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MY EXPERIENCE AS A Mercer FLATBED DRIVER

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by skateboardman, Jul 3, 2012.

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  1. Jul 10, 2012 #31
    Kansas

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    Love those wooden crate loads in Wichita. I made the mistake of saying Smokxx Poinx once while at the Mercer house in Wichita. I was almost not invited back lol.

    Lessons learned...
     
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  3. Jul 10, 2012 #32
    whoopNride

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    I was joking pardner. I am an old broke down bass turd myself. :biggrin_25518:
     
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  4. Jul 10, 2012 #33
    skateboardman

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    well made it to ponca city,ok will deliver int the am and reload thursday in okie city, for columbia,sc

    uneventful day, everything went great. no traffic problems, another day at the office. filled up with fuel at tupelo,ms , parked and cooked fresh corn on the cob in the shuck. then i made potatoes carrots peppers and a vidalia onion chopped and cooked together for dinner and washed it down with a yoo-hoo.

    life is good.
     
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  5. Jul 11, 2012 #34
    LostOne9

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    Save the picture to your laptop in an easy to find location. On that little box (reply to thread) click the "insert image" button (4th button from the right, top), click the from computer tab, and the select files tab, than upload files. it should be there than. I hope that helped. I have liked this thread so far. thanks
     
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  7. Jul 11, 2012 #35
    ACH1130

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    haha no I know.I was just giving my opinion, and yes you are old! do you need a cane to walk with hahaha, im just busting your chops. Your the same age as my parents and they keep complaining they are too old lol. Who do you drive for?

    skateboard is doing what I would do if I was OTR with cooking at the truck stops. I would do that on my ten off and make enough to last throughout the day. Plus if my girl was with me shes extremely picky(hence why she was a great cheap date) so shed be cooking everynight. Pictures arent to hard to upload either i can help if you need... and sae travels. Im off today due to slow day
     
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  8. Jul 11, 2012 #36
    whoopNride

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    Ha, not ready for the cane yet, (though i do wake up with a new ache-pain every morning. )

    I was an owner/operater for many years. Got frustrated 2 yrs ago and sold my stuff. Local fuel hauler now.

    I miss owner/op though. Kids almost grown, me and the wifey are considering hitting the road. Enjoying skateboards thread, as Mercer is on my list.
     
    whoopNride, Jul 11, 2012
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  9. Jul 11, 2012 #37
    ACH1130

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    ok so soon you will need a cane... and one of those mobile scooters! I here you about what you did, few months ago when I was having job problems my gf wanted to get her cdl and have us team, i convinced her to stay in college though which she did. I like being home and able to go out with her, out with friends, and build my cars/go-karts/quads what ever Im in the mood to do. Maybe after retirement i would look into it
     
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  10. Jul 11, 2012 #38
    Logan76

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    Retirement? That's something guys our age will never see, I'll be driving right into the grave...
     
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  11. Jul 12, 2012 #39
    ACH1130

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    oh no, the second I can retire no matter what age I am, I am RETIRING lol
     
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  12. Jul 13, 2012 #40
    skateboardman

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    well delivered in kansas wed morning, the folks at the receiver helped me untarp, fold my tarps and unstrap the load. then as they began to unload another guy brings me out 3 pcs of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, a biscuit and a cup of iced tea. they were having a comppnay lunch and he fixed me a plate and brought to me. i ate while they unloaded the crates. kansas hospitality.

    drove down to okie city and reloaded, heading to columbia,sc for monday. load goes thru home, this one weighs 12,600 , no tarp, 10 straps and 2 chains. route will take me i-40, us 78, i-20 . again just a normal day in the flatbed business.

    the revenue will be off a bit from last week. but from monday to monday will be 2200 miles and revenue of 4027.00 on 2 loads one at 15,000, one at 12,600, i will have 9 days of fixed costs and maintenance fund of 1080 dollars and fuel costs of 1200.00 , which leaves 1707.00 to the truck with 4 days of the nine at home.


    thats a little under 2.00 a mile this week for all miles but it got me home again to check on my dad.

    these numbers i am posting are frankly a lot more realistic than numbers you see quite often posted on some sites. one thing you have to consider, at mercer, is many of the samll expenses charged back to O/O are not charged back to us, like fuel taxes , mercer pays those, we dont have to worry about buying enough fuel in each state to cover the tax.

    but with that said , if we do have a fuel tax credit they apply that to the next years tag, but if we have a deficit they pay it . last year i got a credit of 78 cents on my tag, what that shows is without even trying my fuel purchases were spot on. i guess its just old habit from when i did my own ifta for so many years.
     
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