Wanship Transportation - North Salt Lake Utah

you have to tell them that you wont take the load.

 

I would say, "The load gets there when it gets there."

 

so you get there at 9, and you do other crap until 5, at some point you need to say I can't do the run. You failed to communicate, then you got placed OOS so it's on your DAC, not that it would matter, it's going to be on you PSP.

 

yea thats what I'm saying ,,, at 5 pm you only had 6 hours to drive... some drivers will never learn...did you sign your logbook you know at the spot that says " I declare under the penalty of pejury that the above logbook is TRUE" or did you put off-duty when you were awake waiting and cleaning...to bad I can never feel sorry for that kind of violation....

 

I used to think it was cool to run around with two logbooks driving 4k miles a week until I feel asleep at the wheel and killed a family o four kids and they found my other logbook and sent me to prison for 10 years....Think it cant happen to you ? Just be thankful all they did was put you OOS...The DOT aint playing around with HOS...neither should you !!

 

Yep, while you are sitting behind the barn at the coop wondering how many miles you have to drive to pay the fine. The person who told you to run illegal to del the load is having a cold one.

Then they come back to work in the AM after a good nites rest, while you are now driving for free. And start zinging your dac and charge you with a service failure because the load was late and you got shut down.

No load is worth screwing up your ability to work in the industry.

 

pc miler practical route=720 miles, 11 driving hours at legal speed limits. Yeah we know it can't be done BUT dispatch could care less as they only see clear weather on the Weather Channel, no road construction, no closed roads due to accidents or construction! A route only looks good on paper not in real life.

OK I'm a tad bit slow here but as I see it your last job zinged your DAC with a logbook violation of going over your legal and got a 10 hour OOS BUT you accept a load that you know can't be done unless you break speed limits and run a few red lights.

Why did you accept the load before you sent the message or as you are at the yard to their face that it can't be done legally but if they want it run to put it in writing to "do what you have to do" which is a dispatchers cover the bases crapola statement so that when you get burned again you can show it to the police, DOT, or your safety department and everything will be hunky dory peachy clean!

Yeah your safety guy will throw your arse under the bus if you so much as scraped the paint on a 4 wheeler or worse!

First thing out of your mouth should have been how fast is my truck so I can break land speed limits to get it there on time! Not that being in orientation since 9am really means all that much to the orienation people but it sure does to DOT, police, lawyers and even safety. You were on duty not driving at 0900 AND your 14 clock started ticking! Believe it or not if they were to be audited and they see your log page for your first day on the job you will already collect a few CSA points because the DOT does know that almost every trucking company out there knows there is some kind of orientation done with new hires and you didn't show it. Can you imagine what would happen if you had an accident that day? Or even a few months later? Yes they DO hold you accountable as far back as there are log pages to look at!

YOU are the only one driving the truck. you can and should have told DumbArse the Dispatcher that due to your 14 dying at 11 oclock that evening he'll need to reschedule the appointment and then tell him WHEN you can be there legally so that you and them do not waste those 15 minute lines in "OUR" logbook!

OUR logbook? Yes and many of you do not look at it this way:
That logbook brings in the money that the company needs to pay the drivers and office personnel. Throwing away any 15 minute line is throwing money into the trash. Each 15 minute line can be worth about 14 miles!(it's impossible to always make 15 miles in 15 minutes or 60 in an hour @ 60 MPH) 14 is a good rounded figure for this discussion; 14 miles to the company at current produce rates equals about $28.00 while the wheels roll. Somehow they did not cover that in college in preventive management class as to the importance of time management in trucking!
Those 15 minute lines are the most valuable thing you own! Especially when CSA can come in and haunt you due to a mishap and then you BOTH suffer!

Time management is becoming more and more important with the advance of modern technology so start managing and keep you COMPANY and DISPATCHER honest so you can do the most productive work you can!

BUT as I think I stated earlier, Speak up, tell THEM what can be done and if they didn't like your answer there is someone better out there to drive for as if they told me to "do what I can" and still expected me to make that appointment the only thing they would see is my arse heading out the door to my car! They are not worth the time or your CDL that they are trying to lose for you!