Good Night From II

Max out (Plus1) = burn yourself out, and then take a 34 or break where ever you end up at.
At least, that is my thinking on the subject.

I recently repowered a load for a guy.
He picked it up, but everyone knew he could not deliver it with his hours.
He was SO worried that he would have to take his 34 at that Love's, instead of 9 miles down the road.

I didn't blame him for his concern.
A Love's with only a Subway, versus a J with some real shopping options within walking distance.
He was able to get there.

But I plan my loads on MY needs, not that of a computer system.

 

I can not figure out why a driver wants to always run his hours out and take a 34. My figuring. a driver with 5 years experience and his cpm pay, run 8.5 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that could be almost 2900 miles per week, and that is figuring at a average of 50mph. My thinking, not a bad pay week. Now average 60mph per day and that is almost 3500 miles per week and not burn up his 70. If I am going to take a 34, it is going to be where I plan, not the system, like now, taking one in El Paso at the LaQuinta starting tomorrow

 

Because at 2900 miles a week I gross 1100 and change. Running my 70 out the past two weeks I ran 3700 miles one week and 3790 the next. That's over 400 dollars extra per week.

 

Right now if I was a company driver here, 2900 miles, I would gross 1450, which is very close to what I net as a L/O after all truck expenses. I am quite content at my 8.5 hours per day. Yes, I am lazzzzzy, but been doing this for long time. I remember the old days of maxing out every week and yes extra money, but then one decided that it was not worth it because when got home, was so exhausted, all that wanted to do, sleep.

 

We all have our own priorities.

Some like to run max hours and make the most money possible, and others like to average it out.
There is nothing wrong with either.

Until it compromises safety.

 

That is kind of my point. If you keep running and running and max out every week, soon it will catch up to you and safety can become a issue, especially with the new drivers. They think that they have to do this every week because Swift says that you can. Us older drivers, we know our limits for the most part, and I know how I feel if I have a week where I just had to push it a few days

 

And that is a problem with the mentors.
They don't teach new drivers how to be safe in everyday life, or about how the system really works.
They do it 'the company way', instead of the smart way.

We were out here before Plus1, so we better know how things actually work.
But the new people, which includes many mentors, only know the Plus1 style of doing things.

Too many people can't really think for themselves.

 

"Within just few minutes I had $7500 left in my little tray but the machine hit for $18,000."

My point exactly.
You hit the jackpot early.
If you started with 100, then you got down to 75, then you hit it for 180 within a few minutes.
I would walk away a winner, as you did.

The zeros at the end don't matter. The percentage is the same in the end.

The only way to beat the system is to walk away with more in your hand than you started out with.
And the only way to do that is to know the system, and get in and out quickly.

 

No, the planners DO NOT CARE!!!!!! If they REALLY cared they would have stacked you with a load back to ELP from Nogales.