Stevens Transport A year in review

The recruiter is blowing smoke. Net $30,000 last year, total gross to truck, $200,907.15.

Stay out 3 weeks does not happen with stevens....6 weeks yes, then maybe home.

I went to Sage Technical, a PTDI approved school in Wyoming.

Can not really say what is going on with miles, some areas are slow, others are doing okay. My miles are down for the month of April. I did manage to be dispatched on 10184 miles for the month. Drove 10,777 miles. A down month compared to the other 3 this year, but not all that bad. Keeping records keeps the perception correct.

 

april 6 to may 2

Miles ran 1401....
Miles paid 1775.

Miles tansflowed 0 a big fat zero.

Parked north of Phoenix for the night, ran into town made my delivery, and head over to Avondale to scan in my paperwork. Get a phone call to do a repower going to Casa Grande walmart due in an hour. Have to say I can't make it, but still get the repower, with it being rescheduled for Tuesday at 3:15 am....okay, don't have to stay in Phoenix, and head down to Casa grande. Get up at 2am, head over to walmart, i am the first truck in, put the trailer in the door, and wait for 5am, 2 hours after the appointment to get my paperwork and head out for the day. Have another drop in San Antonio, at HEB.on Thurdsday morning. Make it into Texas, and shut down at a pilot, and have dinner at a small cafe. Good food, good price. Get up at a lesiruely pace, and head the 400 miles to San Antonio. Shut down in the early afternoon, and wait until morning for my delivery. It is not the main HEB warehouse, but the side one up the street. Pull in at 8:30, for my 9am appointment, get my door, check in, pay the lumpers, and expect to be there all morning. 2 1/2 hours later, the lumper is knocking, and I head back over to the Petro to wait.

Talk with Safety on their safety blitz. Good conversation. Have a good lunch across the street. Mexican beef Fajitas...just right. Return to my truck, and see a message verifying I want to come to the yard. i answer yes, and am given a load from Austin, with 3 drops, first drop in Dallas, and instructions on the QC to make the first drop and bring the rest of the load to the yard. This will work good, as I am approaching my 90 day safety hold.

Head up to austin as we can park at the shipper. Check in, go for a walk, take a nap, precool my trailer. At 11pm, get a knock, put in it door 7. notice the trailer is still not below 0.

Get loaded, pull out, close doors, get paper work. trailer is cooling, but not correctly. Call road rescue, am advised to keep an eye on it, and bring it to the yard.

Have a 11 am appointment at versacold, so leave austin at 7am, so I can stop at willies place for breakfast. Have a good breakfast, head on up to Dallas, check in, park, get a door, they pull off the one pallet, it is now 11am and head to the yard.

Pull into the yard, check in, wait on the guard, pull over to the safety lane, get the truck and trailer check, tell the safety lane the trailer is not holding temp correctly, they blow it off. Pull around to the trailer lot, to drop the trailer, and get a QC saying what am I doing on the yard, I was not authorized to bring it to the yard. I quote back the message I was sent, finish dropping the trailer and head to the window. Get c r a p from the window, give him the paperwork, and walk away. Communication amongst the little kingdoms on the yard are non existent again.

go attend my mandatory classes, compliance, safety, get my truck turned up to 66, deal with OS&D on the trailer not holding temp, just a normal bad day on the yard dealing with the non communication.

I am Clear, and the truck is clear, but I am still on the yard as I am taking the truck to thermo King on Monday to get the APU radiator core replaced. My choice, as I don't like it when the shop just takes the truck with all my possessions on it to an outside shop.

From there I need to go home, pick up my mail, and take care of some personal things.

It would have been a great month for me, but with everything that happened this past month, just a decent month. 10,000 miles is a decent month, and puts me ahead of last year also. Miles have been good, looking back over my records, but my perception this month has been they were bad. Lots of arguments, miss communications, and days of setting will do that.

A few days away from the truck will help too.

 

I have a t660, with an APU. Turned it up to 66 since I do not do canada. Studio, no side window. MPG running 60, 7.2.

Yes 10,000 is an okay month.
January 12204
Febuary 10822
March 11789
April 10184