Anyone Else Get Trapped In Michigan?
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miko,
I only drove 2 miles on the first run that canceled, paid $50.00. I drove about 20 miles on the second load, but I also got $50.00. I'll drive 25 miles or so to make $100.00 any day of the week. Don't get me wrong, but I believe in taking the bad with the good, (unless the bad becomes the norm).
I only drove 2 miles on the first run that canceled, paid $50.00. I drove about 20 miles on the second load, but I also got $50.00. I'll drive 25 miles or so to make $100.00 any day of the week. Don't get me wrong, but I believe in taking the bad with the good, (unless the bad becomes the norm).
Top Ten ways you know you have been in MI to long..
1 You have driven less than 400 loaded miles all week
2 Your mail is starting to show up at the detroiter
3 The shippers and recivers know you by name
4 You know all the other poor saps stuck at the truckstop by name.
5 The cashiers at the truck stop know you by name
6 The cashiers start saying "you again???"
7 Family no longer askes where you are. They know.
8 The state patrol pulls you over and says "you've been here so long your going to have to register your truck here"
9 You don't need directions anymore.
10 Your broke
1 You have driven less than 400 loaded miles all week
2 Your mail is starting to show up at the detroiter
3 The shippers and recivers know you by name
4 You know all the other poor saps stuck at the truckstop by name.
5 The cashiers at the truck stop know you by name
6 The cashiers start saying "you again???"
7 Family no longer askes where you are. They know.
8 The state patrol pulls you over and says "you've been here so long your going to have to register your truck here"
9 You don't need directions anymore.
10 Your broke
iheartfaye
Expert Expediter
>Top Ten ways you know you have been in MI to long..
>
>1 You have driven less than 400 loaded miles all week
>2 Your mail is starting to show up at the detroiter
>3 The shippers and recivers know you by name
>4 You know all the other poor saps stuck at the truckstop by
>name.
>5 The cashiers at the truck stop know you by name
>6 The cashiers start saying "you again???"
>7 Family no longer askes where you are. They know.
>8 The state patrol pulls you over and says "you've been here
>so long your going to have to register your truck here"
>9 You don't need directions anymore.
>10 Your broke
Good one Merkur!
>
>1 You have driven less than 400 loaded miles all week
>2 Your mail is starting to show up at the detroiter
>3 The shippers and recivers know you by name
>4 You know all the other poor saps stuck at the truckstop by
>name.
>5 The cashiers at the truck stop know you by name
>6 The cashiers start saying "you again???"
>7 Family no longer askes where you are. They know.
>8 The state patrol pulls you over and says "you've been here
>so long your going to have to register your truck here"
>9 You don't need directions anymore.
>10 Your broke
Good one Merkur!
mirangerman
Expert Expediter
Hey I've been stuck in this old economy state for over 40 years
I'm just sooo glad y'all just love my state !- for shipping anyways
Y'all telling me I should hook up w/ an out of state O/O ?
Seriously though, thnks 4 the heads up, I didn't think the Det. area was THAT bad. Yuo'd think w/ all the plants around the area, there'd be plenty of in/outbound to other states instead of lots of hopping around the metro area. EECKS !
And I love that top ten list - sad, but true, eh ?
I'm just sooo glad y'all just love my state !- for shipping anyways
Y'all telling me I should hook up w/ an out of state O/O ?
Seriously though, thnks 4 the heads up, I didn't think the Det. area was THAT bad. Yuo'd think w/ all the plants around the area, there'd be plenty of in/outbound to other states instead of lots of hopping around the metro area. EECKS !
And I love that top ten list - sad, but true, eh ?
They where not local runs worth a darn. Most where 30-50 miles away from where I was, and 40-50 miles away from a express center. Basically, during my stay in the fine state of MI I paid .30 more a gallon than OH or IN for fuel. I clicked off 825 miles on my van and got paid for 532. I finely got a load this morning that broght me to mile post 16 on I94 and I slipped out of the state when no one was looking. Ran all the way to chicago, where after rejecting another stinker short I scored a 650 miler to NE roughly 175 miles from home.
MI I am sure is a nice state, but business wise I must say I am going to do what contractor support told me to do. Drop and RUN. (he even suggested I go out of service to be sure I make it out)
MI I am sure is a nice state, but business wise I must say I am going to do what contractor support told me to do. Drop and RUN. (he even suggested I go out of service to be sure I make it out)
Seems like that whole area is turning sour.
We had a team arrive in Toledo from Tulsa and the best run was a 61 miler to windsor.
The other 3 refusals were long deadheads into MI or OH for short runs.
Companies have to realize the drivers go broke with running these on a consistent basis.
We will have to broker them out tomarrow if it is the same thing.
Davekc
owner
20 years
We had a team arrive in Toledo from Tulsa and the best run was a 61 miler to windsor.
The other 3 refusals were long deadheads into MI or OH for short runs.
Companies have to realize the drivers go broke with running these on a consistent basis.
We will have to broker them out tomarrow if it is the same thing.
Davekc
owner
20 years
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Instead of everyone griping about how bad it is in the Detroit/Toledo area, get out as soon as you drop? Personally, I don't have a prob getting a good run out of here, and I live here. I do have a prob with Grand Rapids if there aren't any other trucks, cause they'll dh you to death for 150 milers... no thanx.
Go to either K-zoo or Fort Wayne area or head back toward Seville. Granted, I don't know a heckuva lot about vans, but the first rule is to go where the freight is.
Go to either K-zoo or Fort Wayne area or head back toward Seville. Granted, I don't know a heckuva lot about vans, but the first rule is to go where the freight is.