Superior Carriers and Carry Transit

[Skywalker]

If they (D.O.T.) want to obtain the info bad enough for whatever reason they will get it. 'Nuff said!

You'd be surprised what all they can access on their laptops.....

Speaking of good old Karns City, PA, I'll be up there myself later tonight to grab a load in the a.m. since Baltimore has nothing. And as usual, Grandpa is running away since he left out earlier today. Getting scared of those 3" hose overhead presses aren't ya! We can always just grab a wheel like back at Garden City in the early days and do that since it's a lot lighter...

Yeah, uh-huh....right, whatever.......

[geargrinder]

Just remember....don't go after anything moving around the yard in the dark.....it could be a bear, as in the "four legged kind"....

I usually leave the a stale salami or bologna snack. They arent very big, kinda cuddly

[Skywalker]

Hey "Slacker boy".....you wanna talk about pressing rims? I could've used your excessive energy levels yesterday and today..... had to hump 7 big ass batteries from the store to the pickemup, then down the dock and onto the boat, then down into the salon, and then into the generator compartment, ......after dismantling the wiring harnesses for the house bank and the generator.....then hump those 7 bad batteries out of the boat back up to the pickemup, then put the 7 down into their compartments, reinstall the harnesses, and take the cores back to the store...... Each of the batteries weighed at least 75 lbs each....which isn't all that much....but when you consider where they were, and where they had to go.... I could've used your "excessive energy levels" to make my life easy.....but you were probably laying around somewhere eating ice cream.........

Just happy this only happens every few years.......

[Hawkjr]

I know this is off topic.. but i seen a Superior Carriers Rig at a Truck Stop Eariler, and that son of bitch was CLEAN!! i mean i was shocked!! I WANT TO DRIVE FOR SUPERIOR CARRIERS!!!!! but you guys kind of slow arent you??

[BHG0069]

I know this is off topic.. but i seen a Superior Carriers Rig at a Truck Stop Eariler, and that son of bitch was CLEAN!! i mean i was shocked!! I WANT TO DRIVE FOR SUPERIOR CARRIERS!!!!! but you guys kind of slow arent you??

67-68-69 mph Depends on what truck you are assigned.

[Hawkjr]

lol naw i didn't mean that slow.. i meant slow as in work/freight??

plus i think i live to far from a terminal.. i live 20 miles west of richmond.. and i the closest ones are Baltimore, and a few in NC..

I'm searching for a Tank company, i just got my Hazmat (well once it past the background check) and Tanker endorsement.. I'm going to try Atlantic Bulk Carriers out of in my neck of the woods but i'm not expecting much of anything tho..

But again, that damn Blue International just caught my eye and i was in love lol

[wsyrob]

These just showed up on the High Point Yard. Picture quality sucks as my cell phone camera doesn't handle low light levels very well.

[sooundman11568]

Skywalker did you take any pics of you humping them batteries. i know slackerboy would like to have seen that .

[Cyanide]

Hey "Slacker boy".....you wanna talk about pressing rims? I could've used your "excessive energy levels" to make my life easy.....but you were probably laying around somewhere eating ice cream.........

I would've been glad to have helped. 75 lbs??? Man that's light! And eating ice cream? Man, you have me mistaken for someone else!

lol naw i didn't mean that slow.. i meant slow as in work/freight??

Some terminals have work at this time (like @ Kankakee...), yet some/most still don't seem to right now. Maybe part of the reason I'm keeping busy is the fact that I'm staying out extremely long periods of time with minimal time off, especially compared to other drivers who are going home on each and every weekend.

These just showed up on the High Point Yard. Picture quality sucks as my cell phone camera doesn't handle low light levels very well.

A friend of mine had sent me a pic of one up at Markham a couple of months back. Thought they were acquiring bigger sleepers for y'all to use??? Looks like it's still the tiny, raised-roof coffin sleeper we're all used to. Okay, so I'm going to make a small (no pun intended) dig at the company. Notice how a lot of the other chemical tank companies who used to use small sleepers are upgrading to larger ones, yet with the exception of the experimental Volvos, we're still buying coffins? E.G. would be Rogers Cartage (International 51" midroof up to 72"), TSC (seeing more 60" Volvo's up from 42" in their Chemical fleet), Highway Transport (Mack 70" midroof up from 42" flat-top), and of course, Schneider has been running 70" extra-tall midroofs for years now)



Not that it really matters to me.......

