[Malaki86]

Ok - time for an "end of the tour" wrap up.

To recap, I was assigned the truck on 4/1. I picked up a preloaded trailer at the yard, delivered it, then picked up a load that got me home on 4/2. I then left on 4/4. I got home today, 4/29. I'll be home until 5/3.

Total days out: 26
Total miles routed: 10162 (paid @ $0.32 per mile)
Total miles driven: 10516
Total trips hauled: 18 (2 with 2 stops @ $30 per stop)
Total trailers hooked to: 17

Average trip length: 564 miles (shortest was 90 miles, longest was 1,650 miles)
Drop/Hook rate: Even though I didn't go through and actually count, I think I had *maybe* 7 or 8 live unload or loads
Average load weight: I *think* I had 2 loads that topped 37,000#. Most loads were in the 15-20,000lb range.

When I left on the 4th, I sent my hometime request at that time. They sent me home without me even so much as giving them a reminder. I unloaded 168 miles from home and they sent me an empty move (paid miles) to get me home and sent a message saying to enjoy my weekend and they would talk to me on Monday.

So far, other than missing my 1,500 watt inverter, I'm really happy here. I've had very little problem with dispatch (even weekend/night) and everything seems to go pretty smooth. When I have a question, no matter the time of day/week, sending it on the Qualcomm gets a response within minutes.

[Mackman]

Glad it all worked out for ya. I could never even come close to staying out 26 days. More power to you.

Are you always going to be out for a month at a time??

Anyway best of luck to you and i hope things stay good.:thumbsup:

[Malaki86]

When my wife is with me, we'll stay out that long. When she's not in the truck, then I'll do 2 weeks at a time. The plan is that she'll be riding with me most of the time now.

[mike3fan]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

When my wife is with me, we'll stay out that long. When she's not in the truck, then I'll do 2 weeks at a time. The plan is that she'll be riding with me most of the time now until she gets sick of me and then I will stay out 2 months at a time on my own.

There fixed it for ya...

[Malaki86]

HAHAHAHAHHA - nice

[Malaki86]

I was doing some work in the truck yesterday (at home) and noticed that I got a new message on the QC. When I read it, I was quite pleased. When the economy tanked, Celadon put a wage freeze on all drivers. Well, that's now been lifted. They're once again giving drivers a $0.01 per mile raise every 120,000 driven for them. I'm figuring that the next thing they'll do is raise their 30,000 mile vacation pay back to the $1,000 per week instead of the $600 they're currently paying.

Very good news indeed.

[Malaki86]

I thought I'd post my earnings I've received year-to-date, which is 4 pays so far. This isn't for all the miles I've ran because I turned 3 trips in yesterday. This is based on 8,887 miles total:

    AIR CUFF  LOCK & KEY           60.00- (total for this lock is $75, which I get back if I return the lock when I quit)
    Breakdown Pay                  70.00  (pay for sitting in Laredo waiting for my pm to be done)
    Passport Card                  61.10- (this one p'd me off - they said they paid for the passport)
    Mileage Pay  Adjust            14.67  (they had me down for the wrong pay rate the 1st week)
    Orientation Pay               125.00
    Store Items                     4.28- (bought a id-card neck strap)
    Out of Network Fuel            25.00- (had to get fuel when not scheduled - was reimbursed the $25 fee)
    Personal advance              100.00-
    Payroll  Advance              100.00-
    Tolls                          60.00-
    Federal Tax Amount            414.60-
    Fica Tax Amount               190.27-
    Fica Wages                   3068.84
    Gross  Wages                 3068.84
    Medicare Tax                   44.49-
    Mileage                        8,887
    Mileage Pay                  2829.17
    Medicare Wages               3068.84
    Net Amount                   2058.35
    State Tax                     147.00-
    Taxable Wages                3068.84
    Out of Network  Fuel           25.00
    Permit                          3.00
    Scales                         28.00 (all scale receipts are paid no questions asked)
    Stop Pay                       30.00 (extra stop pay)
    Tolls                         140.25 (all tolls are paid when they route you over a toll road)

[seadawg]

Wait a little while and that'll get better for you,I've been with Celadon since 2007 and this is one of the best compaines(didn't say perfect)I think you can run for,I know they've been real good to me.Right now I'm out on medical leave,hope to get back in a truck in 2-3 weeks,talked to my D M yesterday and gave her an up-date on what was happening.Hope my wife will ride with me when I get back,I really need to stay out and get some miles,LOTS of bills to pay.Be safe.....catch you later.

[Malaki86]

I'm finishing up a trip that took me from Plainfield, IN to Seattle, WA to Portland, OR and ends in Evansville, IN. The total for the round trip is just over 5,100 miles or so. I couldn't begin to tell you the last time I worked for a company that gave a solo driver that kind of hauls.

I was sitting at the yard in Indy, just got the truck out of the shop (in for 48 hours). When I sent my "ready for a load" macro, I followed it up with a message that said something like "the further west the load goes, the better". Well, I couldn't go much further west, that's for sure.

[Orangetxguy]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

I'm finishing up a trip that took me from Plainfield, IN to Seattle, WA to Portland, OR and ends in Evansville, IN. The total for the round trip is just over 5,100 miles or so. I couldn't begin to tell you the last time I worked for a company that gave a solo driver that kind of hauls.

I was sitting at the yard in Indy, just got the truck out of the shop (in for 48 hours). When I sent my "ready for a load" macro, I followed it up with a message that said something like "the further west the load goes, the better". Well, I couldn't go much further west, that's for sure.

Ummmmm........sure you could have!! You could have done a 2 stop pick up! 2 rolls of paper out of Port Angeles....then down the 101 to Hoquiam for 3 more rolls!! Ya coulda stopped in Forks and had a bowl of chowder.