Good Load vs Crap Load

Short miles. Crap shipper or receiver that you know ahead of time you'll sit there for 6 hours on a good day waiting to get loaded/unloaded. A load that delivers in 4 days when it takes 2 days to get there. Getting an appointment that has a range, like 12:00-22:00, as you won't be getting detention until 24:00 and if they gave a range they most likely take forever. A 3000 lbs load that you have to drive across Wyoming in 50 mph winds with ice on the road.

If you're getting percentage pay you can apply all of the above plus whether or not the load actually pays.

 

I would say a crap load is a heavy load going into a location that doesnt have much freight coming back out and a load that you would not be able to deliver early and say get load on Wednesday and is say 600 miles and have to sit on the load till Monday, as it is a holiday week. and a lot of places are shut down till Monday morning. that would definately be a crap load in my opinion.

 

wait that's a load of crap not a crap load.

 

A 150 mile 3 stopper with 3 hrs between appointment times with an average 3 hrs unload at each.

 

Where do I sign up for that load? I will take it on a dedicated run.

 

Now that's some funny crap!

Also depends on the driver. For some, a load to NYC is a crap load. I personally think loads that like go from LA, CA to WA state and then back and forth are crap loads. 55mph speed limit the whole way and fuel prices are through the roof plus you are driving a lot of mountains and when you aren't in the mountains you're in traffic! For the most part like the other poster said it has to do with the logistics and getting set up for your next load. I'm sure once you are out there and have a few thousand miles under your belt you will have your own definition of what you think the crap loads are.

 

Crap Load --- Circa SRT

800 miles -- 5 days to deliver....appointment CAN NOT be reset.

Time after time after time.