I am currently considering both of the stars. I was a company driver OTR for a while but went local in the oil field for a much better pay rate. It's kinda dying off by the day due to poor company management so I am starting to consider other options.

I would love to go back OTR but I am not going to do it as a company driver again simply because I have such an utter hatred for the northeast (like you and so many others) and it seemed that was the favorite place to send me. If I do it again I want to buy my own truck and skateboard and lease on to a decent carrier. Right now I am just researching all of the companies I have been considering thanks to a lot of free time due to little to now work which SUCKS.

And I figure if some ol squid can pull it off, a 12 year jarhead can as well hahahahahahahaha.

 

I am not so sure about that......:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

god dawg

do you ever check this??

im not even gonna ask you if you ever update as im sure it will be next month before you even see this!!

 

I just checked it today......LOL

 

wow.....once a week

hey, since your my trucking advisor....is 2k for 230 miles good?
granted its gonna take all day....just thought i would ask

 

as your "advisor" I would have to say yes it's a good rate.....however, where will it leave you when you deliver??

 

Guess it's time for a quick update.......been out on the road for just a little over a week. This time I took my wife with me for the first time as she has always been curious as to what life was like out there for me.

The trip for the most part was uneventful with the exception of ice skating in Oklahoma City, OK the other day. Made a drop first thing in the morning and then started heading south out of town. Well no sooner than we got on the highway the traffic was at an almost stand still. The roads were iced over and cars and big trucks were sliding all over the place, including myself . Unfortunately, there was no safe haven to get to as the entire city of Oklahoma City was out on the road making traffic heavy and congested. As long as traffic was creeping along everything was fine, but as soon as we all stopped, cars and trucks started sliding sideways on the road. It took just over 2 hours to move 10 miles. Eventually the roads turned wet and traffic got moving.

We made it down to Denton, TX and after fueling up, a hot shower and a hot meal, we decided to call it a day and head out in the morning. No sooner than we get on the road, the weather report said that the DFW area was expecting a winter storm with freezing rain. So I grabbed a few gears and hammered down to stay ahead of it. Lucky for us we beat it but just as we made it home, the local weather report said that the San Antonio area was under a winter storm warning tonight with 30% chance of freezing rain. :roll:

So hear I am back at the house drinking a hot cup of coffee (will sub for a cold beer later) for the next couple of days.

 

Devildice,

What are your opinions on rates at Landstar right now?

On the dry van side, they are really living up to the name of Landstarve. It took me over a week to find (and manage to book) a load heading out of the house. I just got to Denver with a load out of Milwaukee of store fixtures that paid $2.25 per mile, and I'm picking up a load for ESPN in Aspen, CO on Thursday heading to California. Some production equipment from the X Games or something like that. That one is also paying $2.25 per mile. Most of the freight I saw was paying far, far less than that.

 

rev,

same way on our side

i do alot of sitting, waiting, and hopeing to catch a DECENT paying load.....frieght is thin and rates just plain suck, especially for platfrom
i have never seen rates this low......wait...i have...back about 20 years ago when the old man was trucking

been looking for a week for a load home, no luck yet


DD....back in tacoma, parked in a locked, secure lot waiting for them to knock on the door and tell me the crane is here.....lol

 

The rates are low and the freight is scarce. However, I found that if I run within the state of Texas I can do fairly well. I have been catching rates that range from 2.50 up to 22.00 per mile. My average has been around 2.65. Granted, the miles have been short, between 25 up to 800, but when I can run for 3 days and be home for 4 days while still making enough money to pay the bills and actually set a few bucks in the bank, then I can't complain too much. As soon as I look at leaving the state, like I did this last week, the rates suck big time.