underdog777
Seasoned Expediter
Dropped in flint , I'm in cargo van with panther. Would you head to Detroit maybe Lansing. Are just stay in place. I just doubt myself here of late it's like everywhere I go is wrong.
Where would you head?
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I don;t think anyone can tell you which way to go....Underdog..you've been with the Cat long enough.....think of it as you can only be wrong 50% of the time.....turn left or turn right....we've all had a bad roll once and awhile...seems at times every choice is a bad choice....go with your instincts and experience...keep plugging at it.....it will turn around when you least expect it....then you can be right the other 50% of the time....Good Luck!
ebsprintin
Veteran Expediter
My system at panther was something like this. Flint is in range of plenty of regular freight in the outlying areas, so I'd sit if I wasn't behind a lot of other vans. If nothing came up in 1.5-2 days (two days in pleasant sitting weather like this), I would troll at a leisurely pace towards a target location perhaps 150 miles away. Leisurely means lots of breaks, exercise, food, sightseeing and shopping stops. Target location is a place I scoped out using qualcomm research while sitting. I would look for places with less vehicles than freight history. I wouldn't go directly to the center of a hotspot but towards a location between two or three hotspots that were close enough to overlap coverage. Most of the time I would get a load before arriving at my target. Resources available to drivers and processes have changed at panther since I was there, but some version of spinning the roulette wheel like this might shake things up if you're stuck in a rut. I found fishing holes not on the map that I still use.
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bobwg
Expert Expediter
Well I am at Landstar so I am no help but my method is how many LS vans are sitting in the area , how many loads in the last week or 2. Same method for area I am thinking of moving to how many already sitting there and loads out of that area history and with winter coming another factor will be current weather and forecast.
If I were you, I'd hunker down in Auburn Hills, MI. About 30 miles away, but right in the center of Automation Alley. You'll be close to Detroit, Pontiac, and Flint, if you have to go. Plus Great Lakes Crossing is right there along with LOTS of other places to sit and wait. Just head South on I-75 for about 30 miles and get off at Baldwin Road. You'll love it there. JMHO.
Ifin it was me, I'd sit. I have done well along the I-69 corridor towards Port Huron as well as I-75 up to Midland. My thinking is that most of those on the Lansing board probably are in Lansing proper or moved there after unloading in Flint. Those on the Toledo board are probably in Toledo or stretched out along I-75 between Detroit and Toledo. If you do Canada, you should be in a good spot for a direct shipment or a swap going across through Port Huron or Detroit. Let us know what you decide and the outcome.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Umm... that's a fair jog. He's not out in the middle of a cornfield. He's within 100 miles of multiple industrial giants in all directions. I say stay put.
There's a quaint t/s on 23 at exit 88. McDs and all kinds of jerky, from beef, to ostrich, to kangaroo. Just 3 miles from 69 and the 23/75 split.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Quaint? A truck driver saying quaint. How cute. Lol lol lol
A truck driver saying cute? How HGTV. LOL
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Veteran Expediter
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
Hard to say for your carrier, but with mine, I drop down to Ann Arbor TA. Did this just a few weeks back.
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Are you still there?
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
Lol, no got a load next day. I ran several loads since then, was home for a week completing a purchase of a second st8 truck and I'm now in Michigan picking it up today.
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underdog777
Seasoned Expediter
Thanks all for the input. I've been in a rut here of late. But I got loaded out of Livonia mi yesterday dropped in Winchester tn now waiting pick up to Dallas it's turning around again I hope
good stuff....the wonders of expedite....