From desk to own authority part 3
#91
10-28-2007, 01:29 AM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Originally Posted by LOAD IT
Steve I have PM'd you some shippers in WA with flatbed loads going back EAST.
Got to give the old Ranker a shot first though. He'll make enough off the commission to take the family to Chucky Cheese. Or is that Le Chuka Cheeso in Canada there. 
#92
10-28-2007, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveP
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
5% and don't stick me in down town Chicago or N.Y City!!!
Downtown Chicago is a breeze. I delivered a load of drywall to a place called Lee Lumber last week. I get in front of the place to find out 18 wheels just don't fit in their teeny little "yard" :shock: Most of their deliveries are brought in on straight trucks. I made it work. (although I probably pissed off several dozen fourwheelers while i backed half a block into a dead-end side street...  )GEEZUS H, that's all I need to hear!!!
#93
10-28-2007, 02:21 AM
Right behind ya there steve....The "tourist Cheerleaders" are on the way to Portland OR!! We will be there Wed I think and will unload Wed afternoon or Thursday morn. Then we will take our time and find a good load back. :wink: If not, then we will do some short runs out there for a few weeks. We will not be in a hurry to find a load.....since we are the "tourists" we have to take a few days off for sight seeing in OR and WA!! 8)
I found this load out and it paid 1.80 a mile so not bad I dont think!! :wink: That was the FIRST load I have EVER found on my own. It was not so bad. I let our freight god do the talkin g though. well, be careful and drive safe!! see ya soon tootie
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#94
10-28-2007, 04:56 AM
Tootie, Are you guys running your own authority now, finding your own loads?
Or are you still with Diamond or what? Who are your freight gods you refer to? Lost track of things since you got rid of the second truck. Steve
#95
10-28-2007, 04:57 AM
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I may be gone by the time you guys get in. I plan to head out Wed so I should be able to put something together on
I'm in Idaho Falls right now at the Flying J waiting to get my truck washed. There is some jerk off in one of those parachute things flying over head shooting cheese balls at my truck. I plan to shut down in Boise today around 3 then head into Washington tomorrow and drop my load off then head to Jubitz for a day off.
#96
10-28-2007, 04:58 AM
Steve,
After a year of doing this, are you happy with the decision to buy a flat bed? Would a step deck been of any more or less value or is the flat doing just fine? Just curious. Steve
#97
10-28-2007, 06:15 AM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
I may be gone by the time you guys get in. I plan to head out Wed so I should be able to put something together on
I'm in Idaho Falls right now at the Flying J waiting to get my truck washed. There is some jerk off in one of those parachute things flying over head shooting cheese balls at my truck. I plan to shut down in Boise today around 3 then head into Washington tomorrow and drop my load off then head to Jubitz for a day off.
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#98
10-28-2007, 07:49 AM
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Ya, Twin Falls. I kept losing my connection and was trying to type fast before they finished washing my truck.
Outta Here, If I knew then what I know now, I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN THE SAME WAY! Flatbed is just fine for me and I like it a lot. I delivered onions once to a loading dock and didn't like it at all. Having to pay lumpers, the tight backing in and just everything in general with other people jockeying for position. Everyone loves to see a flatbed coming and it always seems to be something special that they are waiting for. It's almost always one on one service and everything is personal. There was a guy on the CB here at the truck stop selling his CB for $35 bucks. It sounded great and someone pulled off the highway right away and said they would buy it. Before the guy got here he asked why he was selling it and he said he ran into mechanical problems and was hungry. This guy was sincere. A bunch of us offered to give him money but he wouldn't take it. Felt pretty bad.
#100
10-28-2007, 09:39 AM
Originally Posted by rank
he ran into mechanical problems and was hungry.
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