[Hawkjr]

Anyone know how far you got to live from a Terminal?? is 100 miles acceptable??

[wsyrob]

Anyone know how far you got to live from a Terminal?? is 100 miles acceptable??

Don't know for sure. It may be tightening up. Pete C was turned down at 180 out and he had 20+ years experience. I had heard 120 when I started but only from message boards.

[geargrinder]

These just showed up on the High Point Yard. Picture quality sucks as my cell phone camera doesn't handle low light levels very well.

They had one in Markham a few months ago. Nice sled.

[geargrinder]

Some terminals have work at this time (like @ Kankakee...), yet some/most still don't seem to right now. Maybe part of the reason I'm keeping busy is the fact that I'm staying out extremely long periods of time with minimal time off, especially compared to other drivers who are going home on each and every weekend.

I heard R&H, Kankakee went to that drab, dirty, rotten pumpkin looking Orange.

First message I send when I leave the home terminal - I don't need to be home for a month. Doesn't seem to work.

[Cyanide]

Just a quick update...

Hope y'all have a very safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. I'm laying over getting hours back so I can make the drive back up to IL then, am taking off 'til Monday afternoon since I've been going pretty good as of late. But once back to work probably gonna hit it hard through the end of June and vacation! Lord knows I'll definitely need a break by then!!!



Superior Carriers (January 1, 2009 to May 17, 2009)
Gross Pay: $20,503.16
Hub miles: 40,674 (Avg.: .504/mile)
Days Working: 94 (69%)
Days Off: 43 (31%)

[Skywalker]

I would've been glad to have helped. 75 lbs???

It wasn't really the weight...its where they were....and it took a three step process to get them out of the generator compartment...and then had to carry them off the boat..... Wish I had taken pictures....might take some just to show how much fun it was....

Man that's light!

Maybe, but sit on the ground and lift the weight with your elbows straight out....up out of a box as tall as the batteries.... Yep, I got some sore muscles....took 7 out and put 7 back and relocated another....big 4D.....

And eating ice cream? Man, you have me mistaken for someone else!

You know you like "Moose Tracks"......

[wsyrob]

Got a question. How does tank wash pay work? I was asked to stay with a wash today for the first time instead of dropping it. It took 2.5 hours. Are we paid for the entire amount of time or is it like unloading and loading where we get a flat rate then hourly after the first 2 hours?

[Cyanide]

Got a question. How does tank wash pay work? I was asked to stay with a wash today for the first time instead of dropping it. It took 2.5 hours. Are we paid for the entire amount of time or is it like unloading and loading where we get a flat rate then hourly after the first 2 hours?

Rob, sorry been away for awhile, been tending to other things. Yes, just like load pay it's supposed to be flat $20 then hourly after 2 hours...

[wsyrob]

Rob, sorry been away for awhile, been tending to other things. Yes, just like load pay it's supposed to be flat $20 then hourly after 2 hours...

No problem. Haven't turned it in yet anyway. I just figured everyone was running pretty hard. I know I have. Back to back 3000+ mile weeks. Unloaded today in Thomasville Ga and just got tankwashed home. Stopped to take a shower and when I got back to the truck had a different Tankwash message for N Charleston. Called Scott in High Point to make sure it wasn't a mistake and he told me to come on home that he needed to use me there.

They wanted to load me for somewhere in Lousiana. Anyone else noticing the system picking up or is it just luck of the draw.

[geargrinder]

Anyone else noticing the system picking up or is it just luck of the draw.

It has picked up, but it's still a crap shoot. Don't insult companies that have real operational and management systems by referring to Superior's cluster fudge as a system.

[Cyanide]

Superior is becoming the TMC of tanker outfits!

Everyone else get the memo yet?