So it's been a while since I updated this thread, so I think it's time with the changes that are about to come about...
I have went 2, almost 3 weeks now without a paycheck. And let me tell you, I"m in a bad way right now. My bills at the house don't stop, my payments to my company don't stop, but the loads stopped. And when those stop, the pay stops.
It was because of this that I took the week of thanksgiving off. I delivered 180 miles from my house on a saturday, called about a load (I was going to run until wednesday) and she said there would be nothing until monday. NOPE! I took my ass to my house and parked the truck with 25 gallons of fuel in it ready to take it back and go back to my old company, whom wants me back.
I did a LOT of talking with the wife on what I was going to do and one thing she said stuck out to me. And it kept digging at me every time I was alone in front of the computer working on different projects I have going. She said "You joined this company to haul a flatbed, but you have never hauled a flatbed after getting screwed out of the one you had". And she was right.
So with that, First thing Monday morning (this morning) I called one of my agents and asked if he had a step somewhere with ramps so I can haul cars. He told me where one was and who to contact to get it. I called the guy and I'm still sitting in my kitchen and he says "you want a load to get you out of here?". Um YEA!! So, he hooks me up with a load before I even have a trailer going down to Florida.
So I'm giving this company one last chance before I cut and go back to my old company. If things will go right, I can make a lot of money here. But I need things to go right. The whole issue right now is I have not gotten a backhaul on any of my loads for the last 3 weeks. That means my pay on each load was cut in half every time. And I just flat can't do that. There was only ONE load that paid me to deadhead back and they doubled what they were paying for me to do it.
The guy I was hauling for before is quite upset but I told him that if he had backhauls worth a crap, if any at all, I would still be doing it. But now, I'm getting into what I tried to get into in the beginning.
Picture of my new trailer will be coming. I'm sitting in Russleville Ar. right now. Going to go to Little Rock and pick up some supplies in the morning, then head south and drop this box and pick up my step, get my load and head down to Florida where there is NO ICE STORM!!! lol.
I will let you guys know how all of this plays out. Knock on some wood for me. If this doesn't work out, I'm not sure where I'm going to go from here. I'm hurting pretty bad right now.
You are going to have some good weather passing through here (NE Indiana and Michigan) In a way i envy you as I am sitting in my cubicle typing this. My grandpa was an over the road trucker back in the 40s and 50s. He always had great stories and I wanted to be him when I grew up. 
