How Do You Plan Your Routes?

Trip planning is a luxury. You just jump in and go, if you stop for fuel your gonna be late.

 

Stevens had a guy like that in dispatch.

 

maybe he's an ex driver.some people are lucky that way and can get out of every jam.me id be completely lost without a, atlas.i,in fact I wouldn't drive without it.kind of like a security blanket.I may not use it all the time but I'd like to know it's there.

 

He was, like for 35+ years. When Stevens purchased their current terminal, he kind of came with the property, lol. He worked for the company that used to own it.

 

Youre using past tense so I take it he's no longer at Stevens?

 

Bill Montgomery was an old man when I worked there and that was over 15 years ago. I'd honestly be surprised if he was still working there.

 

Most of the time I knew the area where i was going and when i got into the area i called the place i was going if i had not been there before. After a few years OTR you start knowing the main interstate and US hwy routes and how to route your way through.

 

When I was otr I always had my atlas near by.but with another company I did a dedicated run from Osage,iowa to Dallas after a couple times I didn't need the atlas.always had the same customers for delivery and pick up back to Osage.its nice having the same customer.you know where to take brakes and the most importAnt thing ,where all the Wal-Mart's and good eating places are lol.