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I just got home after spending my first two weeks on the road driving for Dana/Suttles. So far I think I am going to like it much better than Superior, but I wont know for sure till I see my first paystub :!:

Thanks Mike for posting about your experiences. I would not have gotten into Tanker at all without all of the good info you post. And yes folks, I did put Mike's name and truck number on my paperwork so he BETTER get a BIG Bonus. :lol:

Why did I leave Superior? When I started with Superior they had about 10 drivers out of Atlanta and far more work than drivers. By the time I left they had over 30 drivers out of the Atlanta terminal and trying to keep them away from home because they didn't have room to park all the trucks or loads to get them back out.

The Dana / Suttles terminal in Atlanta is only about 100 feet from the Superior terminal, but there are a bunch of differences. So far there seems to be more work per driver available then there was at Superior.
 
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Originally Posted by Paul McGraw
I just got home after spending my first two weeks on the road driving for Dana/Suttles. So far I think I am going to like it much better than Superior, but I wont know for sure till I see my first paystub :!:

Thanks Mike for posting about your experiences. I would not have gotten into Tanker at all without all of the good info you post. And yes folks, I did put Mike's name and truck number on my paperwork so he BETTER get a BIG Bonus. :lol:

Why did I leave Superior? When I started with Superior they had about 10 drivers out of Atlanta and far more work than drivers. By the time I left they had over 30 drivers out of the Atlanta terminal and trying to keep them away from home because they didn't have room to park all the trucks or loads to get them back out.

The Dana / Suttles terminal in Atlanta is only about 100 feet from the Superior terminal, but there are a bunch of differences. So far there seems to be more work per driver available then there was at Superior.
Maybe I'll see you at the terminal tomorrow Paul..deliver to Norcross in the am...then swing by the MTI terminal there where y'all are.
 
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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
Originally Posted by Paul McGraw
I just got home after spending my first two weeks on the road driving for Dana/Suttles. So far I think I am going to like it much better than Superior, but I wont know for sure till I see my first paystub :!:

Thanks Mike for posting about your experiences. I would not have gotten into Tanker at all without all of the good info you post. And yes folks, I did put Mike's name and truck number on my paperwork so he BETTER get a BIG Bonus. :lol:

Why did I leave Superior? When I started with Superior they had about 10 drivers out of Atlanta and far more work than drivers. By the time I left they had over 30 drivers out of the Atlanta terminal and trying to keep them away from home because they didn't have room to park all the trucks or loads to get them back out.

The Dana / Suttles terminal in Atlanta is only about 100 feet from the Superior terminal, but there are a bunch of differences. So far there seems to be more work per driver available then there was at Superior.
Maybe I'll see you at the terminal tomorrow Paul..deliver to Norcross in the am...then swing by the MTI terminal there where y'all are.
If he feels as bad as he sounded yesterday,you might not want to see him
 
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If he feels as bad as he sounded yesterday,you might not want to see him


DEAD in Avenel.......... :x ..........don't come here
 
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DEAD in Avenel.......... :x ..........don't come here
don't go to Kansas either,that's good for a 592 mile deadhead to Crestwood,IL :cry:
 
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don't go to Kansas either,that's good for a 592 mile deadhead to Crestwood,IL


Kinda thought that would be the case..........
 
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I unloaded in Norcross GA thursday morning, dh'd to Hattiesburg MS to swap a dirty trailer for a clean...dh'd to Pearlington MS, and loaded there friday morning for Tulsa delivery saturday at noon..then dh'd from Tulsa to Beaumont TX... :cry: :cry:

They say they have me loaded out of Beaumont tuesday...but I ain't buying it till I see it.
 
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Originally Posted by mike3fan
Week Ending 3/2

.....Grove City,OH----->Delaware,OH (drop clean,hook load)
Delaware,OH----->Owosso,MI (home time)
.....Owosso,MI------>Ecorse,MI (driver unload)
....Ecorse,MI------Detroit,MI (drop dirty,vacation)


Total Miles: 425
Deadhead Miles: 62, 14%
Gross Pay: $569.85 ($1.34 a mile)
YTD Miles: 19,656
YTD Gross: $33,862.56 ($1.72 a mile)
Total Loads: 27
Hazmat: 5, 19%
Week Ending 3/9

Detroit,MI----->Salisbury,NC (customer unload)
.....Salisbury,NC------>Charlotte,NC (drop dirty,hook load)
Charlotte,NC------>Crestwood,IL (drop load)
.....Crestwood,IL---->Northlake,IL (bobtail,hook load)
Northlake,IL------>Columbus,WI (driver unload)
....Columbus,WI----->Crestwood,IL (drop dirty, hook clean)
....Crestwood,IL----->Blue Island,IL (live load)
Blue Island,IL------->Solon,OH (driver unload)
....Solon,OH------>Crestwood,IL (drop dirty)

Total Miles: 2,692
Deadhead Miles: 703, 26%
Gross Pay: $5,590.52 ($2.08 a mile)
YTD Miles: 22,348
YTD Gross: $39,453.08 ($1.77 a mile)
Total loads: 31
Hazmat: 5, 16%
 
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Originally Posted by mike3fan
Week Ending 3/9/08
Total Miles: 2,692
Deadhead Miles: 703, 26%
Gross Pay: $5,590.52 ($2.08 a mile)
YTD Miles: 22,348
YTD Gross: $39,453.08 ($1.77 a mile)
Total loads: 31
Hazmat: 5, 16%
For comparison this is last years numbers,notice the difference in Hazmat loads,don't know why though just different areas I guess:

week ending 3/11/07

Total miles: 2298
Deadhead miles: 402, 17%
Gross pay: $4236.62 ($1.84@ mile)
YTD miles: 25,472
YTD Gross: $38,142.03 ($1.50@ mile)
Total loads: 34
hazmat: 24
 
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