It's Been A LONG Time

"Been a long time been a long time been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time"

Hey BK👋 Very cute pupper. I'll post a pic of my Poe. You should also join Trucking Fur Babies on Facebook if you haven't already. Now on to trucking lol I have briefly met Karl the day I got back into my new truck but didn't officially know who he was. He recruited the lady I was in orientation with. It seems that him and Valerie Sparkles (another former Helwig) are trying to recruit y'all whole fleet🤭 I personally don't actively recruit. Let's face it, every company isn't meant for everyone. ASL is a great company but it's not for every driver. As drivers we are conditioned to MILES, MILES, MILES. We think if we aren't running 3K miles a week we aren't doing something right. I was that driver. Reading through my old posts I was hella mad at a 2K Mile week. Coming to ASL really changed all that. I don't have to run hard to make money. Between their base pay (1,400/wk), their extra pay extended delivery ($200), Layover pay ($160), their drop pay ($25 per stop) and their detention ($20/hr) there are plenty of ways to rack up those $$$$. Karl from my understanding runs in our fish division which is primarily out of Boston, NJ and NY. I run general freight. Since our company is a private service line for American Foods Group we primarily haul our own freight (about 80%). The objective is to get back to our plants (Yankton, SD, Long Prairie, MN, Green Bay,WI (terminal), Gibbon,NE and Omaha,NE) to grab another load and head all points East of I35. We do have customers that we service backhauls for and a handful of brokers that we get consistent freight from. In the span of my 7.5 years here I have lived in PA, LA and NC and have never had issues with getting freight or getting home. I'm pretty sure we get paid zipcode to zipcode on the miles or at least thats what it looks like but you could verify that yourself. We are responsible for routing so getting as close to what you're getting paid is on you. I have always been an OTR driver. I stay out 4 to 6 weeks and I go home for a week or so. It's been that way my whole 10+ yrs. Everyone does it differently and depending on where you live you can go home more if you like. The time out is up to you. If you have anything else you would like to know don't hesitate to reach out and I will do the best I can to answer you. My name is Nalee. Thank you for reading my post and making me feel important 🥰 Good Luck with your decision!

I remember reading so much from you while I was kickin the tires to see if this industry would be a good match for me. Glad to hear things are working out for you.

What Rob says is the same with me. Glad you have resurrected yourself on TT because experienced drivers are my driving lifeblood and the more, the merrier.

This is of particular interest to me because I recently met Karl from ASL. He used to drive for the company I’m with, Helwig. I think his mission in life is to recruit more Helwig drivers to ASL, lol. He told me that ASL has about 13 former Helwig drivers.

Where are your common destinations on the East Coast? Where do you pick up your product from? Are you paid hub miles and paid holidays? Do you drive a KW?

I know how you feel! This life is very lonely at times. Glad to be back😁

"Been a long time been a long time been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time"

Also, I forgot to add I drive a Freightliner. Our fleet is half Freightliner and half KW. I'm only 5'1 and can't see over the hood of a KW so they don't let me have a cool truck. Yes we do have holiday pay. Christmas is $330, Thanksgiving is $220 and New Years plus a few others are $110.

