Arrow Loads - miles/week

[BanditsCousin]

Do you want local in Las Vegas? These jokers at the tradeshows that work for GES and Freeman get like 27 bucks an hour!

Sorry to semi-hijack 8)

[Syncrosonix]

The new terminal in Phoenix is supposedly across the street from the Swift yard. Rumors are that Arrow is playing with the wrong company ... one wrong move and "Arrow" is going to be gobbled up by Mega-Swift.

all i see across the street is a big, brand new warehouse complex that has yet to be opened. there is, however, a big dirt lot along the north-east corner of lower buckeye & s. 75th avenue that has yet to have anything done to it. given that the area around there has all kinds of construction projects going on, i could see something like that happening. it's big enough for a moderate size terminal.

i won't be making any judgments or confirmations until i see it for myself, or there is other kind of physical proof that cannot be disputed.

My nephew Anthony, made commison's of $10,800 in January, $7,900 in February, and $9,300 in march...he works in the realty/mortgage trade. They are still making mortgage loans. They simply are not loaning out money, to people whom have a poor credit history, like they used to (one part of the reason we are in the mess the country is in).

That is absolutely incorrect. This is a global credit crisis that is estimated at 1 TRILLION dollars! The balance sheets of many banks across the country are weighed down by billions of dollars worth of loans that are now worthless. So the banks right now have slowed lending down to a crawl...simply because they have to get cash infusions, bailouts, etc in order to fix their balance sheets.

Thus, even people with good credit are having problems getting loans. In addition, cities are having problems floating bonds to finance infrastructure projects.

Arrow has plenty of miles. Residential freight? What?? We haul a LOT of different things ... from hay and Peat Moss to steel, pipes (lots of pipes), and aluminum rods.

Yes, and what are pipes, rods, and steel used for? Building things. What has slowed down ? Building permits. Just read any home builder, real estate, etc annual report. All of them are in the toilet. And pulling hay LOL?!?! I see Arrow is hauling all that high-dollar freight!

This quote comes straight from Bob Costello, head economist with the ATA: Costello was part of the “All Eyes on the Economy" panel on Monday, Oct. 30, hosted by David Faber, CNBC anchor and author of The Faber Report. "Freight tonnage has been flat this year,” Costello said. "The flatbed segment had been the star before the housing decline, but now it is not as strong, and part of that is due to the slowdown of construction materials for new housing starts.”

My opinion stands: avoid flatbed until the construction markets turn around and the credit markets stabilize.

[married to the road]

Thanks for the info. I'd be interested in your take on K9's post.

Miles? Go up and down, depends on freight in the area you are in. They can keep you moving though...They cheat you on miles just the same as any other otr carrier out there that pays hhg (short miles)... the load planners are great at times, not so at other times...There are days I have little or no time to stop or take a shower or anything else, but it is almost never day after day like he stated-and the couple of days that they gave me a load at 5pm and they want it 800 miles away at 8am the next day, all I did was sent a message and/or phone call, that is too dangerous and they have understood as long as I let them know...It is $30 to tarp, but isn't that about what most carriers pay? (not melton, but tmc, maverick, lj kennedy, boyd bros.) The tarps are old and dirty like he said, and only smoke tarps and 3-piece lumber tarps with 8 foot drops...Our new president came over from SMX, same CEO..The benefits aren't great, and cost for a single driver is about $26 a week.

I like the idea of keeping in shape with a flatbed, but I'm not crazy about giving away labor @ $5/hr.

There are plenty of loads that suck. I'd say 60-70% only use 1 or 2 tarps and take about an hour to tarp once you get used to it (6months to a year down the road), and a few even quicker than that. There are some loads that take 3 tarps and can be difficult that may take even 3-4 hours. No one wants those and Arrow knows this. But I think we tarp fewer loads than TMC or Maverick.

How often do you get home?[/quote]

1 day for every 7 out. They prefer a min. of 3-4 weeks out (different if you are regional). I have stayed out from as little as 2 weeks to as long as 8 weeks.

[Flydragon]

I decided that if I'm going to end up out 3-4 weeks at a time anyway I might as well drive for Crete. They take recent grads, pay decent, and have freight to haul.

Not many choices for a recent graduate. Maybe in a year or two I can look at other options that will get me home more often. Looks like I'll have to put in my time OTR for now.