As ready as anyone can be I guess! Have the boards up on all the windows that might see wind...have the bag packed and ready to toss into the durango..and will disconnect the puter early am.

They are predicting 8 foot of water here at the house. :shock: I hope it does not come to fruition...but am taking what I can save with me. The rest...have photographed and video'ed. Gonna run to Lafayette..may move on to Jackson MS. LOL...Closest available motel room! Thought about San Antonio..but man..tomorrow I-10 & I-45 are gonna be BAD!!!![/quote]

Stan.... Just wanted to let you know that I hope you came out of it OK!! I was thinking about you and some others I know out in that part of the country. Let us know how you are....OK?

 

hey rob...info is on the link.............. 8)

http://www.classadrivers.com/phpBB2/...ic.php?t=35513

 

Hows the school going. I stopped by yesterday 09/24. Stopped up and saw Mike, you guys were still in class. I was hoping to bring my dirty tank back to Kingsport for the free lunch but going further south to Alabama then take the load to Lincoln Maine. Maybe I'll see you on the way back. They normally have me drop the tank at your terminal. Look for truck 3320.

 

Stan.... Just wanted to let you know that I hope you came out of it OK!! I was thinking about you and some others I know out in that part of the country. Let us know how you are....OK?[/quote]


I faired pretty darned good Rob! Thanks! The truck came out ok too. Power pole on the corner of the lot was snapped in half but luckily didn't land on it! Was able to get the ride off the lot last Monday and did a quick 3 load run. Sitting at home now, waiting for a load..Maybe saturday. Maybe out of Houston...maybe out of NOLA area..maybe..maybe..maybe.

 

Hey my man, were we in class? I saw a few people but never really introduced myself. If you were I was the guy always wearing a black hoodie. Im from Maine and still wear a hoodie in 80* weather lol. I go to Lincoln often. I have NO idea what is happeing. Ill talk to dispatch sunday. School is done and I think my training time is fulfilled, guess its up to my trainers for final approval. I dont have a truck yet either.

Class was amazing, learned A LOT. It was a great experiance. Had one guy in class though, wouldnt stop running his mouth. Know-it-all loud mouth, and 85% Jack or Mike proved him wrong lol. Those two guys are AMAZING, this company is lucky to have them. I have so much on the mind but cant get it all out I guess.

My motel room smelled like a morgue. Nasty. But could of been worse for sure. Anyone ever frequent The Mouse's Ear? If not I highly recommend it :P :twisted:

Edit, I relized you said we were in class but did you come in?

PS If any Superior driver here meets me come out and say your on here. Like I said I dont have a truck number yet but Ill post it when I do.

 

Tell the truth now...Your still SLACKING!!!

 

I'm loading friday out of Clifton NJ for Sauget IL.

 

What, me slacking??? Never! I'm a hard-working man Stan!!! You know that, as well as Maniac, Skywalker, Mike, Harleypiper, etc...... ROFLMAO

 

Hey everyone, wanted to get back on here and say hello and that I hope everybody's doing well. I've had some major stuff happen in the last month and wanted to update y'all on what's been going on. As usual I returned to work off of a nice, long, fun-filled adventure of a vacation at the end of August and got back into my normal Indiana to Alabama and back turn, with a Colorado load thrown in for the first three weeks back. Then, I decided to take one of the loads we run every now and then to North Dakota for a change of pace. Well, for some reason something just did not feel right from the moment I picked up the load and as we always hear in the Star Wars series, "I've got a bad feeling about this!".

I drove out to Devils Lake, ND.....was to unload here, but due to a mis-communication between the shipper and the customer (filtered to dispatch), the necessary unloading equipment was not listed so had to take a trip to pick up one extra fitting. Over to Minot, ND I go when BOOM! My truck's crankshaft broke, and luckily as I was just coming out of an active construction zone and into town so I was able to get off onto the shoulder. Long story short, the engine was done for, and I was not gonna dump $12,000+ into rebuilding it or buying a recon motor at the Cummins dealer. So, I ended up selling the truck (it had been paid off already earlier), renting a van and coming back home. So in the end I made the revenue and FSC for that load, as well as making a little bit more off of the truck, in addition to other savings I had set aside from the earlier months. It wasn't the magic six month figure, but had I wanted to I could've taken off quite a while. But, I'm not the type of person who's gonna sit on my azz, especially not with another vacation coming up! So, after a few days off to get my bearings straight I jumped right back into a company truck for the time being and picked up right where I left off at! I ran for a couple more weeks, took a few more days off with my son in FL last week, and now am about to head out again for about three more weeks before taking off around Halloween again.

