My Poly Trucking experience

A semi open truck stop just past Lund a couple of miles. Also a truck stop at Ash Springs just North of Alamo. If you have the time also a truck stop in Ely as well as parking at the grocery store next to McD and a new Loves if it has opened .

 

First quarter of return (13 weeks)
Miles: 31738
Drops: 22
Home: 21 days
Average mile/week home time included: 2441
Average miles/day without home time: 453.4

Second quarter
Miles: 40139
Drops: 39
Home: 4 days
Average mile/week home time included: 3088
Average miles/day without home time: 461.4

Week 27 (3939 miles, 3 drops)
Week 28 (3622 miles, 3 drops)
Week 29 (3203 miles,1 drop, 1 home day)

Week 30 (3830ish miles, 4 drops)
1/1-1/3 Tyler, TX -- GP, TX -- Seymour, IN -- Indianapolis, IN -- Cold River, MI -- Galesburg, MI -- 991/1432 miles
1/3-1/5 Galesburg, MI -- Lebanon, IN -- Farmers Branch, TX -- 1171 miles
1/5-1/7 Farmers Branch, TX -- GP, TX -- Monroe Township, NJ --- 1670ish miles

Week 31 (miles, drops)
1/8 reset
1/9-1/11 Monroe Township, NJ -- Bethel, PA -- Grand Prairie, TX (900 diff) --- 1650 ish miles

Busting out another stellar week. Decided to just go ahead and get to NJ a day early so I could get in a reset and be ready for another strong week. Should be back in Grand Prairie on Wednesday noonish to drop my backhaul and hopefully be pulling out another decent outbound trip. Pretty sure I crossed over the last remaining bridge over the Mississippi that I hadn't crossed today and what a sweet one it was. The back to back Cairo Mississippi River Bridge and Cairo Ohio River bridge are dandies. Some really narrow dudes but I will definitely be taking this route more often as the Kentucky parkways are just so much nicer and traffic free than most every other route to the east.

 

First quarter of return (13 weeks)
Miles: 31738
Drops: 22
Home: 21 days
Average mile/week home time included: 2441
Average miles/day without home time: 453.4

Second quarter
Miles: 40139
Drops: 39
Home: 4 days
Average mile/week home time included: 3088
Average miles/day without home time: 461.4

Week 27 (3939 miles, 3 drops)
Week 28 (3622 miles, 3 drops)
Week 29 (3203 miles,1 drop, 1 home day)

Week 30 (3837 miles, 4 drops)
1/1-1/3 Tyler, TX -- GP, TX -- Seymour, IN -- Indianapolis, IN -- Cold River, MI -- Galesburg, MI -- 991/1432 miles
1/3-1/5 Galesburg, MI -- Lebanon, IN -- Farmers Branch, TX -- 1171 miles
1/5-1/7 Farmers Branch, TX -- GP, TX -- Monroe Township, NJ --- 1675 miles

Week 31 (miles, drops)
1/8 reset
1/9-1/11 Monroe Township, NJ -- Bethel, PA -- Grand Prairie, TX (900 diff) --- 1650 ish miles

Made it up to NJ last night as planned. Was a little concerned that the service plaza just south of exit 8a on the turn pike would be packed up but surprisingly quite a few places to park around 2300 est. Getting my reset in and should have another solid week in front of me.

 

Got in and out fairly quickly today. There were 5 other Poly trucks that arrived there after I did. Strange as I have never been offered that load in 4 years and we had that many trucks there? Perhaps a new stop (Costco, Monroe Township)? Line getting in was monstrous but they moved pretty quick. Made it back to Mt. Sterling, KY tonight and plan on being in SW Arkansas tomorrow. Only two loads leaving out for Wednesday when theygot to me, Loveland, CO and Valparaiso, IN (first time I have been offered that load as well). I chose the Indiana one. Hoping my truck will be ready when I get back on Wednesday, this one has a clogged injector code working for it now so hoping it makes it back to the yard as well.

