Kansas Flatbed Driver Needs advice please.

Here is a typical day for me.


Call into dispatch at 7-8 a.m.

I need you to drive 100 miles to pick up a load going 150 miles. This load will pay you $45.00. Also this load will waste 4 hours out of your day at the least.


Call back into dispatch empty. OK now we are going to have you deadhead 200 miles to pickup a load going 550 miles. This load will pay you $130.00. You get a $20.00 tarp fee(wooohooo)


Log book: generally use 5 log sheets a day shifiting time back and forth elliminating dead time with calculator so I can drive however far 11 and the calculator let me. My day usually starts at 4 a.m. and I generally hit the bunk at midnight.

I hate truckstops because backing spread axles sucks so I stay at rest areas. Not to mention trying to find a spot at 11- 12 pm is impossible. I can't stop at 4 p.m. and find a nice spot like the rest of the world gets to. I get to shower maybe once a week, twice if I am lucky. Eating at a truckstop is a luxury and get to do this maybe twice a week. Otherwise it is vending machine food.

Otherwise I am busting my ### tryng to get delivered by 7 a.m the next morning.

 

In my younger years I would of quit week 2. A new driver quitting a job 3 months in isn't going to impress other employers. Also not many hire with only 3 months experience. My company knows this, which is why they have me by the balls. That is why I am asking for advice from veterans.
I don't know what to do.

 

I thank you all for your responses. I will take the advice given to heart. I have sent my resume in to one of those trucking job finder places. Also I am going to slow down greatly this week and hope other offers come in. It is time to move on to another company, but I am going to stay where i am until I have another offer. I hope that offer comes very soon. I will update this thread as my search progresses.


Thanks again. Peace.