Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

I asked them to use the less expensive component. They actually argued against it. TA Effingham.

 

Well, there is now a real danger to my productivity.

EVE online has come to android, and so far I am enjoying it a great deal.

A high quality graphical MMO on a phone.

 

Ain't Nobody got time for games.

 

Well, as mentioned elsewhere, I haven't said anything here for a while.

The truck has been running well since I replaced the steers.

The miles and efforts to get miles, however, have been a problem.

Crete has still never lied to me, but at this point they came close enough that I am a bit irritated.

The account I have been driving as a part of for about 3 years now has changed dramatically.

First, apparently we recently lost most of the drop and hook loads to other companies in the most recent contract negotiations. The current account has a lot more live loads, which tend to average fewer miles, and heavier loads. All three of those things are poison to me as an o/o at the rates I am getting from Crete.

I found this out from my new account manager, who I had never even heard of before the day I reached out to offer my 14 day resignation from the team, due to the continuous crap loads I have been getting.

Talk about being treated like a mushroom.

They changed my team lead, and completely changed the types of loads associated with the account - and never told me anything.

To be fair, my surprise team leader did seem genuinely interested in why I was disappointed in the numbers I have been getting. 2200-2500 miles a week is apparently acceptable to most of the company drivers on the team.

I explained that 2500 miles is a terrible week, 3000 is acceptable, 3500 is good, and 4000 is a goal I have only managed once.

So, on the 14th of this month I will be moving over to the Shaffer national account for o/o. This will mean I will normally get to choose from three loads instead of simply being assigned a load, and if they are all crap, I can refuse them all.

I will also be looking a little harder at paying the truck off ASAP and moving to a company with a load board.

The Mars account at Shaffer was awful nice, but it's dead to me now. If I am going to pull short, heavy live loads, I might as well choose them for myself.

 

Does going to Shaffer pay more?

Also, have you been able to benefit from the crazy bump in rates carriers have been getting the last couple of months?

 

I have always been Shaffer (reefer side of Crete.)

The rates will be roughly the same. Exact numbers to be determined in a couple weeks.

I doubt I will see any change as a result of pulse pricing.

 

Good accounts never last...........

 

Wonder which one that ..Crete or Shaffer..makes more profit per load on...for the same load...company truck or O/O ?

 

The few Shaffer Drivers I’ve known of, all complained about short miles, and grocery warehouses and unloading freight.

 

Yeppers. That's why basing one's Revenue projections on a minimum of 12,000 to 14,000 thousand miles a month is suicide.