i'm good. it was just a stupid traffic jam crash. stopped on the 290/294 split, guy behind me gets pushed by another truck into my bumper. barely a scratch on me, but his grill was pushed in.
next week i start on my actual work, going to michigan and taking a load to memphis. the only sucky part is that i have to roll out monday to make a tuesday morning pickup. should be a good run.
sounds like my primary company will be based in memphis. if i live in wisconsin, i predict some decent miles once this gets going. If i'm going to memphis on a weekly basis, that should come out to a minimum of 3 days out. not great, but definitely a good balance of home time and miles. I think the plan is that i'm going to be shared by 2 dispatchers in 2 terminals. not enough work from either to justify one driver for each, i guess.
i'm not expecting anything. if it works out, i'll stick with it, if not, i'll take the miles and experience and keep my ear to the ground.

You just missed me....#$@^%$#$%!!! I left out of the High Point terminal about 0715 Wed. Had to load up in G'boro and roll!! Maybe we'll meet somewhere else along the way!

Cynide, do you find it hard to find a load coming to Jax when you want to come see your son? I'm enjoying the info about tankers the Superior drivers have put out in their threads. Thanks for the education.

FlaCrakr wrote:Sorry it's taken sl long for me to get back with you and everyone else. Actually I never come to Jax with a load anymore now that I'm an I/C. I usually deadhead from wherever I have previously unloaded and drop the tank at the wash there at home. It's not to say that Superior doesn't have Jacksonville loads because they do (myself and a couple of close friends who drive here have pulled them before), it's just not a regularly occurring load.

If you ever did hire on with us living in FL (which I believe right now is not possible) you would deliver whatever load could get you either into or close to FL, then take the tank to whichever tank wash, then the truck to the terminal closest to home, hop in your p.o.v. and take your time off. Here's a small advantage to Jacksonville versus Savannah or Lakeland... Carry Transit has a yard there and that's where I would park my truck at when I came home to Jax as a company driver. Now, I simply bobtail home.

Now there is also the option of driving to/from Savannah if you're really wanting to drive here, but I personally think that's asking too much. That's a long way from Daytona! Hope I helped some. PLease ask any other questions that you may have. If I can't answer them I'm sure one of the guys here will help out just like we always do! :D

Baby Bullseye update (Carry Transit):

She just threw here latest settlement at me a couple of days ago (really, she did!) and I'll put it up quickly. BTW, she didn't think I would tell anyone, but her birthday was May 28th :D :wink: :twisted: Hehehehehehe. Now that I'm gonna be in hot water....

May 25, 2008
Gross: $1,049.15
Miles: 2,297 (1,148 Loaded...1,149 Empty)
Hours: 24.00
Avg.: .456/mile
Year-to-Date Gross: $17,889.16
Weekly Avg.: $851.86

Like I've said before, not bad income at all, especially for a company driver considering that her time off is slightly less than mine! Allow me to say this as well; she earns every bit of what she makes since she has to unload almost 100% of what she transports regardless of weather conditions.

:wink:

Just thought some might like to see one of the new test Volvo's the company (finally) received a few weeks back...

:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/100_2074.jpg

Yummy. Now I want to work for them even more now. ::Come on test date::

Yea I saw one in Greer SC a couple weeks ago. They let me get inside and look around and I must say they are some very nice tractors. I'm due up for a new(er) tractor sometime by December. Hopefully I will get one of those 8)

Sweet! :D

Volvo,pffft 8)