In case he has a scheduled maintenance, he usually drops the tractor off overnight. In general he goes to a 24-hour dealership in Shrewsbury. And that is just a couple of miles away from home. Then he picks it up in the morning, and he’s off and running.
Whenever he needs oil change, he does it at truck stops. Usually, he uses TA and Speedco, because of the good service and prices.
The way he gets paid is by the load. So, the loads come to him from the company dispatcher. Generally, he calls in twice a day to report the hours-of-duty status.Thus, the dispatcher shows him the next trip he needs to do.
The way he works is to take the loads as they come. He says “I’ve been a long time with this company and they help me, I help them. If they have a load to where I don’t want to go, they also have a load from there that will take me home.”