Week 34
-Westville, IN (hook preloaded tank)
-Westville, IN to Huntsville, AL (customer unload)
-Huntsville, AL to Valparaiso, IN (drop dirty tank, hook preloaded tank)
-----Valpo, IN to Elizabeth, CO (driver unload w/truck pump)
-----Elizabeth, CO to Westville, IN (drop dirty tank, pump flush)
Gross: $4,764.37
Miles: 3,389
Avg.: $1.405/mile

Week 35
-Westville, IN (hook preloaded tank)
-Westville, IN to Huntsville, AL (customer unload)
-Huntsville, AL to Valparaiso, IN (drop dirty tank, hook preloaded tank)
Gross: $1,488.58
Miles: 1,186
Avg.: $1.255/mile

Week 36
-Valparaiso, IN to Huntsville, AL (customer unload)
-Huntsville, AL to Valparaiso, IN (drop dirty tank)
-----Valpo, IN to Markham, IL (hook clean tank)
-----Markham, IL to Chicago, IL (live load)
-----Chicago, IL to Muskegon, MI (customer unload)
-----Muskegon, MI to Markham, IL (drop dirty tank)
-Markham, IL to Valparaiso, IN (hook preloaded tank)
-Valpo, IN to Huntsville, AL (customer unload)
-Huntsville, AL to Valpo, IN (drop dirty tank)
Gross: $3,784.49
Miles: 2,694
Avg.: $1.404

Week 37 THE WEEK THINGS CHANGED
-Valparaiso, IN (hook preloaded tank)
-Valpo, IN to Devils Lake, ND
-----Devils Lake, ND to Minot, ND
Gross: $1,785.19
Miles: 1,003
Avg.: $1.779/mile

Superior Carriers (Dedicated Account), Independent Contractor Totals, Jan. 01 to Sept. 14, 2008
Gross: $109,497.97
Hub Miles: 81,051 ($1.35/mile avg.)
Loaded Miles: 43,626 (54%)
Empty Miles: 37,425 (46%)
Fuel Used: 12,881 gallons (6.292 mpg avg.)
Fuel Costs: $49,998 ($3.881/gallon avg.)
Fixed Costs: $18,870
Total Costs: $68,868
Taxable Net: $40,630 (.501/mile avg.)
Days Working: 156 (60%)
Days Off: 102 (40%)

Superior Carriers (Dedicated Account), Independent Contractor Totals, from Oct.07, 2007 to Sept. 14, 2008
Gross: $141,303.69
Hub Miles: 108,735 ($1.299/mile avg.)
Loaded Miles: 58,443 (54%)
Empty Miles: 50,292 (46%)
Fuel Used: 17,437 gallons (6.235 mpg)
Fuel Costs: $66,746 ($3.827/gallon avg.)
Fixed Costs: $23,779
Total Costs: $90,525
Taxable Net: $50,779 (.466/mile avg.)
Days Working: 208 (60%)
Days Off: 133 (40%)

Now let's pick up where we left off at (yep, still running the same route btw). For my weekly stats I'm just gonna simplify things and keep track of the gross income, hub miles vs. paid miles, paid hours, time working, and time off (as before). As for the yearly totals I'll combine the previous stats of my taxable net as an I/C with my company driver numbers. Away we go...

Week 38
Gross: $783.63
Hub Miles: 1,811 (.432/mile).....Paid miles: 1,670 (.469/mile)
Paid Hours: 8.00

Week 39
Gross: $1,233.51
Hub Miles: 2,830 (.435/mile).....Paid miles: 2,776 (.444/mile)
Paid Hours: 10.75

Superior Carriers Totals, Jan. 01 to Sept. 28, 2008
Gross: $42,647.14
Hub Miles: 85,692
Average: .497/mile
Paid Hours: 18.75
Days Working: 166 (61%)
Days Off: 106 (39%)

Y'all be safe and take care, more later........

 

Stanley, I had a conversation with a BP driver last night at the BP Indy-Tibbs Ave.terminal.
They're out-date is around 15 November. He has 18.5 years of service in and told me about his severance. You are my new best friend OTX!