After getting up shortly after midnight, I picked up a trailer at the warehouse and swapped it for an empty trailer at a delivery location in the Milwaukee, WI area.
Then I headed back for the warehouse and swapped that trailer for another one bound for 3-stops in the greater Chicago, IL area.
Everything went well. I met another new driver starting with the company today and he came from the trucking firm I used to be employed with. It was good catching up a bit with him as well as his one-day trainer, Mr. D. (The guy who also trained me when I started with this company) Mr. D. commented on the fact that we both still had good things to say about the other company. After eating a couple of homemade cookies baked by Ms. L in the office, I headed home and was there by early afternoon.
Tomorrow I'll be heading for the Minneapolis, MN area in the morning and arriving back at home (if all goes well) in the early evening hours.
miles driven = 324
miles driven last Friday = 404
miles driven last week = 2,632
average miles driven over the last 5-consecutive weeks = 2,479
PostScript: Well, it is evident that the company won't be able to give me an average of 2,600 - 2,800 miles-per-week for the remainder of the year in order to make up shortfall of miles they promised me (2,300 - 2,500 miles-per-week with most weekends off). Admittedly, they will come close. I am now averaging (over the last 5-weeks) under 2,600 miles-per-week but I'm working 6-days-per-week.
So, if I compare the first 23-weeks of my employment with this company, I averaged 400-miles-per-day (2,000 miles/week) over a 5-day work week (I did have a few 6-day work weeks). In the last 5-weeks, I've averaged 413 miles-per-day (2,480 miles/week) working 6-days-per-week. So, in the end, although I am seeing a better paycheck each week, I won't make the 2,300 - 2,500 average weekly miles for the 1st year that the company promised me. And I'm working 6-days-a-week. Hmm...looks like it's time to have a friendly chat with the boss.
1:57:13 PM
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