they said it couldnt be done

Seekonk, MA to Richmond, VA. Did that run at the very least 3 times a week, sometimes 4 if everything went well at both ends (swap out trailers ready and sitting), then only the old 8 hour break. Would sometimes not even stop to wet the tires, bad idea boys and girls, now I have problems. Almost never stopped to eat.

I think that was 533 miles one way? = 3198 miles for the week (3 round trips), or 4264 miles if I was able to do it 4 times that week, which weren't too many times. Made for a nice paycheck.

I should mention, we had day cabs, and "had to" stop at motels for our 8......yeah, right.

Company NEVER questioned us "northerner's", over thier pansy southern good ole boys.

 

Longest runs were probably in personal vehicle also, Parents live 1380 miles away, have done it a few times, cooler with sandwiches, fruit, and drinks on the front seat, bathroom breaks only, Kansas to Pa/Nj border.

Back in the early 90's I did run 3 weeks straight for FEMA taking mobile housing to the Cali. earthquake and also down to Fl. have no idea how many miles some of those trips were, log books not required and I was too tired to keep track.

 

canaan conn to omaha with a 2 hr nap and fuel stop at morris ill .
ripley ny to omaha with no nap .
no.bergen nj to omaha on a quik nap on the indiana toll road .

never again !

 

Woke up in Amarillo on a sunday morning, drove all the way to Detroit. Unloaded and reloaded and in Detroit and finally went to bed(Monday night) at the next consignee in black mountain NC... Now if I book a load that's more than 500 miles I regret it.....

 

Some of the responses make me wanna put I drove from charlotte to LA to seattle to boston to Jacksonville in a week.......

I thought I did not so smart running when I was younger......boy, some of you guys are awesome!!! LOL

 

The boys were thirsty in Atlanta and theres beer in Texarkana. ...we (the bandit and I) did what they said can't be done.

 

How many other's here still remember " Reasonable and Prudent" ?

 

Yeah I remember MT, and ID had no speed limit from 4th of July pass to Lookout pass but that didnt last long cause they got tired of trucks taking out guard rail on that one last curve eastbound just before Wallace ID.

MT Coops would write you a speeding ticket if you averaged over 75. We ran hwy12 across the Dakota's so they couldnt match us up with any Dakota scales. Sometimes hwy 200 west from Missoula to miss that Haugan Coop. There was still a lot of triple digit trucks on the Northern routes.