So if TJP got two loads on the way to laredo and then sits for a week and gets another load back out. That would amount to a really good three weeks. Well over 1k per each week and y'all got to have a weeks worth of partying. You can't beat that.
January 2010 Location
- Thread starter TheOGExpediterGuy
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nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
Laredo isn't where I sit,my loads to Laredo,you most likely will find my next stop in Houston,as in a tractor,Houston is a great spot for me,with saying that,my last load in Laredo,we delivered early as I didnt think customer would be open on Saturday,we delivered Friday night,then we got a Laredo pick up for that Saturday,going all the way to Harrisburg Pa.My plan was being in Houston Saturday morning,but the Laredo load change my mind.
Couple months later we did a Laredo run,delivered Friday morning,then dead headed to Houston ,where we loaded Friday night and went to Baltimore Md.In both senarios,pay weeks were excellant
Couple months later we did a Laredo run,delivered Friday morning,then dead headed to Houston ,where we loaded Friday night and went to Baltimore Md.In both senarios,pay weeks were excellant
Falligator
Expert Expediter
Well. I had a miserable week. Got the run to Albion, IN, then got the mini from Wheaton, Il. to Bolingbrook, IL. then got a run from Batavia, Il to Bowling Green, KY. No promise of getting a load anytime soon on the Nashville board, so I am headed south for home...Gonna take care of my taxes and give my van a good cleaning. 
DH from Tn to FloridaWell. I had a miserable week. Got the run to Albion, IN, then got the mini from Wheaton, Il. to Bolingbrook, IL. then got a run from Batavia, Il to Bowling Green, KY. No promise of getting a load anytime soon on the Nashville board, so I am headed south for home...Gonna take care of my taxes and give my van a good cleaning.
you are about as bad as I am...some would call us nuts ya know..
Falligator
Expert Expediter
True...I guess I need to thaw out. LOLDH from Tn to Florida
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
gracie is giving excel lessons at the toledo j today. after the cowboy game
transporter
Expert Expediter
home in ky taking a short break and cleaning the truck.
Dakota
Veteran Expediter
Drove up to the NAIAS in Detroit, had fun and drove back down I 75 waved as I drove through Monroe, MI and ended up at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Toledo where I had a nice Lunch/Dinner and then back to beautiful Harlan, IN
What a nice day.
At the show while waiting to get into parking garage I was handed a brochure by UAW worker stating how Toyota is screwing the American workers. I was driving a Scion(Toyota) BTW, very ironic LOL
What a nice day.
At the show while waiting to get into parking garage I was handed a brochure by UAW worker stating how Toyota is screwing the American workers. I was driving a Scion(Toyota) BTW, very ironic LOL
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
last week the snowstorm cut our earnings short. got a load out of sb to so. il. then went home for the dr appt tuesday. back in service and got a load thurs that deliv friday and friday afternoon that deliv sat morning. tomorrow a holiday. guess it will be a good day to take a shower. pick up meds. read more spenser or maybe a clancey novel.
When I was with panther I once deadheaded from Memphis TN all the way to California. I got two 300 mile loads along the way that paid my fuel home, then I got loaded 2 days later on a sunday going all the way back out to shreveport Lousiana. Then got a load from Shreveport all the way down to Michigan. Sometimes deadheading can take you out of a bad loop and set you up for a good week or two. I hope you get a load out of FL Gator, my other panther friend gets loads out of Orlando all of the time.
danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
at home doing the R&R till monday
guido4475
Not a Member
In a sense, that is true. But what was your total pay for ALL MILES traveled during that time? That is what I look at.Deadheading can put a person in the negative real quick if they are not careful.So can sitting waiting for a load, but if done corectly, costs for sitting can be minimal.
Awile ago I had a freind in a s/t that was in El Paso, and he deadheaded to L.A (california) to wait for a load.Pure stupidity in my eyes, but he ended up getting a load for $1.00 a mile to Mi from there. His total pay was somewhere at .62 cpm for all miles traveled during that time.So I am guessing he was in the negative the whole time giving the expenses/estimated cost per mile to move the average straight truck.Not very smart thinking.
guido4475
Not a Member
R and R ? What the heck were we doing in Indy at the Flying J? LOL !!!!
jaminjim
Veteran Expediter
May I suggest "Red Storm Rising" By Tom Clancey. To me it was his best.
ebsprintin
Veteran Expediter
Another consideration is that a long deadhead more than likely has a longer time to pickup. Long time to pickup gets the added risk of the shipper changing their mind and turning the load into a dry run.
eb
I stopped yesterday at the TA at Vero Beach, FL./I-95 exit
where two CV's were parked...one panther, one Landstar. I wanted to shoot the breeze, but didn't find either driver. Any of you there at that time? I was curious if they got loads to that area, and what their experience was on getting out of Fl. I usually dead-headed to Atlanta or Greenville rather than wait for rare freight heading north.
where two CV's were parked...one panther, one Landstar. I wanted to shoot the breeze, but didn't find either driver. Any of you there at that time? I was curious if they got loads to that area, and what their experience was on getting out of Fl. I usually dead-headed to Atlanta or Greenville rather than wait for rare freight heading north.
Was that you on I-80 Friday night, heading east? If so, take those airtabs off. As fast as you drive, fuel millage is the last thing on you mind.
guido4475
Not a Member
Yea, but he was deadheading to relocate, not to get a load.Figure on top of that, the miles he is paying fuel taxes on, plus wear and tear,using miles up in a oil change interval.Doesnt make much sense...I'm just sayin'