Week 4 - The Extended Experience

Week Ending 9/9/06

Loads Delivered: 2

Total Miles: 2096
* Loaded: 1179
* Empty: 917

Gross Pay: $718.80
* Mileage Pay: $628.80
* Accessorial: $90.00

Hours Logged: 62.75
* Driving: 48.75
* On-Duty: 14

$/Hour $11.45

Off-Duty - Not Logged: 1.75
* @ Customer: 1.75
* In Laurinburg:
* Waiting Assignment:

All Hours: 64.5

Actual $/Hour: $11.14
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Load 1:

Deadhead: Etobicoke, ON Friday, September 01, 2006
Shipper: Laurinburg, NC Monday, September 04, 2006
Consignee: Butler, PA Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Commodity: Glass

After picking up load in LRBG, I had an airline break during a rainstorm in the Virginia Mountains. I sent macro to Extended Shift at 10:30 pm. I did not hear back until 7:45 the next morning. By that time, I had taken care of myself, by disconnecting trailer, leaving on shoulder and driving tractor 30 miles to truck stop, buying airline, driving back and repairing myself. During this time, I was warned by a highway patrolman that the trailer could only be left at shoulder for an hour before they would have it towed. Since the closest truck stop was 30 miles away, I was able to convince him to give me more time to make repairs.
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Load 2:

Deadhead: Butler, PA Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Shipper: Lorain, OH Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Consignee: Sumter, SC Thursday, September 07, 2006
Commodity: Steel Bars

When I received the work assignment for this load, I sent a macro back that there would not be enough time to make on-time delivery without an earlier pickup at shipper. I never heard back, but when I sent ETA on leaving shipper Extended Shift wanted to know why I couldn't make scheduled delivery. I had to refer them back to the macro I had sent earlier advising that there were not enough hours allotted between load and scheduled delivery.

From Sumter I received instructions to DH to LRBG, where I waited 18 hours for a work assignment. I arrived home at midnight with 60.25 hours logged.

Arrive LRBG: Thursday, September 07, 2006, 9:45 PM
Leave LRBG: Friday, September 08, 2006, 4:00 PM
Hours LRBG: 18.25

Arrive Home: Friday, September 08, 2006, Midnight
Leave Home: Monday, September 11, 2006, 10:30 AM
Hours Home: 59.50
Days Home: 2.48