 

First quarter of return (13 weeks)
Miles: 31738
Drops: 22
Home: 21 days
Average mile/week home time included: 2441
Average miles/day without home time: 453.4

Second quarter
Miles: 40139
Drops: 39
Home: 4 days
Average mile/week home time included: 3088
Average miles/day without home time: 461.4

Week 27 (3939 miles, 3 drops)
Week 28 (3622 miles, 3 drops)
Week 29 (3203 miles,1 drop, 1 home day)
Week 30 (3837 miles, 4 drops)
1/1-1/3 Tyler, TX -- GP, TX -- Seymour, IN -- Indianapolis, IN -- Cold River, MI -- Galesburg, MI -- 991/1432 miles

Week 31 (miles, drops)
1/8 reset
1/9-1/11 Monroe Township, NJ -- Bethel, PA -- Grand Prairie, TX (900 diff) --- 1624 miles
1/11-1/12 GP, TX -- Valparaiso, IN --- 1000ish miles

Well just turned 3959 miles in the last 7 days which also included a reset. That in layman's terms is what is called gettin' her done.

Sitting in Searcy AR tonight with about 630 miles to go tomorrow. Put in a request to get back to GP for a trip to Vegas for a couple of days of home time.

Had to take the old loaner out again as my truck wasn't ready yet but she is running strong so all is well.

 

Another new stop for me. Luckily the Aldi in Valparaiso, IN has overnight parking because the little Pilot down the road is a cluster. Unfortunately no love from backhaul today so puts me in a quandary in regards to upcoming loads/home time etc. as I only have 27 hours left after 4 days of hauling ###.

 

First quarter of return (13 weeks)
Miles: 31738
Drops: 22
Home: 21 days
Average mile/week home time included: 2441
Average miles/day without home time: 453.4

Second quarter
Miles: 40139
Drops: 39
Home: 4 days
Average mile/week home time included: 3088
Average miles/day without home time: 461.4

Week 27 (3939 miles, 3 drops)
Week 28 (3622 miles, 3 drops)
Week 29 (3203 miles,1 drop, 1 home day)
Week 30 (3837 miles, 4 drops)

Week 31 (4016 miles, 1 drops)
1/8 reset
1/9-1/11 Monroe Township, NJ -- Bethel, PA -- Grand Prairie, TX (900 diff) --- 1624 miles
1/11-1/12 GP, TX -- Valparaiso, IN --- 1011 miles
1/13-1/14 Valparaiso, In - Columbus, Ohio - Cleburne, TX --- 1381 miles

Week 32
1/15 Cleburne, TX - GP, tx - Dayton, TX --- 275ish/300ish
1/16 reset
1/17 Cleburne, TX -- GP, TX - Dayton, TX --- 25ish/300ish
1/17-1/19 Dayton, TX -- Mont belvieu, TX - Henderson, NV --- 1600ish
1/20-1/21 home

#### I am going to rue the day when they finally denut the last of us that still make troubled loads arrive on schedule. Had to rescue a load yesterday from a broke down driver. A nifty little 1400 mile two day smoky and the bandit run that you just ain't doing on a #### clock. After tomorrow's trip to baytown, tx for a Monday reset I will have turned over 4300 miles for the last 7 days, would be close to 4500 paid miles on my driver friendly hubmeter in my regular rig but still a pretty epic week. I just have to shake my head when I hear drivers here say they can't get miles.

 

First quarter of return (13 weeks)
Miles: 31738
Drops: 22
Home: 21 days
Average mile/week home time included: 2441
Average miles/day without home time: 453.4

Second quarter
Miles: 40139
Drops: 39
Home: 4 days
Average mile/week home time included: 3088
Average miles/day without home time: 461.4

Week 27 (3939 miles, 3 drops)
Week 28 (3622 miles, 3 drops)
Week 29 (3203 miles,1 drop, 1 home day)
Week 30 (3837 miles, 4 drops)
Week 31 (4016 miles, 1 drops)

Week 32 (2008 miles, 1 drop, 4 days work)
1/15 Cleburne, TX - GP, tx - Dayton, TX --- 377/407 miles
1/16 reset
1/17 Cleburne, TX -- GP, TX - Dayton, TX --- 30/407 miles
1/17-1/19 Dayton, TX -- Mont belvieu, TX - Henderson, NV --- 1601 miles
1/20-1/21 home

Week 33
1/22-1/28 Home

Week 34
1/29 home
1/30 ?????

Decided to take extended time off as I was a little worn down. On the board to head back out on the 30th.