March 2016, where are you going ??

TDave

Expert Expediter
Did they pay you for the miles you drove?

Yeah but its at the dead head rate which is 20 cents per mile (I drove about 50 miles at the time) and $100 dollar dry run pay. The point to as a solo with Panther once I start my clock 9x out of 10 they don't like to give out loads. This load Im on now if they don't take it early my clock will run out by the delivery time. It's gonna be tricky then and hopefully some good luck lol
 

KickStarter6

Veteran Expediter
Tough break, by the way I have to say the tighter the spots that some places have I have an even more respect for lol. Some of the places I've seen can barely fit a straight into much less a 53 footer.....
They're wasn't enough room for my truck to be straight with my trailer and it was blind side. My truck was at a 90 degree angle to the trailer. It took so long I grew a beard lol
 

TDave

Expert Expediter
They're wasn't enough room for my truck to be straight with my trailer and it was blind side. My truck was at a 90 degree angle to the trailer. It took so long I grew a beard lol

Well you got it in there with out hitting anything so there's that win for you! :)
 

NorthernBill

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Been a decent week, got out of Richman VA with a load that started out to be two small skids. It ended up fitting with a 1/4 inch to spare. Dropped in Mishayaka IN, now loaded for Fort Worth TX, Monday morning drop. Dang, all the dirt tracks show, rained out. Need me a race car fix!
 

KickStarter6

Veteran Expediter
Well you got it in there with out hitting anything so there's that win for you! :)
Dang skippy! Lol. I wish I had taken pictures or a video of how my truck was parked but didn't even think about it.


Update truck is still throwing abs sensor errors on all 4 corners of my drive axels. Talk to the second shift guys at the averitt terminal and they said they would have their best ppl on it Monday morning. While I didn't say it to them I was like WTF it was looked at by 3 shops in 2 days including this one for the exact issue I'm still having. My trainer said I should ask my FM for a different truck but in the past month and half I've grown fond of the ole girl lol. Also I previously said its a 2011 it's a 2012 model with 450k on the dash
 

MikeDamone

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Researching
Yeah but its at the dead head rate which is 20 cents per mile (I drove about 50 miles at the time) and $100 dollar dry run pay. The point to as a solo with Panther once I start my clock 9x out of 10 they don't like to give out loads. This load Im on now if they don't take it early my clock will run out by the delivery time. It's gonna be tricky then and hopefully some good luck lol

Well good luck! There, hopefully I sent some juju your way.
 
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CedarMike

Not a Member
Owner/Operator
and today you said this...so which is it Laredo to Columbus? or Columbus to Laredo? confusedo_O
lol...
Columbus to Laredo . I got reloaded a mile and a half away ( in LAREDO the Gods must be smiling on me ), 1800 miles to PA. Delivered Thursday , reloaded Thursday night , delivered Friday morning in Mass, reloaded a few hours ago in Maine ( one piece 700 pounds , those smiling Gods again ) and on my way TO North Carolina ha ha
 

Grizzly

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Pasco. Wondering where to go next; don't particularly feel like going to Seattle or back to Cali.

Like I said in my earlier post ....
Make a decision & don't look back. If that doesn't work .. make another decision. You need to have a very short memory out west & a good bit of patience. If I was in WA & got down to Cali, I wouldn't have gone back up unless it was a really sweet offer! But now that you're up there ... reset your mind.
Best of luck!
 
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