No 2 a.m. parking at truckstops?

You all make me tired just thinking about running like that lol. 10k a month is busy for me. I do miss closing the left door and riding all night though. Running three loads a night ain't always fun..

 

I love running all night... Leave out just before sundown, pull into park just after sun up to have my choice of parking spots. Very little traffic all night, even in highly metro areas. And I can plan on running my 11 hrs clear down to the last 5 mins without worrying about parking cause all the solar powered drivers are just headed out on the roads when I roll into park.

 

You dont need power to run big miles per day. You need a faster truck with at least 75mph governor.

I think I've been seeing lately many loads I've done that were stretched out a day or so more because of the elog clock BS. My ####### pockets are empty.

 

If you plan your trip good you dont even need 70 mph... I'm governed at 67 mph, if I plan good and run at night I can get as much as 719 miles in my 11 hrs.

 

I plan as little as possible. It makes the day more exciting.

The eld makes me upset all the time.
I think my driving under a clock is coming to an end soon.

I do feel I could drive a old 2 stroke Detroit very well being as upset as I am.
But that will not likely ever happen.

 

No, you don't want an old 2 stroke Detroit. Just a good local gig with no eld's and new gliders.

 

Better re check your math on that one

 

Get 1-2yrs in & go local. Then you will be working smarter , not harder. OTR is scam because even a well paying OTR company will pay you less then a mediocre local company for the same hrs worked.

You think I'm crazy? Drove OTR for over 22yrs & I now drive local for 8 mo's now. I will drive around 55,000 miles this yr & make over 65k driving local.& I avg about a 9- 11 hr days doing 3 drop & hook loads with EVERY wknd off & 8 paid holidays. OTR is a lifestyle choice, but not a smart choice if you want a life outside of driving a truck
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Think about it. You are tied to that rig 24/7 for lets say for only a week, which is rare. Thats 168 hrs. Out of those 168 you can log 60hrs or 70 out of 192hrs.

So at the minimum you have 38hrs you give to a OTR company free every week X's 40 weeks minimum? 63 days per yr FREE What can you do with 63 days back of your life?

I drive a 2019 Pete 579 daycab & I don't do logs, scales, sit around waiting for services or to get inspections
No free time to the company, even my 30 min break is paid. Fueling, pretrip? paid.
Stop whining about the job of OTR & do something about it, like I did My biggest complaint now? I have to get in my car & drive 6.5 miles to & from work each day. What a drag LOL.

 

One of my jobs in a cubicle as a temp at a desk manning a compute. Inventorying books.

HEY, 12 now, Lunch. GO.

So much for the peaceful workday.

That OTR solved so many issues over the years and reduced many more to simple business problems easily hammered out with dispatch.