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Hey it's Mr Attitude! You'd be wrong again. I'm one of those drivers that goes home everyday. If I were you I'd do everything in my power to be home for Christmas. Thing is I can tell you're not stupid, you just think you're better than everyone else. So eventually you'll learn this business and then you'll be the loudmouth on the radio treating everyone like ****. You're a (EDITED) now, I can only imagine how you'll be when you've got a couple years under your belt. Doesn't really matter what I think Kevin. You don't need my help and I know I don't need yours! You keep doing things your own way bud.

 

So, you'd like about 2 1/2 "ATTA BOY's"?

Scottt is right. The Santa Anna's blow it up to 120 mph. First time I've ever seen people tying down the palm trees. No, I don't want to take an empty trailer through that. A 53 loaded with 7,000 pounds of baby furniture was bad enough. Not sure I'd even want an empty flatbed.

But, 30 mph in WI is not bad. They're generally not bad on keeping the roads open. If you're going to fly with one hand on the EJECT LEVER, you're going to find yourself bailed out of the business before long. You can not turn down many loads before they stop giving you loads and just leave you sit till you quit. You're asking now, "WHERE'S THE FREIGHT". Why? They're not giving you much of it anymore because you're going to turn it down anyhow? Why even bother offering it to you if you're only going to say "NO"? No wonder when someone says something less than flattering about Swift, you take it as a personal affront.

There are two things the wind will do to your trailer that is a sure sign of trouble. One, you find your trailer going up on 4 wheels, with the other 4 off the road. or, two. Your trailer slides, either into the other lane, or onto the shoulder while you are driving. And, either one can happen in the middle of summer. It does not have to be winter.

(The first ten minutes of rain, with a strong cross wind, on fresh blacktop can be as slick as wet ice.)

 

I think you mean that carriers or owner operators take cheap loads, not shippers. We live in a supply and demand society. When the capacity goes down (trucks) below supply (freight) then prices rise. Right now we have a lower supply of freight due to the time of year and slower than usual economic situation. We also have more trucks than is needed to haul the freight. Desperation by some carriers and owner operators keep those cheap loads moving. These carriers and owner operators take what is offered just to keep moving. And actually, the price to move onions was up part of this year due to a limited capacity of trucks. The area where they were being hauled from and from whom was also a factor. Supply and demand works. I remember an auto dealer who told me something that I have never forgotten. He told me that if you want to find out the true value of anything go to an auction. The selling price is the actual value of that product. The value is set at what the consumer or buyer is willing to pay.

 

Naaaaaaaah Gary....the "relief cooler" sat inconspicuously on the center of the rear seat in the rental car. It duck walked it's way from one car to the other...so that the"outbound" crew had cool refreshment in hand as they made their way to the hotel and a shower.

:smokin::smokin:

 

Yesterday was sunday...if trucks were sitting in truckstops from south of Chicago to Green Bay...most likely it was because they were either waiting to load..or unload.......... TODAY.


But...since your the "new" barometer for winter driving, perhaps they were sitting in their bunks, curled up under the blankets, shivering from the thought of having to drive on snow packed highways, in windy conditions.

I bobtailed from Evanston WY to Vernal UT one night in 1980. In an International Paystar 5000. It was snowing hard enough that it was tough to see...and the wind was blowing its typical 25 to 30 down the Flaming Gorge. Flaming Gorge isn't anything at all like I-94 between Chi-Town and Green Bay however. :zzz::zzz:

 

Kevin, I just don't get it....

On one hand you are talking about standing on principle, refusing loads for safety....

And now you are bragging about the rough conditions you're driving through...

Seems as if you're trying hard to get everyone's approval. Please, you don't have to try so hard! I can tell you are off to a good start, but please stop trying to act like you are the trucking GOD. Believe me, people will respect you more around here for admitting what you don't know, rather than insisting you know everything.

And, BTW...not trying to offend you or anything...but that avatar isn't helping matters...kind of looks like a 13 year old trying to appear badass.....

 

You hit that nail square on the head.

 

Oh, I don't know. Don't think it's any worse than BD's avatar.

 

Hey Bel.... I heard you once Declare some one a Trucking God.. Is it Possible with Kev's New Feat That He can be included in the Conversation??