This Past Week Has Been Insane!

Folks, I've sort of been "away". There is a point in trucking where you're running so hard you don't have time for TT and barely have time to eat.

Well, this was this past week.

A week ago I was in the terminal for repairs. I had my 34 hour reset. Little did I know what was coming to me.

A week later, I destroyed my 70 hour clock. A week later, I park with 3 minutes left on my 70 hour clock and no recap hours coming back tonight.

This is my final week at Central. My next load load should be getting me to CA so I can go home.

Here is my last week at Central.

Count the last 7 days.

3,847 miles in 7 days.

Let this be a testament that Central has the miles. The people crying about low miles probably don't do their job very well. Through all of this I was never late to any delivery, and believe me, I've had some wacko pickups. I've drove the best I can and repeatedly had to drive 8 hours nonstop to meet my deadlines. Every appointment was extremely tight with no room to play around.

My confidence is high but it's in check. Always have to be vigilant. I'm going to Prime better than I ever was and I'm on fire! I only have like a week left before I can change my status from Rookie Solo Driver to Experienced Driver. Pretty stoked about that! I waited a year to change it because I didnt want to cheat and change it before that year.

I arrived to my 99 with 9 minutes left on my 70 hour clock. After a pretrip I only have 3 minutes. With no recaps coming back tonight, I'm forced to take a 34 hour reset at a shipper/receiver.

I never really thought doing 3800 miles is actually possible to do in a week.

Folks, I've sort of been "away". There is a point in trucking where you're running so hard you don't have time for TT and barely have time to eat.

Well, this was this past week.

A week ago I was in the terminal for repairs. I had my 34 hour reset. Little did I know what was coming to me.

A week later, I destroyed my 70 hour clock. A week later, I park with 3 minutes left on my 70 hour clock and no recap hours coming back tonight.

This is my final week at Central. My next load load should be getting me to CA so I can go home.

Here is my last week at Central.

Good

Count the last 7 days.

3,847 miles in 7 days.

Let this be a testament that Central has the miles. The people crying about low miles probably don't do their job very well. Through all of this I was never late to any delivery, and believe me, I've had some wacko pickups. I've drove the best I can and repeatedly had to drive 8 hours nonstop to meet my deadlines. Every appointment was extremely tight with no room to play around.

My confidence is high but it's in check. Always have to be vigilant. I'm going to Prime better than I ever was and I'm on fire! I only have like a week left before I can change my status from Rookie Solo Driver to Experienced Driver. Pretty stoked about that! I waited a year to change it because I didnt want to cheat and change it before that year.

I arrived to my 99 with 9 minutes left on my 70 hour clock. After a pretrip I only have 3 minutes. With no recaps coming back tonight, I'm forced to take a 34 hour reset at a shipper/receiver.

I never really thought doing 3800 miles is actually possible to do in a week.

Good Job Daniel,running hard gives you a good sense of "gettin it done" doesn't it... one of the best years I ever had was back in my outlaw days,in 1992 I ran 187,000 miles as a solo(2-3 trips a week from PA to New England with Pennzoil motor oil)I think I ingested more Vivarin that year than food... good luck with Prime :)

Well.....all I can say is...That looks like a real "round things" buster of a run !!! Good grief, they have decided to see how much work they can get out of you while they still can !!! Hope you have some time at home to rest up before going to Prime !!!

Daniel,

FYI, you don't have to take a 34 unless you want to. I know here at Prime you can reject the 34 as long as you don't approve your log first. From what I saw on your log, you will be picking up plenty of hours in the next few days as long as you don't run them out every day.

Just a thought.

Ernie

Daniel,

FYI, you don't have to take a 34 unless you want to. I know here at Prime you can reject the 34 as long as you don't approve your log first. From what I saw on your log, you will be picking up plenty of hours in the next few days as long as you don't run them out every day.

Just a thought.

Ernie

True. But I arrived at my destination at 1900. I get no hours back tonight. So I have to sit tomorrow but at midnight I will get back hours again. But I'd rather not night drive when I get back 11 hours so I set my PTA at 0600 which is exactly when ill get that reset. It's a combination of "I'm tired I want to sit and relax" and "I don't feel like night driving".

Daniel,

FYI, you don't have to take a 34 unless you want to. I know here at Prime you can reject the 34 as long as you don't approve your log first. From what I saw on your log, you will be picking up plenty of hours in the next few days as long as you don't run them out every day.

Just a thought.

Ernie

True. But I arrived at my destination at 1900. I get no hours back tonight. So I have to sit tomorrow but at midnight I will get back hours again. But I'd rather not night drive when I get back 11 hours so I set my PTA at 0600 which is exactly when ill get that reset. It's a combination of "I'm tired I want to sit and relax" and "I don't feel like night driving".

Understood. Just wanted to make sure that in case you had not thought of that possibility.

Ernie

So, just another day in the life huh Daniel? Don't run yourself ragged out there!