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<p>[QUOTE="sedain, post: 3213776, member: 53997"]the fuel route isn't automatically "the route"...(you pick the route and make sure the fuel route matches *if* you might need fuel during or shortly after) and almost all of the time taking the toll road is perfectly fine..to be sure just check w/ your dm via qcomm...in my case I would never even need to ask even if it was a random otr load taking a random toll road.. it all depends on who your dm is, your reputation and your rating w/ the company as far as on the job performance (profitability). if your rating as a driver is poor, you are surely going to do poor unless you start to get your stuff together. from what im told they have software that ranks all of the drivers in different criteria, the better your rating the better you will do and the more likely you're to get better loads and/or dedicated accounts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>a good # of the trucks are 06 and 07 trucks, but by far MOST of the truck fleet at this point is less than 3 yrs old... the trailers aren't new but theyre maintained for the most part and the ones that aren't are due to drivers dragging them around un-repaired, not getting the inspections done (every 6 mo.) etc etc. my truck is a 2012 and it has nearly 200k miles and im a solo driver...I got it brand new with about 350 total miles on it..no trk is maintenance free, even new trucks have issues and I have had to go to the dealership a few times.</p><p><br /></p><p>there are some weeks where ill get 2 trailers in a row that have something blatantly wrong with it and its not fixed and dropped at where I drop/hook from..luckly I go by grand rapids every single week so I can drop in and have them fix it or just fix it enroute at a ta..whatevers going to net a better result imo at that time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sedain, post: 3213776, member: 53997"]the fuel route isn't automatically "the route"...(you pick the route and make sure the fuel route matches *if* you might need fuel during or shortly after) and almost all of the time taking the toll road is perfectly fine..to be sure just check w/ your dm via qcomm...in my case I would never even need to ask even if it was a random otr load taking a random toll road.. it all depends on who your dm is, your reputation and your rating w/ the company as far as on the job performance (profitability). if your rating as a driver is poor, you are surely going to do poor unless you start to get your stuff together. from what im told they have software that ranks all of the drivers in different criteria, the better your rating the better you will do and the more likely you're to get better loads and/or dedicated accounts. a good # of the trucks are 06 and 07 trucks, but by far MOST of the truck fleet at this point is less than 3 yrs old... the trailers aren't new but theyre maintained for the most part and the ones that aren't are due to drivers dragging them around un-repaired, not getting the inspections done (every 6 mo.) etc etc. my truck is a 2012 and it has nearly 200k miles and im a solo driver...I got it brand new with about 350 total miles on it..no trk is maintenance free, even new trucks have issues and I have had to go to the dealership a few times. there are some weeks where ill get 2 trailers in a row that have something blatantly wrong with it and its not fixed and dropped at where I drop/hook from..luckly I go by grand rapids every single week so I can drop in and have them fix it or just fix it enroute at a ta..whatevers going to net a better result imo at that time.[/QUOTE]
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