Trying to take hubby's hometime away because he did a 34 hour reset??

I broke even last week with only 1248 loaded miles, I've broken even in as little as 1000 miles. I deposit $.20 per mile into my maintaince account and have been doing so for over a year.

My truck is a business tool. I maintain my truck according to Freightliner's (not Swift's) maintaince schedule. The only accessories I've purchased for my truck (a windshield sunshade, window screens, a BIG box fan, & a set of Aeroflaps) are items that either keep me more comfortable WITHOUT idling my truck or improve my fuel mileage. I wash my truck as necessary, not the once a week I wish I could (it's black). I ALWAYS pick the newest trailer I can find and if forced to chose between several old POS trailers I look for one with skirts. My 13 week average is OVER 8 MPG. You CANNOT get that kind of mileage if you idle your truck.

 

He takes a 25% cash advance!?!?! Wow!

 

That seems like a lot of money to spend weekly unless he is eating every single meal out of the truck.

 

Swift only allows $100 per week in a cash advance.
The 25% is what he uses out of his paycheck to live on, and gets an advance if needed. Not a hard read, I thought.
It would be better if he had a debit card with the family account so he would not have to pay the fees of taking the advance and withdrawing the cash.
Once you get in the rut of taking advances, it can be hard to get out of.

 

I think he had a crack habit ... strictly speaking, my fixed cost and only the fuel consumed at my average of 7.5 mpg to run the miles, I'm cash flow positive at 750 miles.

 

I did not get into details with the driver about his cost and stuff so no I cant answer for his situation, only what he claimed.


I have 2 bank accounts, my chase account my wife has a card to and 95% of my checks go into that account which pays bills and takes care of other little things plus I use some of it for my living on the road, I have 5% deposited into my Wells fargo business account that I opened up for free when I was in orientation, I use that money normally for my extra spending like entertainment etc plus I have $1 automatically transferred into a savings account daily which keeps the savings account free from all fees and its my savings for a family vacation.

For the past couple weeks I have been eating almost every single meal in my truck which has saved a ton of money and now that im making use of my oven im even eating a broader range of decent foods including Salmon and stuff. Right now I am trying to keep my personal food budget to $20 a week, sometimes I splurge and will eat at a Dennys or something.


Im not a LO or O/O but I keep my idle to a bare minimum, I even shut off the truck when im dropping or hooking to a trailer as a force of habit now. The last time I asked my DM for my numbers I was at 8.2mpg, its probably higher now since I have been moving mt's and bobtailing so much. My mentor told me to practice and drive like I own my truck and if the day ever came when I actually did then it wouldnt be hard for me to sacrifice and make drastic changes in idling habits etc.

It amazes me though when im parked somewhere and its 70 degrees outside but you still hear people idling, it was 68 degrees when I got where im at right now and I parked next to another Swift who was idling and he was nowhere to be seen in the truck....

 

rarely do i idle the truck. unless its hot enough for me to start sweating while trying to sleep.

 

yeah thats the only time I do too and I will try using a fan first. I did idle for about 4 hours close to a month ago when I had to sleep during the middle of the day in Lathrop and the sun beating down on the truck was just making it an oven, once it got dark I woke up and shut it down.

One thing I like about this new freight I have is that there is a built in fan right next to my head which I use sometimes even for just noise.

 

Lmao...... blind chimp banging on a keyboard........that sir is was awesome !!! Thats not copywrited is it?? Id like to borrow that