THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

Brother...PA always has the freight, it's just that it always seems to be in the middle of nowhere, and any way in or out involves a mountain.

 

Just couldn't stay out of the northeast could ya. Ome on Diesel, admit it, everyone know's you've been going out of your mind to get back.

 

I've been to Laredo lots. My experience is lots of loads during the week, due to trailers coming over the border. But weekends are dead.

 

Saturday morning is alright, but if you don't get out of there by midday Saturday you'll probably be waiting until Monday morning

 

I hope u find a decent load out of there DFO cause would hate to hear u wasted more money then made on a load especially when we all know how much u hate being up northeast

 

I'm going to try something different this year . I'm going to try to stay below I40.

 

In Laredo now......have you ever read Dante's Inferno?? If so, you will know what I mean when I say Laredo is the second ring of hell. Excluding Laredo, of course, there are more trucks and trailers here than in all the truckstops in the contiguous 48 combined.....and 3/4 are piloted by our brown brethren form south of the border who both do not care and, more disturbingly, act as though it would be great fun to get into a big truck wreck......just to see what would happen. But, hey, rates is rates......you call, we'll haul.....just gotta pay. But, it could be worse....bad thing is, it's hell waiting on a load to confirm. They have all of these loads....even have a trailer number to go along with it.....but the customs paperwork isn't sorted out just yet, so there they and you sit. My advice is, come to Laredo even if for no other reason than to say you did....honestly, it's worth the trip to witness the madness. BUT, have something booked out before you roll.....and CONFIRMED stuff too....a bunch of that non-confirmed stuff tends to disappear. Also, remember this, it's either Laredo or a 150 mile dead head.....there ain't nothing else close.

On the other, sorry man, I was on 40 westbound out of NC/TN headed to TX 2 days ago.

Man.....at the Pilot now in Laredo.....I feel as though I am getting a lot for my entertainment dollar right now....it's another world, guys. Trust me.

 

Easiest way to figure it, it total miles for the round trip. If you ran more miles on the big side than you did on the little side, you came out.

trip 1.....400 miles at $1.80
trip 2.....200 miles at $1.20
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total.....600 miles at $1.60

BTW, there's a pizza place that delivers to Carlisle that, while not rocks, is pretty good