2cd Week at JB Hunt
Monday morning I ran the shuttle over to Nissan and live unloaded. I was the only truck at the giant warehouse and it took about 1/2 hr to unload. Not a good sign for the economy if there is only one truck at a warehouse with about 100 doors. I ran back to the yard, dropped and hooked for my load to Lafayette, LA and took off. 1 Shuttle and 429 miles
Tues: Delivered the load by about 0800 and went to the truck stop. Sat until 1130 and was dispatched to pick-up a trailer that was ready at 0700 for a run to Ft. Smith, AR. Went to get it and when I got onto I-10 promptly came to a stop. An accident shut down the road for about 2 hours. Someone lost control in the rain. Got to the customer and went to drop my trailer and boy was it tight. I've backed into some tight places in New England but this place took 2 tries and over an hour to drop and hook. Yuck. By the way, on my messed up first attempt instead of continueing to try and shoe-horn the trailer into the hole, I pulled out, took a deep breath and went around the parking lot for fresh shot at it. Came around the corner and was stopped by a Schneider trieing to back in. I got out and spent 20 min giving him a hand then went to give it another shot. The Schneider guy came around and when he had enough room instead of helping me out he went on by and left. Thanks alot buddy. Ran up through MS and LA into AR missing a tornado. 70 mt and 492 loaded.
Wed: Got to the customer at 1230 when everyone was at lunch. The place had no dock and they were going to unload me in the street. I went in and told the guy that i was going to walk over to a short-stop and get a cup of coffee and would be right back. Got a little side-tracked by the gun shop next door and when I got back they had me half done. Got sent a pre-plan that loaded the next day at 1000am about 1 mile from there. So when I was done at 130pm I ran over just in case. No dice. After shooting the bull with the shipping guy he told me to drop my trailer and they would load it for me that night and give him a call the next morning at 0800. No real miles today. Bob tailed to the truckstop and sat it out.
Thur: Called at 0800 and the load was ready. Ran over and got it. It was going to Norcross, GA for Friday Morning. 671 miles
Fri: Delivered at 1100. Turned out to be a drop and hook. Waited for an hour and was sent to Coke to load for Rocky Mt, NC. Load up and take it home for the weekend and deliver it Monday at 0700. Went to Coke and sat for 3 hours in a door. Free fountain Coke in the Break Room and a flat-panel tv that plays Law and Order non-stop! Not too bad but I spent so much time there that I couldnt make it home so spent the night in a truck-stop and got home about 0930 Sat Morn.
Total Miles for the week: 2141.
I still have not gotten my scale re-imbursements for the previous week. I also didnt get paid for the shuttle I did on monday because my boss didnt enter it into the computer and because it didnt have any miles attached to it I wont get paid anything until he does.
I should mention short-haul pay. For every load under 300 miles we are supposed to get short-haul. this is done on a sliding scale. 1 - 75 miles = $45 down to 225 - 300 = $15. Helps to even out the short loads a little. Problem is i didnt get paid any short-haul miles for any of my loads yet. Need to find out why. I cant continue to do 100 - 200 mile all day loads at .34 per mile and make a living. If I dont get my money for these loads I'll start refusing them.
I have looked into local jobs and Wal-Mart, Tank Jobs hauling gas etc but no-one is hiring. I've been driving for 16 years and have over 1.5 million safe, accident and ticket free miles with Tank, Doubles/Triples, Haz-Mat endorsements and a TWIC Card. I've run Vans, Doubles, Flats and double-flats and reefers. I'm still having a hard time finding anything else and am working harder and making less than I have in years. Oh Well
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