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Frootloop said:
Out of Raleigh we had a Columbus meat. Columbus driver dicked around so bad on a regular basis, the eliminated Columbus out of the entire equation and gave us 2-3/2 Columbus lay downs from Raleigh, 2 of us Raleigh guys run opposite of each other. Freight gets back 2-4 hours earlier on a daily basis like this. That’s just a small example out of the broad spectrum of things, maybe the $40 for a hotel stay is worth not holding tons of freight up extra unnecessarily. I do see where holding tractors up at the hotel is now becoming a problem as there is a tight squeeze for equipment these days.
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That's one of the perks about a laydown or extraboard. You're tractor is normally untouched sitting 25 feet away by the motel and can get much more undisturbed rest at the motel.
 
mildew said:
That's one of the perks about a laydown or extraboard. You're tractor is normally untouched sitting 25 feet away by the motel and can get much more undisturbed rest at the motel.
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A lay down or extraboard is the only way I can do it. I had a return daily bid and it wasn’t even 500 miles and man it wore me out big time. I understand it’s not the company’s problem but I get much much better rest on the road than at home.
 
drummerforhire said:
We ran all meets when the covid scare was new... for almost a year. Everyone proved that it worked and they ran great. At the last bid they forced everyone who had a laydown run to lay down again. Makes no sense. Tractors tied up at the hotel and then hotel costs too. Seems like if a run can meet then it should meet.
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This is one of the arguments against meets. One driver can in essence, delay double the freight.
 
mildew said:
That's one of the perks about a laydown or extraboard. You're tractor is normally untouched sitting 25 feet away by the motel and can get much more undisturbed rest at the motel.
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At times we were told to leave the key in the tractor so they could use it in the city.
We never had assigned equipment.
 
Frootloop said:
A lay down or extraboard is the only way I can do it. I had a return daily bid and it wasn’t even 500 miles and man it wore me out big time. I understand it’s not the company’s problem but I get much much better rest on the road than at home.
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Another man who runs things around home, vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, lawnmower.
 
seabreeze said:
Another man who runs things around home, vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, lawnmower.
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I actually bought one of those robotic vacuums last year and man I love that little thing. I named her Thelma and I have her set to run every day. She doesn’t have any mirrors though and doesn’t even run 4.6 mph :-/. Most everything else is operated by hand though, a man’s work is never done at his humble abode.
 
Frootloop said:
A lay down or extraboard is the only way I can do it. I had a return daily bid and it wasn’t even 500 miles and man it wore me out big time. I understand it’s not the company’s problem but I get much much better rest on the road than at home.
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Any bunkrooms still around
 
ED FORCE ONE said:
Any bunkrooms still around
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I’m with Big E like you, There’s a bunch of them in the east but I don’t think any are mandatory. Jacksonville savannah Florence Richmond Greensboro Norfolk Elkton Harrisburg Charlotte Tampa West Middlesechs. Sometimes in these touristy cities you don’t have a choice but to stay at one or drive over 100 miles to get to a hotel which I’m not doing, I always carry a sleeping bag, sheets, a blow up camping pillow, soap rag and towel because you just never know.
 
Frootloop said:
I’m with Big E like you, There’s a bunch of them in the east but I don’t think any are mandatory. Jacksonville savannah Florence Richmond Greensboro Norfolk Elkton Harrisburg Charlotte Tampa West Middlesechs. Sometimes in these touristy cities you don’t have a choice but to stay at one or drive over 100 miles to get to a hotel which I’m not doing, I always carry a sleeping bag, sheets, a blow up camping pillow, soap rag and towel because you just never know.
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A blowup doll to go with your pillow?
 
Frootloop said:
I actually bought one of those robotic vacuums last year and man I love that little thing. I named her Thelma and I have her set to run every day. She doesn’t have any mirrors though and doesn’t even run 4.6 mph :-/. Most everything else is operated by hand though, a man’s work is never done at his humble abode.
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Yeah, I have one. Mine is called seniorita :couch:
 
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