How's it like running 70mph?

texas is going up to 85 in western areas and 75 on most interstates.

 

I surely enjoyed flying down 80 today @ 75 mph, making it from Lorain to Canton in around an hour.. Got me home nice and early..

*swoosh* there goes swift
*swoosh* there goes prime
*swoosh* there goes quad graphics.. hahah

Then they all caught my on the hill by the Rest Area damnet.. guess thats what happens when your 86,000 gross, and you drive a single stack mack attack.

 

Been drivin for 31 plus years. It feels great. The faster your allowed to drive increases you per mile pay. ie: $.36 /mile @ 60mph is $21.60 the same rate @ 70mph is $25.20. So I love those states that allow us to do our job. And as for spacetrucker88 Your buddies are screwing off.

 

Yeah, works out a lot better when your paid percentage too.. so I can haul ### and get where I need to be.

 

Yep, which is why I love being on percentage!

 

I wouldn't mind it, if I got a worth while percentage, of a load that was worth while.. There is absolutely no money in hauling scrap, unless you own the company, or the truck.

 

70 is nice but 80 is better..

 

Yea, we get 26% of pay, and hazardous waste loads aren't known for being cheap.

 

We were 27% of 80%, now we are 21.5% of 100%.. but scrap isn't very expensive. Our best paying regular load is about $70. I am also local though, and home every night. I actually had my best day ever today, and I worked 13 hours, and made $210. But, some how, some way, it always seems to even itself out around me bringing home $500 a week.. which means the rest of my week will be crap loads, for crap money lol.

 

Ouch. I generally don't make less than $200 a day even on a bad day, and I'm home almost every night too. Hell, sometimes I make an overnight run to Mobile, AL. It's 16 hours round trip. It pays me over $400 on its own. Sounds like hauling scrap is hurting.

I've never brought home less than $750 after everything is said and done. Most weeks are generally over $1000 bring home. Hell, we sometimes score a $1300+ week sometimes. It's not often, but it happens.