Where's u tankers loading at this morning

When I was running real OTR (home every 3 - 5 weeks), I got a little crazy I think. I would talk to drivers on the weekends while doing laundry and they all made sense. Once a week I would eat at a Denny's or similar and the drivers all made sense. So yeah, staying out can make you see things a little differently than the rest of the world. You know it's bad when you hear a story that starts with "I was in Dallas at the Loves and I'd been drinking at that bar over across the road..." and you start to giggle because you sort of know how it's going to end. And you could change the location to "Sacramento at the 49er" or "Grand Junction at the TA" or a few others and still have the same reaction....

 

Got up early and hauled ### from Gary IN to Cincy, waitin on receiving personnel. Gary never disappoints with the early morning scene lol

 

Some of those guys (or all of them maybe) that are not making as much money may not have your work habits. Not everyone maximizes their clock. Not everyone hustles to get a load completed so they are ready for the next one. Not everyone figures out ways to quickly overcome obstacles so they can keep rolling.

Now sometimes it's true that the fault is with the dispatcher, but almost always there is something the driver could be doing different to make more money too. Dispatchers don't get any rewards for keeping their drivers sitting and the trucks idle. No one makes money that way.

 

Everybody works different. I like to load of Houston going wherever and grab a load going back to Texas or louisana. Then we got guys that like to stay out 3+ weeks at a time. I did my time at Schneider when I first started I tip my hat to all that do that.

 

Think it was you who said the best way to compare company pay is average daily wages, thats the way I like to look at it too

Edit: just seen you posted that on Another thread

 

Did the 400lb ex marine ranger sniper make sense to you too? The one who had Osama in his sights and didn't take the shot.