April location's and other gossip

RoadTime

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
April 1 - DH: 76, LD: 244
April 3 - DH: 35, LD: 93
April 5 - DH: 97, LD: 182


They keep telling me that SE Michigan is a great area for freight. I'm not sure what they mean by that, though. Friday morning I was 7 of 10, Friday afternoon I was 1 of 8. Over the weekend I was 1 of a wide variety of numbers. At noon today I was 1 of 6. Currently I am 1 of 7, and sitting on 111 hours an counting. Must be that whole "two pallet" thing. Yeah, that's prolly it.

After spending 5 days sitting in Kentuky, got a 100 mile DH 300 mile run to Fort Wayne. At home reflecting. For the year so far, all 1 skid loads except for a one 2 skid load in Feb. No 3 skid loads yet this year, not that I want them :rolleyes:
 

xiggi

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Seems like I go through spells no 3 skid loads for several weeks then over the next couple weeks most of them will be. Load I dropped yesterday was 3. The one before was a single but ten feet long.
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
After spending 5 days sitting in Kentuky, got a 100 mile DH 300 mile run to Fort Wayne. At home reflecting. For the year so far, all 1 skid loads except for a one 2 skid load in Feb. No 3 skid loads yet this year, not that I want them :rolleyes:

They just called me with a load. One skid, too. Picks up tonight at 2100 going 820 miles to Buttcrackachobee, Alabama. So that's awesome. A week or two ago I noted that I'd much rather run some decent miles at 80 cents a mile than sit there running no miles at $1.50 mile. I had no idea they'd take me so literally. So that's awesome. Plus, they booked it at faster than 50 MPH, which only adds to the awesomeness. I'm so full of awe. Inspired.

Nuns. Awesome.
 

kurtkaoss

Active Expediter
Made it through orientation. Gonna grab a shower and do laundry tonight and go in service tomorrow. Sprinter freight is gonna pick up guys, and then you'll be begging for a day off....or complaining about it, I'm just not sure which yet. :D
 

xxiv24

Expert Expediter
Made it through orientation. Gonna grab a shower and do laundry tonight and go in service tomorrow. Sprinter freight is gonna pick up guys, and then you'll be begging for a day off....or complaining about it, I'm just not sure which yet. :D

Are you suggesting there will be begging at Load One? Surely you jest. :p

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RoadTime

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Made it through orientation. Gonna grab a shower and do laundry tonight and go in service tomorrow. Sprinter freight is gonna pick up guys, and then you'll be begging for a day off....or complaining about it, I'm just not sure which yet. :D

Ahhh that was your sprinter I saw this morning. I was wondering about the #2005 :confused:

...Back to working on my resume :eek:
 

kurtkaoss

Active Expediter
Sorry you feel that way. Freight is slow everywhere for vans/sprinters...just the nature of the beast. I'm not sure how signing me on is going to hurt things here for the rest of you, but I'm going to earn a living and that's that. Signing on somewhere won't fix the problem...I left my last carrier because they didn't give a **** about me; had nothing to do with freight. But, I suppose the grass is always greener somewhere else.
 

xiggi

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Never begged for a day off or griped about to much biz. Welcome to the fleet.
 

ohiomike08

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Delivered in MT Sterling, KY and dispatch already has me setup on a load from here, back up to MI. As far as the grass being greener somewhere else... that's never the case.
 

cherokee727

Expert Expediter
Never begged for a day off or griped about to much biz. Welcome to the fleet.

Oh we sure have! There was one time we were running so hard we delivered in dallas and went to a RV park. Pool hot tub NICE showers laundry. Paid 127 and took a week off. Had to go out of service to enjoy it lol.


But as Kurt said orientation is over. Were just waiting on a power of attorney to come thru and were ready to roll on! :)
 
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