We hadn't heard from you in a few days. Glad to hear that things are picking up and you are finding your groove! I remember running 64 from Charleston over to the Virginia border a couple of years ago in a smooth bore tanker hauling lime slurry. That was a wake up call! I'm used to a 4-5 compartment gas tanker that is either full or empty. 3/4 full and smooth bore was a challenge, to say the least across 64.......I don't miss that.
If lumber is at the low end of the pay spectrum. What type of product pays premium? Can you book your own loads and do you get the fuel surcharge in full, or is it figured in with the load when booked through CRST/Malone? What is (are) the issue with coils? Does it pay well?
GMAN: In reference to the 63cpm payday you were talking about. What is this "partial" that you were referring to? I'm still trying to understand how a load like that would ever move. That really doesn't even cover fuel. I've heard tell that a fuel tanker with all permits/insurance etc., to include a well compensated driver, can run upwards of $5.00 a mile to operate. I'm just guessing that a driver would take something like that only after having a high paying load to a destination, and then having to bite it to get out of there by taking a load for a (loss?). Now that sounds like truckin!
CD.....glad you're hanging in there. Keep charging forward! On a side note. You'll have to excuse our longtime CAD family member, Golfhobo. He has had this ongoing obsession and fascination with coolie carriers for as long as I can remember. I will have a talk with GMAN to see if we can possibly find him some help.
Have a safe and profitable week. B