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We were away from home 308 days last year. I don't think we could make up that much :) We ran a total of 127 runs last year (including 4 dry runs.) We actually ran 123 runs. Of those: 19 required a liftgate 8 were hazmat loads 4 required inside P/U and Labor Since we are a WG truck, from my...

Thank you Daffy :) Good luck to you! We are very fortunate to be in the truck we are in, and drive for the owner we have. We have always looked at it this way: I we are going to drive, why not earn as much as possible for each mile we drive? I know we could probably make more per mile...

Let's just say if we only made $66,000, we would be doing something else now. We were extremely fortunate last year. We have a great fleet owner, and drive a very dependable, very well maintained truck. We drive it and treat it like it was our own. We choose which loads to accept and turn down...

(We drive a TVAL truck for a fleet owner. We are on a 40/60 pay plan where we get 40% of the run pay, owner gets 60% of run and 100% of the FSC and tolls. This is a fairly common compensation plan in the expedite industry.) Looking at the flat rate from a drivers point of view - If for a...

Just called the hotline. Was told the no negotiation was just for surface. Will not affect TVAL/WG Just as an aside, the lady on the phone added that "They would prefer we don't negotiate." To which I replied, "I would rather not negotiate either. Would rather you send me out a load with a rate...

We were at the contractor breakfast. It was my understanding that Surface dispatchers would no longer be able to negotiate after June 1. Surface loads would all be flat rate after June 1. Nothing would change as far as WG / TVAL, except for the ability to negotiate surface loads. We would...

I would guess they are probably not done yet. :( I'm thinking forced dispatch can't be far behind.

80% Libertarian. 80% Republican. :confused: Probably should retake and use the "How important is this issue to you?" sliders. Would guess that would skew my results a little more to the Libertarian side.

Petro in Atlanta. Thermometer said 73° here a little while ago. Felt good. Back to the "white" tomorrow :(

Like CBS? MSNBC? Really?

We stayed out for Thanksgiving. Ended up with a nice Arizona to New Jersey run. We always go home for Christmas, and this year will be no different. Family time for us, and we just won't miss it! Hope to be close enough to Ft. Wayne by Thursday (19). Putting the truck in the shop for some...

I just can't help but wonder if Billie Joe Jim Bob had his portable 13" color TV out on the tailgate of his pich-um-up truck, plugged into the outlet watching the SEC play some football, if he would have received the same treatment?

Hope all of you are asking permission before you charge you phones or laptops while eating at the truck stops or fast food joints.

Congrats! Was great getting to see you two the other night. Glad we finally got the meet up again before you come off the road for good. Cutting it a little close :)

Bordentown Petro. Slow shop. Having the batteries looked at. Took a badly needed weekend off. Had freight on the truck, moving for the prior 13 straight days. Yeah, we've been busy, lol.

So now we know why our rates have been dropping, lol. Actually, it does irritate me that they can spend money on this, but try to get extra money on a load. :mad:

CIS -- Commercial Insurance Solutions 330-864-1511. The have been known to advertise on this site, lol. They covered us, but we are in a sraight truck. Nice folks :)

I guess some would say we "cherry pick", as we have sat and turned down load after load. But when TVAL loads come out at $1.20 - $1.60 / mile, all miles, we just can't afford to take any of those loads. We have our rate we need to run for. We'll compromise based on the situation, but if we...

From what we have inferred from the Email, yes the other truck would have more "points" and would therefor get the load over us. In looking at Phil's scenario, probably the most frustrating thing for us, we don't know what actually factors into the truck selection criteria. No one that we have...

We used the free WiFi at Denny's, lol