Titan Transfer - First Contact

So I was off last week for family time, returning to the road on Memorial day. We rolled to Maryland and back to middle Tennessee. We are now on a dispatch yo New Jersey. Memorial day was my big day at 720 miles... which brings me to some news; as of today, all Titan trucks will be turned up to 70 on the governor!!
This next week I will load up every thing for my truck, as I will be issued one at the end of the week! This 8-weeks of training seemed long at first, but in reality has flown by... pics of my rig when I get her!

 

Training is done! It went a lot faster than I thought it would. Here is how the last week played out; Monday we were dispatched to Newark, DE. From there we got a back haul out of Hurlock, MD. We made an unplanned stop in Oneida, TN to recover an older Freightliner that was being phased out. I drove the rcover vehicle back to the Shelbyville terminal. From there we were dispatched to Lansing, MI, but were diverted to the Louisville, KY terminal due to no back haul available in MI. We drop and hooked in Louisville and headed off to Memphis. In Memphis we recovered another rig. It was an old Volvo. With two trucks, we pulled two loads back to middle Tennessee. The Volvo is now assigned to me. I will have the Volvo while a newer Freightliner is being prepped for. Another driver had the 2015 Freightliner, and it is being serviced and detailed prior to it becoming my truck. Until then, I will be using the Volvo as my truck... My first load will take me to Michigan tomorrow!!

Here is a breakdown of how training went: Your first week, you will drive 6 hours; week 2 is 7 hours, week 3 is 8 hours, and week 4 is 9 hours. The remaining 4 weeks you will do all of the driving. The last 4 weeks you will be working more on time management with the qualcomm. You will also be doing all of the trip planning. For the 8 weeks we averaged 3500 miles, and my bring home averaged about $550 a week. We ran a lot of different places from Oklahoma to Minnesota, and all up the Eastern seaboard to Massachusetts, and South to Florida. We hold hoped to get a Nogales, AZ or a Calexico, but it never happened. It would be prudent to note, that Titan sometimes needs to run freight from the mid-west to Calexico, and if no teams are available, the runs are offered to singles. As with Titans business model, the do what they can to get the driver home every weekend for you to reset your clock AT HOME!

So now I am a bonafide, full time driver of Titan Transfer. I am moving from .18 per mile to .32 per mile. As stated above, my first run is North to Michigan. Ask me, and I would recommend my trainer to anyone interested in Titan! He made our time together very rewarding, and he taught me a vast amount of info to be successful out here. Send me a PM, and I can fill you in on any info you might need.

 

I ran 3100 my first week as a solo... but only 2100 the 2nd week due to a truck breakdown. My 3rd week I managed 3200+ week. There are loads on top of loads right now... I have never seen so many loaded trailers waiting to be delivered... freight is really good right now.