Running with JCT, Part Deux

Delivered both drops in ABQ yesterday. Man, was that long day. Drove overnight from Amarillo to ABQ for the two stops. The first stop went quick. Drove 8 miles down the road to the second stop. Boy, did they take forever. Had just enough time on my 14 to drive to the Flying J for a washout and park. That truck wash there was slower than a streakin beacon. Took three hours to get through the line. Seemed like every truck in ABQ was there to get a truck wash. I was the only washout in the line.

Finally got parked and went to sleep at 3pm. Slept for 15 hours straight. Woke up to rush to the latrine. Watched a movie. Lucy. It sucked. Get a preplan to go to Amarillo to pick up another two stopper (third one in a row) to Phoenix then Riverside. Pickup window is 0502 02/03 to 0502 02/04. I know Tyson usually is pretty slow and the load most likely won't be ready till the morning. But, I drive over there anyway. Figured that I be getting a 10 over there anyway.

I got there at 1600 and what do you know. Surprise!!! The load is ready. Cool, I go hook to the trailer and get a ballpark weight on their scales. Go back to the gate to get bills and leave. 35k going to Phoenix and 6k going Riverside. That works for me. Load is loaded correctly anyway and is California legal according to Tyson scales. Went to CAT scale to verify the Tyson scale. Still Cali legal.

Drove to Santa Rosa, NM where I am currently shutdown for the night. I will drive another 8hrs 15min in the morning. The way the appointment times are, I can drive that time frame and still make OTD at both stops. It also allows me to gain hours on my 70 as I am currently running re-cap hours.

 

I seriously doubt anyone here would do this but would like to reiterate, please make sure you drop a clean trailer!

I picked up a sealed loaded trailer only to have the entire load rejected because of rotting meat on the floor. The prior driver saved himself an hour (or two) but cost me a wasted day jumping through hoops on a rejected load and possibly cost the company big money.

I've never cried to Daddy Christner before but I will on this one. The prior driver dropped the ball for sure, but so did the shipper for loading that nasty thing.

 

Some quick numbers for my month of January:

Empty Miles: 1185
Loaded Miles: 9819
Total Miles: 11004
Average Miles Per Load: 1222.67
Average Miles Per Week: 2751.00

Not a bad start to the year.

 

Mine was similar ...1650 empty ...10896 loaded...12546 total...1140.54 average

 

Oh and 3136.5 miles per week

 

Willing to post y'alls fuel numbers with that?

 

How about that and net pay for the month?

 

I averaged 7.77mpg for the month. It could be better, but part of that is when I first got into this truck and was figuring out where she likes to run.

I have never posted anything about my pay on any website. My pay is my business and will never share. Let's just say I made enough to more than cover my bills, save for taxes, and personal savings.