October 2010 Locations

chefdennis · Oct 27, 2010

Empty in Sterling Heights Mich, goin to bed at the Load 1 terminal in Taylor Mich....

AutonomyRex · Oct 27, 2010

NE of Cincy....71NB and exit 25 I think it was....I was following the leader....lol. Waiting on my pilot car shuttle and my turn for a shower. Parking lot of a large Swim Park. Hard day...Lots of Wind, mostly at our back, but alot of cross breezes as well....wore me out.

TheOGExpediterGuy · Oct 27, 2010

Had a shorty today Hebron, KY to Elizabethtown, KY hoping for a nice long trip tomorrow...Been a shorty kind of week so far...LOL

CharlesD · Oct 28, 2010

NLM freight is just like any other freight. You can't blame them if it goes for cheap because all they do is throw it out there for people to bid on it. If your company only gets it for cheap they either have their tariffs too low or they're bidding too low because they think they'll only ever get a load if they drop down that low. Another factor could be the areas where those loads are. If you're hanging around Michigan a lot you're going to get more cheap rates than if that same load pops up in Billings, MT and you're the only van within 300 miles. Another thing is the time of day. Many companies aren't watching as closely at night and sometimes you can slip a higher bid in there and get lucky. It's really not fair to say "(insert company here) pays cheap when those loads are listed on an internet board where loads go to the cheapest bidder. If I post a load online and the other carriers who see it go crazy trying to outbid one another to get it, who's the one who's cheap? It's not me.

EnglishLady · Oct 28, 2010

Unloaded and ready to roll from Piedmont SC

RoadKing06 · Oct 28, 2010

Unloaded this morning and waiting for new load in Lerado TX at the Flying J. Many Expeditors across the street at the Pilot.

skyraider · Oct 28, 2010

Ain't this better then stacking undies at wally world,,,pic n up in Elgin IL, to canton Mississippi, then maybe down to Pensacola for some RR( station there in the Navy once). did well these last 7 days,,2200 miles. Got a jingle in my pocket and nothing to spend it on but me,,,,,Yes there are a few places in Gulf Breeze that need my attention, pass the pep pills please.

bobwg · Oct 28, 2010

Atlanta waiting for my load to be ready going to Vicksburg MS for delivery in the morning

chefdennis · Oct 28, 2010

Howell Mich to Oak Creek Wisc....Seeya

RoadKing06 · Oct 28, 2010

In route to Del Rio to pick up load going to Tulsa, OK for am delivery.

EnglishLady · Oct 28, 2010

NC to Hamtramck MI

greg334 · Oct 28, 2010

EnglishLady said:
NC to Hamtramck MI

Interesting, you coming to visit my truck?

underdog777 · Oct 28, 2010

pre dispatched for friday morning.kansas city ks to nashville tn thats 3000 mile week wow

OntarioVanMan · Oct 28, 2010

chefdennis said:
Howell Mich to Oak Creek Wisc....Seeya

Woke up and you were gone...we must be next up...

blizzard2014 · Oct 28, 2010

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I am finding out that you would be really surprised how much automotive freight doesn't go through NLM......

I know a lot of it is direct calls from customers and those loads pay better than the standard NLM automotive loads do. I'm just saying, you guys are getting a pretty good slice of the pie for being leased on drivers. I know people who are making up to 1.50 a mile on cargo van freight right now; but they are not leased on guys.

Well, as for me, I got tired of sitting in San Antonio for three days. I turned down one load going back to Laredo and another that was delivering to Brownsville. I have never turned down a load at Bolt in 6 months...I think it really puzzled dispatch. Any how, there ain't much coming out of the border when there are so many Bolt trucks sitting empty down there. So, I decided to put my tin in the wind and take a few days off out here in California.

I am also trying to avoid the storms in the midwest while scaring some of the socks off the trick or treaters out here with my unshaven "mountain man" look. That leaves me zero loaded miles, zero paid miles, 1350 empty miles, and a very very tired puppy!! I guess I made a gang of bad business decisions this week. Thank god I got paid way above the norm to deliver into Laredo! You all be safe out there.

EnglishLady · Oct 28, 2010

greg334 said:
Interesting, you coming to visit my truck?

LOL of course we were

Ummm where is your truck?

x06col · Oct 28, 2010

Did some shortys early this week, IN to MI, MI to OH, OH to MI. loaded yezday for NY, an load tomorrow for the double home run to NY. See ya in MtVernon Monday.