhauls, it is my humble opinion, as long as it makes a dollar profit it benefits the company because that puts the truck back into the outbound area where they can move the money making loads...as in our product.

 

I just read the pay for cattle haulers is 4 dollars a mile. I wonder what the deadhead miles are on that? Always overweight and on a tight schedule though. Too bad it's always owners or I'd try to get into it. But #### do they haul like i'm standing still. I wish we could do better then this 68 grandma bs.

 

The longer runs, less micro management, and being treated like a person, not a truck number...plus the hometime options as long as you are making the required mileage per month...those are all positives for coming here. I agree that if you need babysitting then perhaps Werner or Crete would be more suitable. I heard it said that this is as close to being an O/O without having to pay the bills.

 

the downside is, if a cow dies once it is on the trailer, it's the hauler's responsibility to pay for it...plus I am not sure I could get use to the smell of bull*bleep*...(and I've heard them say "that's the smell of money, son" to which I replied "then I have money running out of my butt because it smells like #### to me")

 

So what is this babysitting thing? What does that mean? Do people call dispatch to find out how to read a map?

 

babysitting is what Crete(and many other mega companies) do to their drivers. They constantly have to tell the drivers how to drive, when to drive, what fuel stops to use, suggest the routes they should use(but end up having to use these 'suggested' routes to get to their manditory fuel stops), then follow them around(figuratively speaking) looking over their shoulder to make sure they are doing their job the way the desk drivers think they should be doing it. I've gotten none of that here except once in a while outbound will call just to make sure I am alright with my delivery if I have an equipment issue. Many of the mega carrier's management don't want the driver thinking on his/her own.

And you shouldn't use strange words like 'map'...many of today's drivers that read these threads wouldn't know how to drive w/o their digital nag(gps) telling them when to turn the wheel let alone how to route themselves with an actual map(I said with a sarcastic smile on my face)