weekly mileage?
#41
02-07-2007, 05:38 PM
Re: weekly mileage?
Originally Posted by zexersix
Wanted to know how many miles a week you guys avg,with the company you are with?
Im with Swift ever since the takeover,iv'e seen my miles drop from 2800 to 1500.They say there is no freight,my DM told me to go to the house,earlier today. Im always delivering early,ready for next load A.S.A.P, i still never get a preplan to late in the day.If i wanted to sit on my ass all day,i would of stayed in the Army,at least i was getting paid for it. A man can only handle so much bullshiit till he decides to look for other options,bad thing is, im new to this only been solo 2 months. I was going to stay with Swift for a year,but now i believe the company is in turmoil,if it dont pick up in march,then i will look for greener pastures. 
#42
02-07-2007, 05:44 PM
You can definitely get a ticket for logging a speed UNDER the speed limit. I've seen the ticket with my own eyes. Our company wants us to log at least 5 mph below the limit.
That said, doing nothing but driving, with pretrips and fueling, I don't see how 4500 miles could be done LEGALLY. Sure you could make miles disappear, and a few other tricks, but it cannot be done legally the way you are supposed to log. Assuming your logging 65 mph, which is about the max limit for LEGAL logging. Also assume 15 minutes a day pretrip, and 15 minutes a day for fuel. After the 6th day, you have 69.00 hours on your 8 day rule, and have 4300 logged miles. This is not counting bumping any docks, doing any switches, kicking tires, just pure driving. |
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