Brunswick, ME to Florence, SC

[LDB]

Maine, NH, Mass, Conn, NY, NJ, PA, MD, VA, NC and SC. Eleven states and the District of Columbia. No, that's not what I drove Friday/Saturday, that's just five miles less than I drove never leaving Texas.

 

[tryhours3191]

Sounds like a bunch of tolls

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[CharlesD]

Sounds like a bunch of tolls

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And some darn good seafood.

 

[paullud]

TX is a good state for a lot of loaded miles, now if you could only get out of there.

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[Moot]

I'm across the state from you in Greenwood, SC, but I didn't come down from Maine.

 

[LDB]

I'm not in SC, I am in Texas after two jobs that chained together for that much mileage. I just used those places to show how far one can drive around Texas.

 

[Moot]

Got it! I missed the "No, that's not what I drove Friday/Saturday," part and do understand the comparison.

 

[eugene]

Texas is like an lsland. You can make a good living just running texas but just can"t leave the state

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[chefdennis]

Sounds like a bunch of tolls

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Yeap...but i don't pay'em....

 

[FlyingVan]

Yeap...but i don't pay'em....

I thought that it is just a cost of doing business, and you don't turn them in. Has that changed lately?

 

[chefdennis]

I thought that it is just a cost of doing business, and you don't turn them in. Has that changed lately?

Nope, nothing has changed at all, still don't turn them in and yes they are a cost of doing business and has such, they are a 100% tax dedction, so the what is paid is removed from the taxable income of the truck....

 

[FlyingVan]

Nope, nothing has changed at all, still don't turn them in and yes they are a cost of doing business and has such, they are a 100% tax dedction, so the what is paid is removed from the taxable income of the truck....

Got you. Then, uncle Sam pays for my tolls also.

 

[Turtle]

Really? So, let's say you have to pay $500 in taxes. And you deduct $200 in tolls. So then you only have to pay $300 in taxes? Really? Is that how it works?

 

[LDB]

I think you are being facetious and I think if you have $40,200 taxable income and find $200 in toll receipts then you only owe taxes on $40,000 not on $40,200 but I could be mistaken on either or both counts. It isn't a dollar for dollar reduction in your taxes though so if your choice is put $200 into your taxes and get maybe $30 back in tax savings versus turn in $200 in toll receipts and be reimbursed $200 and then pay $30 more in taxes I'd go with that option since it's $170 more in my pocket all said and done.

 

[usafk9]

Are we doing this again?

You guys didn't get this right yet?

Turtle, can you please ask John Elliott to talk about tolls in orientation......wait...never mind. He bills customer, two guys don't ask to be reimbursed, he keeps toll money.

Do we need to do the "how much I keep" chart? Wait.......caught myself again. Isn't it "Drive less, give away more"?

 

[FlyingVan]

I wish my company would reimburse me for tolls. I would turn in the receipts in a heart beat. But, I can't complain, I am getting better rate per mile without being reimbursed than many that do.

 

[Turtle]

Facetious, yes. I was just providing a vivid illustrative example of what Chef was saying, to point out, well, you know.

 

[CharlesD]

We don't reimburse for tolls, but we bid higher on loads that require use of a toll road, so it still comes out in the wash.