Here we go... finally a lease-operator!

Ah, ok. To clarify, "the yard" is head office, back up here in New Brunswick. I'm headed to PA, then reloading somewhere around Philly on Saturday afternoon to come back home. If that goes according to plan, I'll be dropping that wagon at the yard as well on Sunday night or Monday morning, then spinning back out again until Thursday night.

I don't do point-to-point in the US... that is blatantly illegal. One load going south, then a load back to Canada. That's the way the regs say it has to be. I was under the impression that any US carrier delivering in Canada can reload up here to go back south to the US. I have never spoken to a US driver up here who wasn't allowed to reload in Canada to get back home.

 

Ok, so from Sacramento, PA, I went and reloaded in York with household cleaner for the Zeller's DC in Montreal. Not sure about this exact load, but the Zeller's contract is usually around $1.77/mile. From there, over to Boucherville to grab 51,000 pounds of yogurt, headed back for the yard, since it doesn't deliver in Debert, NS until the coming Monday. That's on a Loblaws contract, so pays around $2.30/mile.

As far as getting my own wagon, the only problem with that is it ties me to every load I take from start to finish. Most of the time, I come back to the yard, go home for a couple of days, and head south again, while a company truck finishes the last leg of the load.

As far as the bulk load of sweet potatoes goes, I have no control over how much product they load me with. I can only haul what the customer purchase, in this case 22 large bins worth.

 

LOL good to know. They loaded me by putting the bins in the trailer then tipping them over. Real high tech operation.