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Old 06-20-2008, 03:03 AM
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Haul expensive shit.

If the crap in back costs a lot of money, it's much more likely they don't mind paying you pretty good to pull it. That is all.
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Haul expensive $&!+.

If the crap in back costs a lot of money, it's much more likely they don't mind paying you pretty good to pull it. That is all.
LOL... 8) 8) Are you saying that your California turn, worked out really well for you there Cam ???
You did the turn...and came out ahead, without expending a lot of effort ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Old 06-20-2008, 05:34 AM
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Haul expensive $&!+.

If the crap in back costs a lot of money, it's much more likely they don't mind paying you pretty good to pull it. That is all.
LOL... 8) 8) Are you saying that your California turn, worked out really well for you there Cam ???
You did the turn...and came out ahead, without expending a lot of effort ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey man, I'm not all that deep, not too hard to read, huh? :lol: :lol: :lol:

The kicker was the load going back to the house. She said, 'sorry, but the load doesn't pick up until Saturday',...blah, blah, blah...one day of layover...blah, blah, blah...$165...! It's great, four hours of paid deadhead to the tank wash! Freightliner's going to do a three axle alignment tomorrow. My Saturday load in Freeport takes me right down to Mulberry Florida, practically right in my back yard! I told the woman, 'I've never been with a company that paid so much layover so easily!'

Now I know, percentage guys are making high rates and don't get layover. I'm not competing with that, it's just that this is looking like the best driving gig I've come across.

But then I started thinking about it, 5,000 gallons of losurf or whatever it's called probably costs a lot of money. Like I said to the dispatcher, there just seems to be 'more money in this game'. Then I thought about a job like Bandit's Cousin has, and he must be making money hand over fist even without the bull shitting. :lol:

You know in dry vans, we pull all kinds of cheap products, empty racks, things like that. I once had a load, the entire contents could have fit into a large cargo van, at least a step van.

As you may have read, I was bitter about my start in tanking. Well, my mourning has turned into dancing, I think I really have found a better gig. When Mike and Maniac described it as 'the best kept secret in trucking', I was listening and paying attention. I think I'd prefer to haul electronic$ for Allied or maybe Mercede$ Benz's, I mean there still remains those absolute best jobs in trucking, but this gig looks like a whole nother level above what I was doing.
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Keep it under your hat :wink:
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When Mike and Maniac described it as 'the best kept secret in trucking'


Keep it under your hat :wink:
Now that I'm in the door, we should change the policy. Nobody else say anything nice about pulling tankers from now on! :lol:

Seriously though, Bandit's Cousin has a primo job. Light freight, heavy money, just the way I like it. There are jobs in this industry, and then there are jobs....
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This is true. I got lucky with my job, and pestered the safety guy for month. I'd like to call him a recruiter, but he's more of an anti-recruiter with all the calls he gets for an o/o slot.

We do have compay OTR drivers that get $18/hr to sit in their trucks waiting at tradeshows, per diem, paid motels, and decent mileage rate.

While most of my freight is light, I have hauled complete cancer treating machines that push my gross to 80K. This pays well also. Including deadhead, I think I'm around $3/mi for all miles with my new agent, even though I'm still with United Van Lines.

Specialty pays. Plain and simple.
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This is true. I got lucky with my job, and pestered the safety guy for month. I'd like to call him a recruiter, but he's more of an anti-recruiter with all the calls he gets for an o/o slot.

We do have compay OTR drivers that get $18/hr to sit in their trucks waiting at tradeshows, per diem, paid motels, and decent mileage rate.

While most of my freight is light, I have hauled complete cancer treating machines that push my gross to 80K. This pays well also. Including deadhead, I think I'm around $3/mi for all miles with my new agent, even though I'm still with United Van Lines.

Specialty pays. Plain and simple.
Serious. 8)
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Serious. 8)
Is that is some kind of a "free lunch"? :P :wink:
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Old 06-21-2008, 04:23 AM
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Is that is some kind of a "free lunch"? :P :wink:
What do you mean, Solo? I was under the impression you do very well, do you haul expensive stuff? Whatcha got in that wagon, Solo?
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Old 06-21-2008, 03:40 PM
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do you haul expensive stuff?
Not really, though it's not a dirt cheap...
And what i meant, is that everything comes for the price, still could be profitable tho... :wink:
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