Comments By Farmerbob1

I looked at my preload more closely. It loads in Somerset, 1 mile from my final, and has 750 miles on it. It doesn't deliver until the 16th.

I accepted it, will grab it after this final, run it until my 11 is gone, so I have less than 600 miles to final on it, then finish it after my 34 if it's not repowered off me.

I-70 East of Denver, exit 304 or 305. There's a Loves there, next to a King Soupers or some other sort of grocery store. Good place to stop and stock up on groceries. It doesn't fill up nearly as fast as the places in town, and is closer than Limon.

((This is code for "The driver intentionally borked his 34 so he wouldn't be able to go into NYC."))

Sounds to me like a nefarious plot by Vladamir Putin and the Russians. I wouldn't be so quick to assume the other Driver did it intentionally.

You are correct. It is possible that he didn't intentionally break his 34 to avoid a NCY visit. However, when I repowered him the first time, he seemed unhappy to get a NYC load, and when I repowered him, for the second time, and took my load BACK so I could finish it after finishing his load, he seemed happy, not apologetic. I would put a fair chunk of money on that driver intentionally doing load avoidance shenanigans if I were a betting man.

In the end, it was good miles, and I'll get $35 per stop for the three additional stops over 1 stop (2 on one load, 1 on the other), and an extra $75 for crossing the GW bridge. I dislike driving in NYC because it's slow, not because it's a city.

*shrug*

I've never repowered the same load twice. First time for everything.

Here I am rejecting a load after saying I don't reject loads. I should clarify. I don't reject loads that I am asked by phone to take when the DM or planner understands my current situation. I never reject a plan or preplan that I can finish. Preplans that I can't do, I will reject unless I'm told by someone on the phone that they really need me to take it and go as far as I can with it.

I am currently overnighting at my second Bronx delivery, and will be rolling out of NCY to my Somerset final tomorrow in the very early AM.

Hopefully they will send you alllll the way to like cali or something to get as far away from that mess as possible lol.

Indeed.

Oh. Crap. I forgot to reject the preplan they sent to me earlier today. I get one hour back tonight (starting tomorrow day with 7 hours or so), five the next day, and six the day after - even if I wanted to I couldn't finish the load. Thank you for making me think about preplans.

I see no reason why you can't do both.

Go to school, get an IT degree then start driving. Either when driving, or after a couple years, develop quality trucking Apps and use your trucking experience to inform your application design. Most trucking apps are crap. Work on designs in your head while driving, and on your 34's and longer downtimes.

That's what I'm doing with both my fiction writing and the patent I'm pursuing. I bust my tail and never chase my 70 for that reason - I need a day off every now and then to get things done.

Congrats!

Now, let's start counting decades!

Put your Load Lock or Locks in place and use a strap to pull the walls together. It has worked every time I've tried it.

That is brilliant. I'm stealing that idea if I ever go dry van or start working with flimsy reefers. For now though, Stevens reefer trailers are fairly sturdy - I've never had a load bar fall.

Im not trying to hijack i just had a qurstion about the taxes on the same topic. Are food and tools (gloves and flashlights etc) tax deductible if living on the road in the truck year round?

Food and drink are what per diem is for. IF you have a legal residence somewhere other than the truck.

Non-reimbursed expenses can also be tax deductions, if they are for business, and if you itemize. Gloves and work clothing, GPS, CB, Satellite Radio, plastic utensils, coolers, microwave, anything you can make a legitimate argument for needing on the road. Cellphones are tricky, as they are commonly used for both personal and business reasons. I have two phones. One personal, one business.

That's the basics. For more details and specifics, I'l defer to others and suggest you speak with a tax professional.

One thing to remember is that you must have a domicile in order to claim per diem. You must have someplace where you pay rent, etc. If you don't (like me) you cannot claim it. My company has no provision for this so it will cost me at the end of the year. Or it would if the alimony I pay didn't offset it. 😐

Rent a room from a family member, somewhere. Have mail delivered there.

Instant residence, and you can even pay them a little real money and not take a loss.