mercer transportation

Baytown is a 4 corner dump lol

 

If I'm within 500-600 miles of home on a Friday an I don't have a load worth waiting to pickup on Monday I'm headed home.

 

Never had a problem getting out of the house....always freight in TX, most doesn't pay ####. But a few phone calls and I get a decent load leaving the house everytime

 

Baytown isn't any worse than anywhere else

 

I don't know, seems Baytown has particularly gone in the toilet, but I don't stay anywhere longer than my break, preferably not a tstop. If I do it's under protest.

 

No kidding. And if I'm dead set on when I'm getting there, I may drive/fly from where ever I'm at. Told my coordinator early last summer I was deadheading to the house out of NYC if I didn't find a load. He thought I was nuts, but I found a load. My last company I but on the clock. I was in Houston and gave them plenty of notice when I wanted to be home. For a week they told me there was no freight, couldn't get me home. So, when I emptied and started my break, they called me about 6 hours into it, I said when my break is up I'm going home. You either find me a load, or tell me where you want your trailer, but I'm going home. About 10 minutes later I miraculously had a load.

 

I did that once. Was sitting in Bordentown NJ and was only being offered loads that paid .40-.54 cents per mile. I dead headed from there to IN back home. Company was pissed.

 

My wife would be mad if I lost her revenue deadheading all over the place

 

Followed a mercer guy thru va MD and wv into PA today. Really nice guy on the CB, said he was coming out of Houston with his load of pipe.

 

Those darn MIL BOLs will get you every time.