Estes | Xtra board
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About a 1200 mile radius. Further if you want to stay out longer.
Okay thanks. I was told southeast region. Guess that’s not true.
How much of that is the northeast?
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It's real simple. What do you want to do? You always have the choice to go home weekly, work 5 days, go home 2 days, depends on what your start day is, as to your end day. Or, once Central is comfortable with you, stay out. Stay out, will get you more miles and further away from home. If you go home weekly, they aren't going to let you get too far from the terminal, not more than two days away. As Drummerforhire said, 1200 miles, which is 2 days out (that's the maximum, more likely you won't get that far out, just depends on freight and routes from your home terminal). Your running terminal to terminal, what terminals are in that radius? Those are the possibilities.
They've called me in on a Saturday a while back. I was at my girlfriends house near work. They wanted me to take a hot load to Opelika. I didn't really want to work but I thought what the hell. 90 miles down, 90 back. I was wearing shorts and a T shirt. I don't think I had shoes. Think flip flops.
Anyhow, I came in and they said they already have it covered. I said well I'm here now, I may as well run something. They called central. They asked if I would want to run to Alexandria, LA. I said I would. I took a set of laredo's to Alexandria. I woke up Sunday morning expecting to go back to ATL. They asked if I would take the Alexandrias to Laredo. Off I went. When I came off break in Laredo, they said they had a driver that's going to be off all week. Asked me if I would run his 600 mile schedule to Temple and back. I said no problem. The next weekend they sent me up to Missouri then from there to Minneapolis. Then over to Fargo ND. Nearly a month later they started routing me home. Extraboard is what you make of it. If you like to run without complaining, they'll run you. If you kick and scream about everything, Xtraboard probably won't work out as well.
That’s a hell of a tour driver
But what was your girlfriend wearing??……
that's how they reel you in they tell you you'll be southeast then all of a sudden you're spending 3-4 weeks in a row up in new England sitting in traffic getting 400 miles a day. I run xb out of Knoxville and I've been everywhere from San Antonio to Boston to Orlando to Chicago. every week will be different
But what was your girlfriend wearing??……
Yep! Very nice Mexican restaurant
Was a Hooters there also. The women are bigger up north
Love it. I run the board out of Nc and have been to 31 states on a big Easy unit, rarely staying out more than 5-6 days.
Which state was the worst? Which state had the weirdest people?
All Estes terminals have about the most disgruntled and rude management of any humans I’ve encountered, doesn’t matter what state really. It’s developed me into a hardened individual over the years.
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I ended up in Albany NY one day. I’m convinced all the employees there are forced to drink a big glass of pee as soon as they get to work.
ED FORCE ONE
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And surprised , they had no clue you were heading there !
I figured it was because your parents named you Frootloop…..
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I think Scranton follows that protocol as well lol.
Not the slightest hint. Even on bid runs where I show up at the same time and place they still don’t know I’m coming.