It's the Economy Stupid!
Yep, must be the economy. I hadn't done a run in over a month. I went to Montana for two weeks beginning the middle of October, and didn't go out the week before that. Spent election week back home catching up, then called dispatch on Friday to let them know I could go out the next week. They said to call back on Monday, which was not unusual, but when I called on Monday, they didn't have anything. That was unusual. Then Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.......nothing. Now that's unusual! So a whole 
week without a ride. I think the longest I've ever waited for them to find a ride for me was maybe 24 hours. I'm guessing it's the economy, stupid, but maybe it's just a slow week.
I had taken a full week trip beginning September 28 which left from Forest, VA to Algonquin, IL, about 75 miles northwest of Chicago. I got to experience my first bed bugs in a Super8 in Florence, KY on the way. From Algonquin, I deadheaded to Kent, OH for a move to Lebanon, NH - a nice trip in a Ford F250. From
New Hampshire, I went to Sterling, MA, and picked up a crane for Hicksville, NY, which is out on Long Island, perhaps my most unfavorite place to deliver. Then from there, I picked one up at Hewlett, NY, which is also on Long Island, for delivery to Planes, PA. I deadheaded home from there and was ready to wait out my trip to Montana, where I did leaves for two weeks.
The paragraph above is a good example of driveaway work. You don't know where you're going until you get there, and you move
trucks mindlessly around the country.
week without a ride. I think the longest I've ever waited for them to find a ride for me was maybe 24 hours. I'm guessing it's the economy, stupid, but maybe it's just a slow week.I had taken a full week trip beginning September 28 which left from Forest, VA to Algonquin, IL, about 75 miles northwest of Chicago. I got to experience my first bed bugs in a Super8 in Florence, KY on the way. From Algonquin, I deadheaded to Kent, OH for a move to Lebanon, NH - a nice trip in a Ford F250. From
New Hampshire, I went to Sterling, MA, and picked up a crane for Hicksville, NY, which is out on Long Island, perhaps my most unfavorite place to deliver. Then from there, I picked one up at Hewlett, NY, which is also on Long Island, for delivery to Planes, PA. I deadheaded home from there and was ready to wait out my trip to Montana, where I did leaves for two weeks.The paragraph above is a good example of driveaway work. You don't know where you're going until you get there, and you move
trucks mindlessly around the country.posted by Harry | 10:01 AM
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Yes, mindlessly around the country..
I'm with another company and we just moved a slew of trucks off one lot onto a storage lot to get the trucks off the books by the end of the year - strictly for the financial statement - shedding a large lease obligation. The contact said we'd get to move them all back in January. Great for us but what an expense for that customer - making two moves in two months just to look better on December 31st.
I think in general the economy has this work in a downtrend but there are some oddball types of moves that might come about because of a client's distress.
We move repo units and oddly the repo outfit just closed or was shut down. That is bad when the outfit doing the repossessing gets shut down. Leaves a lot of double repos - somebody else will "inherit" those assets and sell them off if there are any buyers left.
Have a good Christmas - be safe.
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