Magnum ltd - fargo, nd

I think technically they don't, because there is a sign in the receiving office saying no parking, but there were a bunch of trucks parked overnight when I got there and no one bothered me while I did my 10. YMMV, just don't want to tell anyone incorrect information.

 

Loading in the am since I had such a productive day. Only took 3 days to do a 425 mile load. Spent my entire 14 hours today to make 3 drops and 156 miles.
Reloading to Newport but was told might be dropping in CR for another highly productive 2 day trip to OH.

 

You sure you're not SSB in disguise?

 

Just to let you guys know, I was talking to Tony this morn and he said he's going to some HR meeting and wanted people to email him some issues they he can bring up.... Fyi!

 

Tell them to raise those truck speeds lol.

 

Haha! Agreed

 

I am contemplating going back to a company driver in October when my lease is up, and I really like Magnum, but I can't deal with a 63.5 mph truck. I cruise between 63-65, but want pedal when I need it.

 

For the longest time, my goal was to drive sort of "cutthroat" where I drove as far as I could every day, only took 10 hour or 30 min breaks, get everywhere asap, have time to chill, and take a 34 quite often. Even if I felt like my hours were low, dispatch always found something for me. I planned everything in 15 min increments and was usually very accurate.

Recently, I've been trying out this mindset of splitting up my days evenly and "never having to take a 34". I hate it. It changes everything. It makes trucking feel more like a "normal" job. I always have to get up when my alarm goes off, because I am forced to stick to a strict schedule, because instead of always being ahead of time I'm now always right on time, so I feel like a slave to the schedule. For the first time, dispatch has mentioned my hours "suck" so I have to wait a day to get a load. For the first time, I am late for a delivery because of some little tiny thing that previously would have not been an issue if I was maximizing my time and ahead of schedule. When I plan trips, I add random half and full hours for the "unknown" (like maybe I'll want to stop for some reason.)

If you can make the 8-9 hour day thing work, then good on you! But it's not for me. I feel like it changes my whole mindset.

 

You can cruise at 62 and still have that little extra push when you need it. when you cruise at 62, you hardly catch up to anyone, so you rarely need to use it anyway lol

 

That is true, but I also hate being the roadblock