CharlesD
Expert Expediter
A lot of good loads out of Pottstown. I've had a few to Texas from that area.
Panther changed their boards again
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A lot of good loads out of Pottstown. I've had a few to Texas from that area.
arkjarhead
Veteran Expediter
I'm not trying to start anything when I say this , but when are some of you people going to realize bigger isn't always better? I mean you people get the run around, and they are always swapping the boards up on you so you don't know what's really happening one day to the next. Why not go to a smaller company that knows you by name and not number and is more like a personal dispatch service instead of a big carrier with more rules than the FMCSA?
The flip side of that coin is the small company knows you by name and they also know all the customers by name. The customer base is also far smaller so the potential d/h is greater and the potential wait between loads is longer. That's not to say that small companies are bad. One of the companies on my recommended list is a small company. I just wanted to point out for clarity that there are two sides to each coin.
Very Good, MR. SNAPPY (comeback) lol
Well we have one truck that wanted to go to mich for hometime that is loaded and going to texas and one truck that wanted to go to texas for hometime that is not loaded. And both these trucks are leased to a carrier that allows you to broker your own loads. Just as a passing thought you could broker your own load and go home, right.
mawnin. drivers........
well ..... im still sitting.......
the boards are telling me there is all these loads out of this area daily and i am still sitting...... .
panther has been keeping my busy for the past couple months .......
and now im sitting...... 8 loads out of here daily ..... y am i still sitting????
well ..... im still sitting.......
the boards are telling me there is all these loads out of this area daily and i am still sitting...... .
panther has been keeping my busy for the past couple months .......
and now im sitting...... 8 loads out of here daily ..... y am i still sitting????
Fastrod, I thought you were independent?
I'm really confused, why aren't more Panther people doing this?
jaminjim
Veteran Expediter
Have to agree with Dave, some, not all dispatchers are geographically challenged, it seems easier for them to just skip over you than to look at a map. Also as you know it will be harder to find a load as a solo going to Texas. Although you might have some luck for a delivery for Tuesday.
I often wonder this? Some say a LTL load doesn't pay enough, but they don't want to put the effort into maybe combining two loads. It is one of those things that the more you do it, the better you get at it. That experience is usually reflected in the rate.
What I also see many times over are the ones that want to make a statement are the same that will deadhead home 500 miles for nothing.
That is usually followed by "I can't afford to operate"
What I also see many times over are the ones that want to make a statement are the same that will deadhead home 500 miles for nothing.
That is usually followed by "I can't afford to operate"
.ok ....
i did move to another board last nite......
just south of pitts in pa.... and its saying im
1 on boards and 8 loads daily....
well......... ok...... im waiting.... its almost 10 am....
.... I try to do my best to take reg panther loads..... when making hometyme trips
example
last sept......... i got a awful phone call from my brother...... that our sister passed away... OMG... i was soo upset.... my owner told me to go .....
i was in nashville...... and had to get home to Buffalo NY......
well.... my brother calls me bk .. 30 min later to say.... our sis was on life support....
im like ?????
sooo even though my ower told me i can go...and DH all the way home.....
well i felt soo guilty of using all that fuel. with the cost.....
what more could i do for my sis at this point anyways.. as upset as i was......
soo i found a back haul load..... took me to east area of Inndy ..... BUT at least it paid off towards some of the fuel.... and did not use up anymore of my time not really...... and i did make it home..... to be at her side for her last 2 days.....
I miss her so much.
I like the owners i am working for a great deal...... and tend to be a loyal driver.... and do my best to help conserve the fuel... cause i know its putting a crunch on them as well as everyone....
i sleep with my with truck turned off..... in fact its turnd off now....
i wil start it.... for 20 min or sooo... if i need t run the micro wave....
i can listen to music and watch tv.. shows on the lap top..... plus i am an artist.and have some art supplies with me....
ok sorry guess i got off the board topic here........ heh
..... ok im still here..... i feel like they forgot about me or somthing.... and its 2pm ....
**deep sigh** ..... i have a whole 149 miles ... for this week ...... how impressive is that???
i found a back haul load on get oaded picking up here in this area....
going down near waco TX and its paying out at ...$1.62 a mile
i tell ya ..... i never ever..... take or use back haul loads to go so far.... but the way my week has gone so far...... this is extremly tempting
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Falligator
Expert Expediter
Not to get off the subject, but if anyone is in St. Louis...I'm dying here for some real food! this school doesn't feed us right....I would have driven here if I had known there were no places to eat within walking distance!
.. i have the book called the next exit..... if u tell me what exit and interstate ur off of ...
what school????
if it was me...... id get the zip code where ur at.... and google it ... for places to eat.....
or ask a local at what ever school ur at....... i guess.
the load to Tx.... well..... its gone.... dam..... oh well..................
im still waiting for something.......
and i took dallas off the boards....... wont make it there for a break anyways.. i guess.....
i been running pretty good here lately and thought with the up coming holiday weekend. it would be a good lil bit of an RnR ...
speaking of boards......... when i called driver hotline to ask them about y am i sitting so long and about a EM west maybe.......
the girl was soo busy looking for my truck on the grapvine TX boards.... and couldnt figure out why she wasnt seeing my trk off the QC..... asked me if my QC was working ok....then said........
i was the only truck there.... and no other for at least 65 miles.....
umm ok............ then when she mentioned grapvine tx...
i said..... UMmm I am NOT in grapvine Tx..... OOYy ....
Im just south of Pittsburge Pa ..... off i70..... and now the boards r saying on MY qc i am in Grapeville Pa ....
and im the only truck here and 2 in route to here........
when i call ...... i always .. always .. say hello ... my name an truck number...... always....
now...... i would like to know......
Y did she go looking for me .. in grapvine texas..... and tell me where i was on the boards there????
im scratching my head here..... over this .... and getting frustrated.
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