SAV Express Minneapolis, Mn

Nice couple weeks. Got stuck on night driving the last few day's of the week. I don't mind driving at night but until 0700 is rough. But the miles were there so ya gotta roll with it. However my truck is starting to act up again so I may be down for the count pretty soon.

 

Wrapping up a pretty good week from Iowa to Oregon back to Wisconsin. 3300 miles for the week. And I am happy to report our trucks have been raised from 70 mph to 74 mph!! Course the downside to having a really fast truck is I'm constantly staying in the left lane. But I sure am getting there fast!

 

Enjoying my 3 day's at home.
Picking up for a Texas run then back up to Minnesota. Forgot to scan my Texas trip last week so no full check this Friday but that's my fault. I'll get it on next weeks check.

 

So I stopped by the yard to see about getting my APU fixed. I was told we're not fixing any APU's because we are getting new trucks. So I was told just to idle until then. Fine by me. Running a Louisiana to Wisconsin load. 1128 miles.

 

I don't miss those nails at ALL!!!....lol They are really good about getting you home when you ask. As long as you let them know seven days ahead of time. I usually go home every two two three weeks pretty much like clockwork. I don't ever have to fight with them about home time. And unlike Beacon I don't get punished for going home.

 

There really is no set policy for how much home time you take. When you put your home time request you put the date you want it to start in the date you will be ready to return to work. About a month ago I had a lot of stuff going on at the house so I took 5 days off. I just sent it in on my home time request and the day I was ready to go back they called me with a load. So unlike a lot of companies that you earned one day off for every week out and things like that. We really don't have that kind of setup at SAV. I'm sure if you wanted to take 4, 5 or 6 days off every time you went home then they might would say something. I usually take 3 days off with no problem.