Superior Carriers 2011

Got lucky this morning.

Got a call from dispatch as I was driving to the terminal this morning. He asked me how fast I could get there. I told him pretty fast since I was half way there.

They had a last minute Hopewell Va- Houston out and back run called in this morning. Should be a good week and home for New Year.

 

I just got home from a Holland Mi dedicated paint run. Left Tuesday afternoon and got back Today about 15 minutes ago. Took a little longer than 10 hours for a break last night. Sometimes you just don't want to hear an alarm and I was only 200 miles from the yard.

 

It's all about the customers a terminal services. They aren't going to give these loads to out of terminal drivers much because of the dispatch policy of always sending drivers towards the home terminal and the way layover pay works.

I waited on this Holland load all day Tuesday not knowing if it would be ready at 8AM or 3AM the next morning. That doesn't work as well for a driver sitting at a terminal.

The Hopewell-Houston load is pure gravy. There is a driver at our terminal who runs nothing but that load once a week. They have him looking after maintenance on all the trailers that are dedicated to that account. Its a sweet deal. That load pays around $1200. You can leave Monday around 7 and get back by noon on Friday. Normally we run 2 per week picking up Monday and Thursday. He runs the Thursday one.