My Mercer Experience 8-31-15

Yeah train horns are cool

 

Home every week and thru the house once a week? Never spent over 2 days in a truck? Let me know how the as t keeps working out. Might be hard and stay in the money flow. Myself I left home march 2, went home for 10 days end of may first of June, went home one night in July. And was home labor day weekend. But I been running steady, guess that's why I can't relate to all the complaining about freight

 

I didn't see him complaining at all... Certain ways of running might work for some and may not work for others.

 

who said he was complaining? I am just saying that may be hard to accomplish at times around here and stay in the money.
mercer doesn't care when ya go home or how long ya stay there, the problem is getting those loads to accomplish that. ther has been many times I was looking to go home, saw the load to do it and another driver takes it before it fell to me.
even if you want to go home they aren't gonna give you that load just because you have said you want to go home.

it matters little what ya told em when you leased on, its up to you to pick loads and learn the lanes where you want to run. for example if you want home on the weekends in Alabama, don't put yourself in the Midwest on Thursday.
you missed my point entirely, after 5 years here I know if have to be home on a certain date , I better plan my loads carefully.
its easier if ya stay in a certain area, get to far out and ya screwed.

it also depends on where ya live , guys in the Midwest would have it easier, I sometimes cant buy a load south. but what do I know, does that halp ya out any??

 

Yup getting home is no guarantee. I've been trying to get home for 3 weeks but it was take a 46k full tarp load paying $700 to Florida or a easy 1500 lb half tarp paying $1900 going north. I didn't need to be home that bad. But in your case you better plan your weeks out to achieve that

 

Did you jump on the board this morning. I start at 0800 and and check it all day long when I'm not doing anything. Because it might've been something you would've took over the St Louis run but the coordinator only match you to your preferences but when your on the contractor web you see everything that's posted and you can start working the board. Which lets say it was a load in Iowa to Ohio, well now you can see what's coming outta Ohio going south towards Alabama or something that may connect you to a bama load. If it's works out that way then book the load to Ohio then tell your coordinator that you want that bama run after your dispatched on the Ohio run. Once you have those two loads dispatched to you now look to see what's leaving the house. For example Montgomery to WI, Montgomery to OH, and Montgomery to OK. Check all three place real quick to see what's coming outta the cities those loads are going and pick the one with the best reload which I'll say Ohio. The further out you book your loads the higher the chances of you getting it.