trucker math :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

he did state under .40

$1.05-.80=.25cpm less then .40

Sorry just bored lol. :D

Called the customer the other day for directions to the drop off point as there was no address other than the town of Gillette Wyoming. Come to find out, the load was going to Recluse WY and was given many roads to take. My GPS just kept saying recalculating over and over and not displaying any streets at all like I was off road. Ok, so much for that.

Now I'm in the middle of no mans land and told to take dirt road #7 and follow to the tanks. Keep in mind, this is territory like you expect an Indian attack at any moment. Hundreds and hundreds of deer 3 feet away from my truck looking at me like, what the F&^* are you doing in my yard. I ran over at least 20 rabbits. The dust cloud behind me was massive.

I get to the tanks and it's a methane extracting outpost. I wait there until 8am when they said they would show up and they did. He says, are you ready to head in. I say ok. He says, keep your speed up on the steep hills. Off into even more remote wilderness on a road meant for dirt bikes. Some of the hills were at least 15 to 20% grades. This is why I was only given less than 20,000 pounds come to find out.

We went about 20 miles into the wilderness and I must say it was WAY COOL. The road wasn't that bad and they have a special machine to groom it every week. I did have to have my differentials locked in though.

Got to the site and the quiet was deafening. You could hear a pin drop. More deer everywhere and rabbits up the wazzooo. A lot of the equipment was air lifted in with a twin blade freight helicopter.

After unloading I was led out. There is no way anyone could find there way out of this place. Many, many other dirt roads and trails leading in all directions. Coming back out going down those huge hills was a treat. The first one I hit my brakes a little harder to test and the trailer locked up right off the bat. Ok, so much for that test, I'll take these hills real slow from now on.

So I make it out then off to South Dakota to pick up a load of lumber then it's off to Albuquerque. Unloading took a lot longer than I expected so I called the broker and told her there was no way I could make a delivery the next day. I was tired, dirty and knew I had to tarp this next load. She says no problem and get there when I can so I'll probably take the weekend off and deliver first thing Monday morning.

I get to the saw mill in SD and it's a big operation and first class all the way. This is no dump and everything is laid out perfect. Trucks have there own entrance with a full CAT scale when you enter. Weigh the truck then off to building number XX. Massive fork lifts and they already know your coming down the road.

They load me up then off to the indoor tarping garage that holds 2 trucks at once. Never been in one of these. You walk up a stairway to the top way above your truck then go either left or right to your truck. There is a cat walk suspended over your truck and a cable attached to the end way out there. That cable goes down to big weights on a pulley system. Kind of scary as you walk out on something just sticking out in thin air. You take a step out and it starts to go down slow and the more you walk the faster it drops right down to the top of your load. I LIKE THIS!!!

I drop the tarps over the load then back down to bungee it. What a pain. I hate to tarp. Meet some other drivers. One with a double 53' flat pulling 150,000.

Pull out of the tarping bay then onto another set of scales to weigh each axle. Maxed out at 79,800 and all axles perfect. They have there own exit from the facility to a back road that leads right to the highway.

So I was right in calling the broker and pushing back the delivery time. I'm dead to the world and it's past 6pm which is my bed time anyways. Drive about 10 miles and find a place to die for the night.

Back on the road this morning and I'm in 8th gear on flat ground barely doing 50mph. This wind is ferocious and must be blowing a constant 50mph right down my throat. A car passes and from the lights I can see the tarp flapping in the wind. I pull into a well lite place and the rear tarp is coming off. The wind some how got under the tarp and pulled it out from under the front tarp. Get the ladder out and undo the front tarp enough to put the rear tarp back under. Keep in mind I'm just about being blown off the top.

I get the tarp back under and the bungee cords back on and now is the time that 30 winches and straps come in real handy as I strap the crap out of the tarp.

So that's all the excitement for the past few days. Going to be a slow easy ride to New Mexico now. Time for another truck and trailer wash to get all this red dirt off!!!

I imagine the recluse broker will be calling you again. gotta be hard to get trucks for that.

charging more for the tarping will ease the pain a little.

What happened to the dispatch service? Did they ever end up contacting you?

trucker math

he did state under .40

$1.05-.80=.25cpm less then .40

Sorry just bored lol.
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Thanks for the insight :lol:

I picked the $.40 p/m rate as it seemed to be the average for a driver with 5 plus year exp. working for a so- so company.

Anyway, working for .25 cpm will definately keep one out of the higher tax brackets.
Any insight why someone would settle for less than a trainee pay rate?

Because they think they will have more freedom and they think they will make over $1 a mile because they have no idea what it cost to run a truck.

They also think they will be able to be home more,which they will not neccesarrily be if they are bad buisnessmen.

Also they can tell all there freinds that they "own" their own truck.

Nope, never heard from them. Left them a message yesterday on the phone and they never called back. If I had a new customer fax me the forms with everything filled out, I would be on the phone within minutes thanking them for there business and to say hello.

I left another message this morning which wasn't nice.

I also can't imagine running a dispatch service who has nobody to answer the phones during a normal business day!

So much for them!

Steve at one time you or Gman list all the insurances that a driver would need to haul frieght on your own. Cannot seem to find would you please relist it when you have time.

Thanks very much

You need $1,000,000 for liability and at least $75,000 for cargo. Most people carry $100,000 for cargo though.

Does progressive offer that type insurance or do I need to find and underwriter that deal directly with freight haulers.