Wow! Stuck in Texas for 3 days, again! Am I ever gonna learn.

tumbleweeds · Jun 20, 2012

Got here Sunday night and now it's 16:00 eastern and we are still here. Had a couple of offers that we accepted but one went to another van and the other cancelled. Turned down a couple that were not very good. It maybe time to start looking at other companies. Last June was good but not so much this year. Oh well, I chose to come down here, guess I better learn to take my lumps, and start driving towards the freight lanes, and buy my wife some ice cream.(that seems to keep her happy for a while) Guess I'm not as smart as I thought I was or I would have stayed in the Midwest.

BigCat · Jun 20, 2012

What were the loads you refused? Would they have got you out of there? We don't sit in Texas ever. Usually in and out which sucks cause I never get to stop at whataburger.

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davekc · Jun 20, 2012

Kind of hard not to get something worthy out of TX. Then again, not sure what carrier you are with or whether it is bad for vans? No idea? We do well out of there with straights.

skyraider · Jun 20, 2012

I fussed a lot when I was in Laredo in a van, but I got over it. Roll with the punches, have fun, go play tourist, get a nerf gun and shoot at the border patrol, it gets interesting after u do that. U will not be bored.

OntarioVanMan · Jun 20, 2012

with some carriers, it is best not to cross the Mississippi..unless you get some back end money upfront...

CharlesD · Jun 20, 2012

We do well getting straights out of there. I don't like sending vans there though. I don't think we ever have a straight spend a night in Laredo these days.

Lawrence · Jun 20, 2012

tumbleweeds said:
Got here Sunday night and now it's 16:00 eastern and we are still here. Had a couple of offers that we accepted but one went to another van and the other cancelled. Turned down a couple that were not very good. It maybe time to start looking at other companies. Last June was good but not so much this year. Oh well, I chose to come down here, guess I better learn to take my lumps, and start driving towards the freight lanes, and buy my wife some ice cream.(that seems to keep her happy for a while) Guess I'm not as smart as I thought I was or I would have stayed in the Midwest.

Maybe you should look at it this way..."there are NO BAD loads out of Laredo". I would rather be rolling with the A/C blasting then idling at the Walmart in Laredo. IMHO.

Jason2 · Jun 20, 2012

skyraider said:
I fussed a lot when I was in Laredo in a van, but I got over it. Roll with the punches, have fun, go play tourist, get a nerf gun and shoot at the border patrol, it gets interesting after u do that. U will not be bored.

Would love to see that.Not a nerf gun but a airsoft bb pistol. them things can hurt too.hehe

OntarioVanMan · Jun 21, 2012

Lawrence said:
Maybe you should look at it this way..."there are NO BAD loads out of Laredo". I would rather be rolling with the A/C blasting then idling at the Walmart in Laredo. IMHO.

A driver of ours called me the other day for advice...load worked out to 77 1/2 cents ALL miles... I said take it...I would have...gotta know when to Holdum and when to foldum.

Moot · Jun 21, 2012

Not much specific info supplied by the original poster. Texas is a very large state. Seems everyone here assumes you are in Laredo. Is that correct? I guess I would consider Laredo to anywhere a freight lane. A lot of freight moves between Laredo and the Midwest. Now if you are in west Texas, you should feel right at home with the tumbling tumbleweeds. Enjoy!

dletheridge · Jun 22, 2012

With me, my wife and ice cream is a deadly combination. When she eats ice cream (any kind) it has a bi-product of extremely potent gas.

My question for the OP is, are there any other areas where you sit for 3 days besides Texas?

As some one else pointed out, Texas is pretty big. Whereabout in Texas would you be? Is it the same location as before?

cableguymn · Jun 22, 2012

OntarioVanMan said:
with some carriers, it is best not to cross the Mississippi..unless you get some back end money upfront...

Panther and I broke up over that. Got the beckend offer on the qc and they never paid it. I say have it in the bank before you roll.

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OntarioVanMan · Jun 22, 2012

cableguymn said:
Panther and I broke up over that. Got the beckend offer on the qc and they never paid it. I say have it in the bank before you roll.

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It was on your QC? and they still reneged?...Thems fighting words....

skyraider · Jun 22, 2012

OntarioVanMan said:
It was on your QC? and they still reneged?...Thems fighting words....

wait a minute ,,Im still confused over the gas and icecream thingie( by deltherridge >> , my wife and ice cream is a deadly combination. When she eats ice cream (any kind) it has a bi-product of extremely potent gas.)

OntarioVanMan · Jun 22, 2012

skyraider said:
wait a minute ,,Im still confused over the gas and icecream thingie( by deltherridge >> , my wife and ice cream is a deadly combination. When she eats ice cream (any kind) it has a bi-product of extremely potent gas.)

confused/confusion is the 51st state....

cableguymn · Jun 22, 2012

OntarioVanMan said:
It was on your QC? and they still reneged?...Thems fighting words....

yup. Got stuffed on the spiff and empty move Minneapolis. I drive home and waited a week for them to pay up then I shipped I'm the qc, a photo of their offers and a bill.

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cheri1122 · Jun 22, 2012

skyraider said:
wait a minute ,,Im still confused over the gas and icecream thingie( by deltherridge >> , my wife and ice cream is a deadly combination. When she eats ice cream (any kind) it has a bi-product of extremely potent gas.)

Lactose intolerant, would be my guess.
I'm idiot intolerant - luckily it doesn't have the same effect, though.

Jumbuck · Jun 23, 2012

JAYSON said:
Would love to see that.Not a nerf gun but a airsoft bb pistol. them things can hurt too.hehe

People...I KNOW you're probably just kiddin' about the Air-Soft gun and I don't mean to be a stick in the mud, but those Air Soft guns look EXACTLY like a real gun...especially to a Border Patrol whose already on full alert, So PLEASE don't EVER point ANYTHING at a Border Patrol officer. Not even a fountain pen, because he will see it as a deadly threat and will most certainly shoot you with a REAL gun! You can't blame him if he does, and even if he don't, he will NOT be amused!
Sorry to sound paranoid, but I know you're just kiddin'...right??

chefdennis · Jun 23, 2012

tumbleweeds said:
Got here Sunday night and now it's 16:00 eastern and we are still here. Had a couple of offers that we accepted but one went to another van and the other cancelled. Turned down a couple that were not very good. It maybe time to start looking at other companies. Last June was good but not so much this year. Oh well, I chose to come down here, guess I better learn to take my lumps, and start driving towards the freight lanes, and buy my wife some ice cream.(that seems to keep her happy for a while) Guess I'm not as smart as I thought I was or I would have stayed in the Midwest.

The "highlighted" part caught my eye after I re-read the post ... change carriers because they have a hard time getting you out of Tx...or are they having a hard time getting you out of most other places also??

Turtle · Jun 23, 2012

cableguymn said:
yup. Got stuffed on the spiff and empty move Minneapolis. I drive home and waited a week for them to pay up then I shipped I'm the qc, a photo of their offers and a bill.

There must be more to that story. There were a few times over the 5 years where they tried to not pay me what was promised, but I refused to back down and got my money every time.