it sure cooled in GA yesterday afternoon...as wellTemperature dropped from 70F at night to 60F now, that sun is up. Am I in Texas or Alaska?
March 2017 this and that.
- Thread starter Ragman
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Not this time, shorties pay $150, w deadhead etc was $181 and I got an extra $100 out of them, plus now am an hour into detention pay of about $35 an hour
So $281 plus $35 as of 9:15 am for a 60 mile dh and 122 miles loaded.
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Major reason I switched to carriers that ask me for price, not feed me 4 shorties per week at "industry rates".
Generally they do pay more, you just need 7-8 in a week to make it worth wile, or get a whale of a run at the weekend.
I don't always get hosed on these, sometimes I negotiate to keep my hours, other times if I can get extra $ I do that...can't always get it but I definitely try to make it worthwhile somehow
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so in my mind that $35 just paid your 60 miles jog....NOW as VSprinter related IF thats IF you were to get that off real quick you have plenty of time for a 2nd load today...IF and again with the IF....you are lucky...
I do shorties by choice these days...and try to be set up like today for the whale...or dang close...but I am pretty sure my budget is a wee bit smaller then most...
"IF" is the key word.
Happens, but sometimes it turns into late pick up, traffic along they way, next day delivery.
But, there is a reason sometimes to take it.
I knew that..I was just catagorizing the extra bucks...at the end of the week/month it all adds up...
The other advantage is after I deliver, if I don't get another I am 70 miles from the house. Doesn't pay as well but costs less than being on the road...definitely in the mood for a whale...800+ miles would be very much welcome but not holding my breath.
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yeah like if its slow and there is a ton of your own vans around and dispatch picks you to be the local UPS guy.....but hey what do you lose?...you weren't going to get that whale today anyways because of all those ahead of you, and you banked a few hundred bucks that some just let pass them by....
"whale" in my book is anything over 1200 miles. Anything under is a day work.
But then again, I am too young to think of rest.
Yep, I do that instead of nothing...esp if it pays well enough, and I stay near home...not my favorite thing to do but money is money
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its Friday and I've triangulated the best I can..I can reach a lot of freight zones from this location....its out of my hands now...
Trust me id love to be running those 1200+ mile runs...1000 per day is feasible in my book but at our contracted rate they either go to xpo teams or low balled by other carriers
"whale" in my book is anything over 1200 miles. Anything under is a day work.
But then again, I am too young to think of rest.
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Oh my! I could get into so much trouble with that one.But how would I keep my feet warm then? lolBe careful, someone might steal that "Glowing Gem"yup he can.....
