Link America.. GOOD

581 week 1 I started
2196 week 2
1335 week 3 received 2 days layover and 20 hrs detention
2749 week 4
1991 week 5 home for 3 days
2198 week 6
2024 week 7
2838 week 8 assigned new dm this week
2607 week 9
1443 week 10 truck in shop friday to thursday afternoon. Miles made with saturday night delivery last week.
853 week 11 when I del tomorrow morning just after midnight. I'm currently running week 11. I'll be out of hrs on Thursday or Friday, depending on how they run me and will be going home for a reset. I would have had load delivered today if I didn't get hung up at shipper from previous driver quitting and puncturing all the air bags on the trailer with a screw driver, which was witnessed by the shipper and on camera. Yep, I saw the video that the yard jockey had recorded on his cell phone. That is immature and a good career ender for the dude. It's a lot easier to walk away then to do something stupid like that.

I'm new here and those are my averages. My miles are picking up over my time here. Anj has been here a year at least and he gets more miles, but has proven himself. I'm still in that proven stage for I'm still within my 90 probationary. Guys quit after a month and haven't started to prove themselves, yet. No matter where you go, you have to prove yourself, stand out from the pack, be a go getter while doing the work "legally and professionally" then once remembered, the miles will improve. I'm noticing that I'm getting tested more and more with tighter runs and more miles. I just do it for a few reasons. I got hired to work, I want to make money, I need the money to survive, I get too bored sitting around, time goes by faster and I'm home enjoying life...

Ok, my rant is over. Lol.

 

I noticed that we are getting a few new trailers ready for the California crossings. Rumor is spreading that we have a dedicated run from Orlando to California and back to Orlando area. They are going to need 14 drivers for it since there will be a load a day. I took it as a rumor, but pic of your trailer is either second trailer I've seen with the aero cutter or you have the same trailer I had. 321018.[/QUOTE]


Wonder if they would give those dedicated Fl.-Ca. runs to a O/O team??? Of course that is IF they have them!! Hmmmm.....

 

I asked my dm and she didn't know. Maybe it's just another rumor...

 

Yeah, I picked up at Recyling plant today. I had to go back to them twice because of overweight. First weight was 85,800, Second weight was 80,450. Third weight was 77,890..Good thing there's no weight station before u get to The Pilot to get weight ticket...Got there and it was a live load so had to back up..They really need to get a scale on their property cuz going back and forth to the pilot eats up all your clock..

 

Blame it on the eclipse. I am. Lol. Everyone seems to be having a bad week.Was told to call for a safety meeting at 4 pm. The whole board has to do it. I'm to pick up in Lee and I have no cell coverage so I'm slacking before I go in the woods. Loaf delivers asap in Hope Hill, NC. My dm is figuring hrs to get there, says I should be there in 9 hrs for 450 mile run. I told her don't forget the deadhead from Jacksonville, my fuel stop, safety meeting, and break just before I get there from local run this morning. Oops. Lol.

 

You can have my load. Delivers in Hope Mills, NC asap.

Picked load up in Lee, trailer had oos tag on front of it from yard. It read do not load, trailer sold. Has two black dots on front. Told to take to customer and planners will load it back to Lakeland. Driver obviously failed to pretrip it for it had one bald tire, one flat tire, and lights on right side didn't work, besides the obvious tag hanging under the glad hands. We really need to get rid of these people like that. It makes the job that much more difficult for all of us. That's two trailers now, back to back, that were taken into customer oos.

Must be the eclipse... Still blaming it.

Because of bad trailer, I lost my preplan to Marathon, FL.