Hey BK👋 Very cute pupper. I'll post a pic of my Poe. You should also join Trucking Fur Babies on Facebook if you haven't already. Now on to trucking lol I have briefly met Karl the day I got back into my new truck but didn't officially know who he was. He recruited the lady I was in orientation with. It seems that him and Valerie Sparkles (another former Helwig) are trying to recruit y'all whole fleet🤭 I personally don't actively recruit. Let's face it, every company isn't meant for everyone. ASL is a great company but it's not for every driver. As drivers we are conditioned to MILES, MILES, MILES. We think if we aren't running 3K miles a week we aren't doing something right. I was that driver. Reading through my old posts I was hella mad at a 2K Mile week. Coming to ASL really changed all that. I don't have to run hard to make money. Between their base pay (1,400/wk), their extra pay extended delivery ($200), Layover pay ($160), their drop pay ($25 per stop) and their detention ($20/hr) there are plenty of ways to rack up those $$$$. Karl from my understanding runs in our fish division which is primarily out of Boston, NJ and NY. I run general freight. Since our company is a private service line for American Foods Group we primarily haul our own freight (about 80%). The objective is to get back to our plants (Yankton, SD, Long Prairie, MN, Green Bay,WI (terminal), Gibbon,NE and Omaha,NE) to grab another load and head all points East of I35. We do have customers that we service backhauls for and a handful of brokers that we get consistent freight from. In the span of my 7.5 years here I have lived in PA, LA and NC and have never had issues with getting freight or getting home. I'm pretty sure we get paid zipcode to zipcode on the miles or at least thats what it looks like but you could verify that yourself. We are responsible for routing so getting as close to what you're getting paid is on you. I have always been an OTR driver. I stay out 4 to 6 weeks and I go home for a week or so. It's been that way my whole 10+ yrs. Everyone does it differently and depending on where you live you can go home more if you like. The time out is up to you. If you have anything else you would like to know don't hesitate to reach out and I will do the best I can to answer you. My name is Nalee. Thank you for reading my post and making me feel important 🥰 Good Luck with your decision!

I remember reading so much from you while I was kickin the tires to see if this industry would be a good match for me. Glad to hear things are working out for you.

What Rob says is the same with me. Glad you have resurrected yourself on TT because experienced drivers are my driving lifeblood and the more, the merrier.

This is of particular interest to me because I recently met Karl from ASL. He used to drive for the company I’m with, Helwig. I think his mission in life is to recruit more Helwig drivers to ASL, lol. He told me that ASL has about 13 former Helwig drivers.

Where are your common destinations on the East Coast? Where do you pick up your product from? Are you paid hub miles and paid holidays? Do you drive a KW?

Welcome back young lady!! I remember you, where are the big sun glass’s, lol. Great to hear your doing well, no pun intended.

Life does get in the way of many things as we make our journey through it. I’m still around and doing my thing. I too have had periods of absence, but find my way back. Everyone here helped me get started back in the day, and I try to pay it forward.

My little occassional ride partner.

Great hearing from you, try not to be a stranger!!

Of course we remember The Legend! Welcome back stranger!

OMG! HIIIIIIII PJ! It's been sooooo long but I remember you 🥰 I can't believe you are still hanging out here. It's so crazy because I feel like that Long lost cousin that moved to California and resurfaced a decades later. The warm welcome make an old gal feel good💓 I still have several pairs of pink shades but my husband steals them. Your fur baby is so cute😍 My husband is a Flatbed driver and carries a 8 lb ****zu🥴 Masculine men and their little fur babies eh😉 Here's a pair of shades (stolen by my husband's)

Welcome back young lady!! I remember you, where are the big sun glass’s, lol. Great to hear your doing well, no pun intended.

Life does get in the way of many things as we make our journey through it. I’m still around and doing my thing. I too have had periods of absence, but find my way back. Everyone here helped me get started back in the day, and I try to pay it forward.

My little occassional ride partner.

Great hearing from you, try not to be a stranger!!

Hello old friend 🥰 Glad to be back! I'm bringing a few more old timers with me. Be on the look out😉

Of course we remember The Legend! Welcome back stranger!

Are you still in NY?

I sure am, but I moved to the Adirondacks in the Northeast corner of New York.

I took a 9 month break last year from trucking because I was just getting burned out

I did that a few times over the years. I would decide I needed a change, so I would quit trucking, move somewhere else, and just mix things up a little.

Early in my career I burned myself out running too hard. That was the only time I did that. I took a few months away from trucking before returning. That's why I always try to tell new drivers not to push too hard. The stress level is incredible when you're new. Trying to run 3,000+ miles per week on top of that gets to be too much after a while.

I'm currently contemplating hanging up my keys permanently

Really? Do you have some ideas for your next chapter?

Nalee, I delivered a load yesterday to Cargill in Butler, WI. I bet you’ve been there. While there I met another ASL driver and had a brief conversation. He told me his name but I already have forgotten. Small world. (Don’t take that personally, lol)