Anybody out there run linehaul, and have to do the occasional backhaul? Just want to get an idea of how good or bad I have it. I run a linehaul route that takes about 5 hours up, and five hours back, if there is no traffic. About once a week, they give me a 75,000 gross load to take back with me, which slows me down about 20 minutes. Lots of hills. I get no extra money for this. They also send me out of my route once in a while to pick up a backhaul of product for the warehouse at the home yard, and I get an extra $15 for this, and it adds about 45 minutes to my day. Not worth it.
The job is actually pretty good. Maybe I'm just spoiled. But I'd rather not do these backhauls. Anyone else have this backhaul stuff, and is it worth the money for you ? Just curious.