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Colin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: |
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It's one day to central ID, another day to Western WY. Next day to Grand Island, NE, 4th day arrive in Gary, IN. Wake on 5th day and deliver. This is actually the 31st in this situation. Another 350 or so to get to Zanesville.
And I drove easy.
This is an easy run and you're getting an idea of how May operates.
520 miles, 475 next day, 600 next day, 600 to Gary, IN. Looks like about 350 to Zanesville from Gary.
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Goin Fer It
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Location: Couer d'Alene, ID
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Colin wrote: It's one day to central ID, another day to Western WY. Next day to Grand Island, NE, 4th day arrive in Gary, IN. Wake on 5th day and deliver. This is actually the 31st in this situation. Another 350 or so to get to Zanesville.
And I drove easy.
This is an easy run and you're getting an idea of how May operates.
520 miles, 475 next day, 600 next day, 600 to Gary, IN. Looks like about 350 to Zanesville from Gary.
Easy money!
Will they be able to unload it on the 31st? If they can will they then get the next load? For his first load the miles are not bad! He said his trainer is nice.
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Colin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: |
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It's possible, but I would look at getting to Gary or Zanesville with enough time for a reset.
I would rather always have a fresh 70 hours to drive, instead of delivering early. Unless both of those could be done on the same trip.
It's highly likely he could get a restart on his first week. |
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BigAtrukn
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Location: La Habra, CA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| Well I start my orientation on the 2nd and ill be doin the 11 western. Goin Fer Its wife, you said they let you choose what type of rig you want or would want? |
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Goin Fer It
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday my husband drove to Baker City Oregon and at that point he was burnt out. His trainer then drove about another four hours to Jerome Idaho.
My husband said he had a good nights sleep last night and headed out about 7:45 am this morning.
He made a big rookie mistake at the fuel stop in Ogden, Utah. He did not want to pull through the pumps so saw an area that he thought he could pull into find a parking space. He ended up going the wrong way OPPPS! He said that he should have gone through the pumps. He was very glad that his trainer was there with him and helped him get out. He will not make that mistake again! He said that his trainer handled it all really well! :)
This morning he left Jerome Idaho and is now in Evanstan, Wyoming so today so far he has driven approximately 260 miles and he said he plans on driving for a full day.
He said so far it has been an adventure and he is enjoying it!
Colin your routing seems to be dead on! I guess they still follow the same route.
I will try and update later tonight when I get the call.
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Goin Fer It
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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BigAtrukn wrote: Well I start my orientation on the 2nd and ill be doin the 11 western. Goin Fer Its wife, you said they let you choose what type of rig you want or would want?
Congratulations! My husband said everyone was really nice and treated him well there.
As far as the truck they asked him what his preference would be of the three trucks. Depending upon availability they will attempt to put him in the truck that he asked for. I thought that was cool and so did he.
Keep us updated! Are you going to go out with a trainer or do you have enough OTR that you will go out on your own?
If you go out with a trainer they ask that people do not bring laptops because of space issues.
Either way please update us whenever you can!
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BigAtrukn
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I only have 2 months local exp. which means nothing haha. But im flying up to orientation on tuesday afternoon. I wont be able to update unless my trainer has a laptop, but ill update when i get back from the 2-3 week training. |
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Goin Fer It
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday my husband drove from Jerome Idaho to Laramie Wyoming. He did approximately 560 miles on his own.
After that his trainer drove. They stopped at a truck stop in Grand Island Nebraska a stop were the trainer said they had good showers. My husband said it felt great to take a shower.
After the shower my husband went to sleep. The trainer drove until 4 a.m. to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
My husband woke up about 5:30 and pulled out around 6:30. I guess the trainer is doing team driving now. My husband is fine with it at this point.
My husband then drove to a stop near Davenport, Iowa. He said it is the largest truck stop. Three stories high and even has a truck inside on display.
They have an arcade and all types of shops and food places.
They wanted to do an early drop but they were told they cannot do an early drop. The dispatcher is attempting to do a swamp with another driver so for now they are going to stay in Davenport until they find out if they can do a swamp with another driver.
My husband told his trainer he was shooting to train for only two weeks. The trainer told him they usually like the guys to stay in training for at least three weeks. So we will wait and see.
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Goin Fer It
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BigAtrukn wrote: I only have 2 months local exp. which means nothing haha. But im flying up to orientation on tuesday afternoon. I wont be able to update unless my trainer has a laptop, but ill update when i get back from the 2-3 week training.
We will be looking forward to the updates whenever you can get them to us :)
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Goin Fer It
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Dispatch told them to drive on to Indiana so they are on the road again. Once they reach their destination in Indiana they will find out if another driver is going to meet them there.
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Goin Fer It
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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My husband is now in Indiana. The one truck that they were going to do a swap with is now fixed so they are waiting to hear from dispatch tomorrow. They are hoping to somehow be able to swap and pick up another load as the delivery is not due until August 1st and they are only a day out.
My husband drove about 470 miles today and could have done more but they are early.
May Trucking Company does not pay practical miles they pay Mcnallys. I believe that layover pay is $80.00 after 24 hours.
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Goin Fer It
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They got their swap. They met a truck driver at Peru Indiana this morning and then drove down to Indianapolis Indiana and are now waiting to be loaded.
The next load they will have two stops one in Federalburg Indiana and the second stop in Chester New York.
They will be glad to get on the road again instead of having to wait until tomorrow to delivery the Ohio load.
And so my husband's adventure continues!
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Goin Fer It
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My husband is now in Maryland. He is about 30 miles from the drop that will occur at 5:00 in the morning. He only drove 280 miles to get there today.
Then after the drop is made they will go to New York to drop the second part of the shipment.
Yesterday my husband only drove 293 miles he could have done more but the trainer had him float the gears and while he had some of that in school he did not master it. So it was trail and error but he glad to be learning that.
Today he felt that he got the it much easier.
Yesterday they turned in the paper work for the work week. My husband will be getting only $500.00 a week while training but we did figure out with the miles he drove and the layover pay.
From Thursday (first day out) Thur Sunday he drove 1667 miles and one day layover.
For that four day period his pay if he was not in training would have been
1667 *.32 = 533.44
Layover pay = 80.00
Total 4 day pay : $ 613.44
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Colin
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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If it's important to you, maybe try and keep his miles driven close to that number each week, so he's not working a lot for free.
Just a thought.
I used to train new drivers at a local job and they only made minimum wage during training. I told them to sit in the passenger seat and learn the paperwork. They always agreed that driving 105,000 pounds at minimum wage was not a good deal for them.
I let them drive once empty and if they could handle it, they were back in the passenger seat. :P |
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Goin Fer It
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Colin wrote: If it's important to you, maybe try and keep his miles driven close to that number each week, so he's not working a lot for free.
Just a thought.
Well $500.00 a week is not real bad for training pay. Although if he was out on his own he would be making more. Hopefully in a couple more weeks.
He is learning how to float gears and it will help him to build stamina for when he is on his own. He knew during training he would be driving more than what he is getting paid for but then the company also pays the trainer. As long as they do not keep him out just to do the team thing then we are okay with it. But so far May Trucking seems to be on the up and up and a good company.
The $100.00 a month tuition reimbursement will also make up for some of that free driving time.
He is a super dedicated person that will go all out for the company. That is the way he has always been. If Watkins Sheperds paid his tuition he would have more than likely stayed there longer than he should so that was really a blessing in disguise.
Let me ask you this question getting at least 2,500 miles a week is not an unrealistic expectation is it?
Do you know whether or not the dry van division slows down at all. If it does do you know if the company will allow him to transfer between the two divisions? Just curious!
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