Neither is CR England ...

 

catalinaflyer quit another job??? good luck there driver!!!!! really, good luck!!!

 

edited, because our favorite redundant poster seems to have returned.

 

There was a time that I would look at a load-board in the truck stop and see if I could find something the company would take. I haven't looked at a load board in a long time, so I don't know if there's much listed anymore, but that would be one thought I would have. With all the companies going out of business, and the companies that are down-sizing, it's obvious that freight is much slower than usual.

Right now, I would suggest that the best bet for security, and freight would be pulling reefers. No, I do not like doing that, but no matter how bad the economy gets, people have to eat. Their eating habits have changed, but even bread and water gets shipped by truck. I got empty today, a day early, and my travel agent says I'll be getting reloaded tomorrow afternoon. The most I have ever sat out here is 2 days. At home, I have spent 3 days between loads and was ready to go out sooner, but I've never spent 5 days siting unless the truck was in the shop.

 

Things are pretty bad right now with freight.You don't see a lot of truck on the road too anymore,or it seems that way.It's hard for everyone!A lot of friends of mine,that are in trucking say the same thing:SUCKS!.Hopefully things are going to pick up,since a lot of people tell me that this been the lowest they've seen.I hope they are right cause otherwise you'll people on streets.Best of luck and God bless!

 

I don't recall the days he was sitting in Houston. I believe it did thin out a bit after a couple of days. Until the last few months we could usually get something out of Houston. It was also easier to plan on where to go before the economy tanked. Now there doesn't seem to be good areas.

 

Just to clear things up a little jd, I have quit 1 job in the past five years. I left Big Dog Motorcycles back in October as a mutual agreement between myself, the other driver and the management. I don't call that quiting. I quit Lonestar for many of the same reasons DevilDice left and we have discussed that one to death. I gave two weeks notice to E.W. Wylie because Big Dog made me a pretty attractive offer to come back after the current driver was injured, had back surgery and reassigned to a desk driving job. I have not quit Wylie, they brought me back to Fargo this past Wednesday, cornered me in the conference room, made some offers that I cannot discuss in public, paid for my plane ticket home (where I'm sitting right now) and told me to think about it for 10 days then let them know. I still have my company card, the keys to the truck and am still considered an employee.

So right now I have two offers on the table, one isn't as financially fat as the other but promises the "rock star" lifestyle staying in nice motels every night, eating on the company card every meal, doing a lot of manual labor and driving a little. The other one has more money in it, more driving, less manual labor and no personal expense account. Now I have to decide which route to go. When I got back to Fargo Wednesday morning and went into the office to turn in the keys and credit card they refused to take them back. They told me to go park the truck by the fence and keep the keys in my pocket.

So no I havent "quit another job" and don't need good luck. A little bad luck right now would make my life easier then I wouldn't be sitting here sleepless trying to decide what to do.

 

Perhaps this is a good time to toss a coin.