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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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2024 02 12 MN My plan had been to work local today without BB, but I called just after 8 AM and they did not have anything for today. They did ask if I would be around later in the week (no) and I asked where the buses were going ... Still Canada. We spent time since we got home working on taxes. I have both my spread sheets matching my 1099's. Some years I just give up and go with the 1099 number. We had misc phone calls and things to do yesterday and today and we pretty much are done with them. Didn't come across any 'black holes' to keep us busy for a while. We spent the day hitting refresh on the load board when we were near a computer or phone. The RV location did put out a fair number of trips. Not as many as I was expecting after they worked the weekend. With 9 left on the load board, my guess is they put out about 30 during the day. But never two going to the same place or even in the same area at the same time for us to grab something. There were a few CA and OR trips at different times. Plus FL and TX ... but we will wait. After a very slow couple of months people needed to work. Now there has been enough trips on the load board that those people have taken a trip and the new trips are staying out there longer. We just need them to stay long enough so there are two going to the same area and we will be gone. Load board US - 87 IA - 11/9 MN - 1 WI - 2 2024 02 13 MN Spent the day watching the load board, only recorded the times when there was changes ... and we each were checking more often than every 15 minutes. We did not leave the house or have any other projects so this was an on going thing. Someone must have had an issue with their first RV, that is usually the only way that this terminal will dispatch after hours. There were a few good trips, but no pairs. The closest that came was a trip to CA ... it was on the screen ... we hit refresh ... it was gone and different RV to the same location was there. But that is a gamble we are not ready to take so early in the month. Even these long trips do not pay if just one of us is driving the first leg. Hoping there will be a pair in the next 24 hours only works if we want to leave town with or without work. As more trips get put on the load board, even the good ones are staying on the board longer. We thought we had a side job of moving family from AZ back to MN, but they did some checking on moving trucks and right now, it is cheaper to hire a moving crew than to rent a one way truck from MN. And that is before the mileage, gas, hotels, etc. 7:45 - 9 8:00 - 8 8:15 - 4 9"45 - 3 10:00 - 2 10:15 - 1 11:15 - 2 2:30 - 6 2:35 - 8 2:45 - 6 3:00 - 4 3:15 - 1 3:45 - 6 4:00 - 5 4:15 - 6 4:30 - 5 Load board US - 90 IA - 8/4 MN - 3 WI - 5 2024 02 14 MN 8:00 - 4 8:15 - 5 8:18 - 3 9:07 - 2 9:42 - 1 10:30 - 2 11:05 - 1 12:35 - 6 12:43 - 5 12:52 - 4 1:14 - 3 2:21 - 2 2;50 - 1 2:57 - 0 4:11 - 4 4:18 - 3 4:44 - 2 Load board US - 95 IA - 2 MN - 2 WI - 8 2024 02 15 MN 8:00 - 2 8:06 - 0 9:38 - 2 10:41 - 2 10:46 - 1 11:39 - 6 11:40 - 5 11:48 - 3 12:03 - 2 12:54 - 3 12:55 - 2 1:33 - 1 1:37 - 2 1:38 - 1 3:20 - 3 3:21 - 2 4:18 - 3 4:20 - 2 4:23 - 5 4:26 - 4 4:35 - 5 4:41 - 2 5:00 - 2 2024 02 16 MN 8:00 - 2 8:34 - 1 10:46 - 3 10:49 - 2 11:00 - 1 11:34 - 2 11:35 - 1 12:49 - 0 1:09 - 9 1:16 - 5 1:19 - 3 1:47 - 4 2:15 - 2 2:35 - 0 3:14 - 4 3:20 - 5 3:29 - 6 3:32 - 5 3:35 - 4 3:47 - 3 3:54 - 2 4:16 - 6 4:25 - 5 4:27 - 4 4:29 - 3 4:30 - 2 4:35 - 1 Load board US - 75 IA - 2/1 MN - 1 WI - 10 |
