Recent content by triadcowboy

van and/or sprinter

Well I had it up to here..... Time to start looking for a new driving position unpaid dry runs, to much dead heading and ....... well i could go on LOL Anyone know of anyone looking for a driver please PM with some info......

I prefer not to say :) that just me.... and i getting ready to change.... some better opportunities have been presented to me..... Just wiething the good and the bad before i make the move...

The right move may take a few to get to.... LOL...

I've been rolling that idea around in my head some.... CV, sprinter, or smaller straight truck. I've seen several mostly set up, CV for sale on craiglist where ppl thought they was going make a killing doing this kind of work... or should that be lifestyle? Some would need some re-working to...

Last I heard, they was going give me my flat rate for trips less than 400 miles.... When I see it on my check, i will believe it LOL.... Which is better than nothing....

Finally get a load out of TX yesterday, after 4 days of sitting, problem is the pickup was 400 miles out from my location and dispatch gave them a impossible ETA for me to make. To make a long story short... the "customer" pulls the load prior to my arrival. The courier claims she did all she...

The van was mostly insulated when I got it. (A old school retired trucker had it) There was a few pieces of insulation missing from the roof area that has since been replace (owner expense) It makes a big difference, even replacing the few missing pieces decrease the inside temp by a few...

I cant be for sure.... but I think my dispatcher has been out driving a truck himself. Call this AM to tell them Any load would do, but I really wanted out of TX and east of the MS river. HE like where are you now? So I told him Waco TX and he acted/sounded Surprise. While it is possible to...

Speaking of Cattle haulers guess what just pull in ...... and in this heat, well just hold your nose for a few.......

I have may a few friends out here that drives for other carriers.... unless they all shooting me a line of crap they all got loads this weekend...... But what really got me is last week I made 3 short hauls bouncing around TX. 2 out of the 3 I had to dead head more than the actual miliage...

Dallas is where I was going to head when I drop my load Fri.... They told me to hang tight cause I was in the middle of everything...... I was thinking more of middle of BFE...... Told them this AM I havent seen not one Cargo van in the parking lot all weekend .... not even for fuel...... Asl...

OK some of yall veterans drivers... What your longest layover and how often do they happen? After every load I do expect some wait time/rest time befor the next load to come along..... However it seems every weekend I end up spending the weekend in the same truck stop bored out of my mind...

Dont worry I dont spend money on other ppl stuff!! If it goes in it leaves when I do. I have a 750 watt Inverter already in place.... . Just to run a few items as needed... But these long layovers in the heat are getting to me........... Looks like I may be changing companies sooner than...

Since I am a newbie to CV world i need some ideas. I want to make the van a little more comfy for my layovers and rest periods... The van is a older ford F350 with 2 batteries. I have thoughabout adding some deep cycle batteries with a isolator on it. The owner seems to think it would...