A Slow Start This Year
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Ummm...same carrier as you, one 600 mile run all last week then sitting in Taylor before getting something else tonight. I'd consider that slow....
stonewolf
Seasoned Expediter
i spent the best nights of my high school years in that truck stop talking and hangin with truckers ... now im livin my dream with you guys ... have fun at that run down ta lol (i never knew how bad it was till i stop at a great one lol)
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Originally Posted by chefdennis
OSUMike wrote:
Well Mike since the post above was about sitting in Chicago for 10 days and a crap load of vans bein there and not being able to get out, I'll still say its a "carrier issue", since as OVM and I said "we are getting vans/sprinters out of there with no problem last week...
Now, no where in this thread did I say it wasn't slow...but I will say slow is subjective and different for each of us...I have been in and out of service since the 26th of Dec and right now I am just over 1200 miles...not great by any means,but I ain't complain'in cause I haven't been in service everyday and the pay has been just fine on the miles run...
So yea, it certainly isn't going gang busters, but it also ain't "goin to h6ll in a hand basket" either....
I am in service now, and on a run, I might go oos for a few days again after I drop, don't know yet...but from the 15th out, ill be in service pretty steady and then ill worry about it bein slow...
But again, the above post was strictly about 10 days in Chicago, and I'll still say "that is a carrier issue"....
OSUMike wrote:
Well Mike since the post above was about sitting in Chicago for 10 days and a crap load of vans bein there and not being able to get out, I'll still say its a "carrier issue", since as OVM and I said "we are getting vans/sprinters out of there with no problem last week...
Now, no where in this thread did I say it wasn't slow...but I will say slow is subjective and different for each of us...I have been in and out of service since the 26th of Dec and right now I am just over 1200 miles...not great by any means,but I ain't complain'in cause I haven't been in service everyday and the pay has been just fine on the miles run...
So yea, it certainly isn't going gang busters, but it also ain't "goin to h6ll in a hand basket" either....
I am in service now, and on a run, I might go oos for a few days again after I drop, don't know yet...but from the 15th out, ill be in service pretty steady and then ill worry about it bein slow...
But again, the above post was strictly about 10 days in Chicago, and I'll still say "that is a carrier issue"....
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shadow7663
Expert Expediter
Not trying to ruffle any feathers but I'm with Dennis on this one. I ran my tail off last week and both of my straight trucks were steady last week...1 of them had an excellent week! Will it be like this all of January???? Not sure but one can only hope !
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This time of the year is slower without question. Most of the plants have come back up in service yesterday. A lot of times it is simply time and place. You read the post about 12 straights sitting in Monroe for example. We were had a glut of straights in Detroit over the last 3 days as well. We were preparing to pay to move them and disperse them out yesterday afternoon. 4 hours later, we were out of straights in Detroit before we moved any. Frustrating....yes it can be for everyone. Looking at the alliance load charts tell you can see the industry is down about 25% for Jan versus December.
I can't speak for the one carrier that didn't move someone for 10 days, but the rest of it is all normal. I wouldn't stress out or think the world was falling apart. Those of us who have been in this business long enough to know this is very normal for this time of the year.
I can't speak for the one carrier that didn't move someone for 10 days, but the rest of it is all normal. I wouldn't stress out or think the world was falling apart. Those of us who have been in this business long enough to know this is very normal for this time of the year.
Keeping trucks moving is easier when you have a contractor who will accept 3,400 pounds of freight into a vehicle that weighs over 7,500 pounds and somehow magically stays under 10,000 pounds total.
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I have been going real good...haven't seen under a dollar in LONG TIME..and I'm in a lonely ole cv.... this weekend I got on a turn 220 loaded go back empty ..reload....dollar p/m ALL MILES...did that several times this weekend......
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bubblehead
Veteran Expediter
Sounds like you got the Contec gig
Just got off Christmas vacation Monday the 9th. Ready to get back on the road after 25 days off.....whats that I hear???????
beep beep........Oh do I want to go to Quebec from Cleve Oh (deadhead no less 738 miles) pu Tues the 10th......whats that you say....I drop in LA on Friday..............ummmmmmm, well okay
beep beep........Oh do I want to go to Quebec from Cleve Oh (deadhead no less 738 miles) pu Tues the 10th......whats that you say....I drop in LA on Friday..............ummmmmmm, well okay