Millis OTR journal

Sup Truckerland. Hope y'all are doing well tonight. Hello from Henrietta NY. I delivered my load today in Fulton (CHA-CHING!) and was given a load that picks up in the morning about 12 miles away. My 70 is pretty much destroyed, so Opie threw me a load that allows me to reset during the trip. The best part about that is that I can do a reset at home. My pickup time is from 5am to midnight tomorrow, which is a very forgiving time frame. Because of that, I decided to slide next door for a meal and a couple beers. Once loaded, I'm only 6-ish hours from home. I'll head back out Sunday morning and head for Cartersville. My delivery is on Monday, and also has a very wide window. Gotta love it. Even with my screwy hours, this has been a great week. Certainly better than it could have been. I'll be sitting on 2800 even with a reset, so that's fantastic. No complaints here for sure. Good lookin' out, Opie, I appreciate you. I'll have time to see Mrs Junkie and my kiddo, and get some errands handled. I have a random question if anyone here might happen to know the answer. The DOT allows 400 extra pounds for your weight if you have an APU. Does that only apply to the drives? Or can the steers bear some of the overage? I'm asking because I'm getting a deer guard too, which will also add weight. With an adjustable 5th wheel, shouldn't be an issue, but I'd rather know ahead of time. Alrighty guys, dinner just arrived. As always, be safe out there. Keep the rubber down and check your and check your pins. Peace y'all, catch you tomorrow from home.

 

So, I'm not sure what that means. Did you choose per diem? Are you talking about that bonus?

 

I will respond to this a little further when I get home. Here's what I know, and it infuriates me. All companies, and I mean ALL companies that offer a per diem program are doing the same thing. If it sounds like something you read somewhere else with another company, it is. This is because of the new tax changes. What you're going to see very soon is an increase in companies offering lease purchases. Because the laws have changed, a push has been created for something called a "pass through corporation". It's hard to explain but basically companies will get very real tax benefits by raping employees and putting their families in true financial crisis while seeing no risk on their own income. They'll do this by offering leases. Company leases will allow companies to retain their tax benefits by ##### employees. I love this company. I am grateful for everything they've done for me. I really hope they don't go down the road of lease purchase. I'd really hate to see that happen. Just give straight pay and be done with it. I am in a position where I'll always get my IRS per diem, because of what I'm about to do. There may be a day where that will change, but they would have to change how trucks are amortized. Only time will tell.

 

Thanks brother