Venezia transport

I've never ran asphalt here, I'm on the tar side. We use the same trailers though, 7500 gal tanks. I like it! I really don't do anything but load the trailer. Customers all have their own hoses and pumps and most of them say "I'll wake you up when you're empty". Usually 45 minute unloads or less. Not sure how the daycab life is but my highest gross check here was over 2 grand for one week, sleeping in the truck 4/5 nights. I like that they pay you for all your time too. They paid me 26 hrs of detention ($23/hr) cause the shipper screwed up a lab analysis, no questions asked!

 

I'd ask for a truck with a flat top sleeper. They're still light enough to haul the weight and you have a bed to stay out if you want. I hauled 52,140 out of Warren PA and was only 79,680 gross when I ran a flat top Mack. Only downside is fuel capacity, it only held 150 gal total.

I can only speak for us guys up here in PA, but they do take care of us as far as paying us for everything we do. Any detention, breakdown, maintenance, layover, ect...we get paid hourly for. Plus the mileage rate is the same loaded or empty and you can increase it by pulling 25+ tons which you generally always will. I can't see FL being any different than up here

 

I like my Mack a lot. It doesn't win any races but I keep up with all the long hoods pulling the big hills out of Warren. Definitely run better than the Pete's and Internationals we have. The autos aren't that great in my opinion, but a lot of guys love them. They do not require a vaccine and have no plans on doing so.

 

Good luck to you!

 

Glad to hear it's going well so far, are you mileage or hourly if you don't mind me asking? I'm surprised the asphalt plants aren't 24 hrs like they are up here. Did you end up in a Mack?