All you have to do is call the wrong one and they call Mav and complain and it will generate quite the ###### storm. Better to go through channels when ur with Maverick anyway.

Bookerz

Maybe I shouldn't tell this ...but I will.

One of Mavericks accounts delivers to a plant I that worked at before coming back to Maverick (PMT in Surgoinsville, TN)...The first load I got going there I saw that it said on the work assignment "Do not call consignee for directions"...that was all it took and I know EXACTLY the person at PMT who is responsible for that being on the work assignment (I know everybody there from the president to the cleaning lady and they know me...Surgoinsville is a very small town).

I called and asked for directions just for meanness...LOL, and purposely got on his nerves playing dumb just because I knew I could.

Just before he started cussing...I told him who I was and he said "dammit, I knew I knew that voice...when did you start driving again???"

He's a great guy...just doesn't tolerate BS very well at all. He was my boss when I drove for the company that takes PMT's parts to be tempered in Lansing and North Vernon. I worked for a trucking company (East Tennessee Truck Lines)...but I took my orders from Don at PMT. He got me the job at PMT when I needed a break from driving, its VERY hard to get a job there and its the best place within 50 miles of home to work.

EDITED TO ADD: I should mention...I got laid off from PMT just before Christmas last year, its an automotive related company and they took a hard hit from the economy and all...they are booming again now though, they called me back to work about a month or so ago...knowing I was driving again. I told them I better stay where I'm at for now...Brandon's reply was "Well...if you ever need a job, you got one right here"...

The point being, I left on excellent terms and upheld my end of the deal with Don for putting in a good word and getting me the job.

A bit off topic...but the others are correct, go through proper channels at Maverick.

Thanks everybody for all the tips and tricks. Shout out to Rocks. Hey girl!

Redcoat is one of those people who try to do everything by the letter of the law as best he can. He only deviates when it comes to self-preservation. So as Ridgerunner and several others have said, if it says do not call, then Redcoat does not call. However, he takes note of what he finds out after he gets there so the next time he knows that at that particular consignee, they actually DO take deliveries all day. Duly noted.

One thing that is bothering Redcoat is his fuel mileage. This week he got 6.48 with over 500 miles out of route. I don't bother suggesting things to him for obvious reasons. However, I did tell him to talk to the other drivers there at Gary to see what technique they use as they drive to see if there is anything they do differently. As far as the out of route issue, I have a question. Is there something Maverick sends in the mail that itemizes each trip and how many OOR miles there were? And if there is, how often do you get it? That would be helpful to know how they come up with that number because neither of us can figure out how they came up with over 500 miles OOR.

Also, when you guys trip plan, do you stick mostly to interstates as much as you can? Or do you go ahead and use the state roads if it is more direct? Doesn't going through those little bitty towns kill your fuel mileage when it comes to all the stop lights and low speed limits? If the interstate is the longer way there but you can keep your speed up, wouldn't that be the better way to go? Where do you think the trade off point is as far as how many miles more the interstate is as opposed to a stop-n-go more direct route? 20 miles? 30? I'm not a math genius but I'm sure somebody in here has done the math and figured something out.

Finally, one last question. What is everybody's opinion about Maverick's lease program. Any thoughts on pro or con with that deal?

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The OOR report is run on sunday on the qual comm. The thing is that it doesn't account for being under dispatch with the load that drops on monday. I was always in the top 1/3 rd of the fleet of 1500 trucks for fuel mileage and in the top 10 of my FM's board.

I cut thru the woods all the time. I used a GPS on truck shortest route. I always got good fuel bonuses. I ran 60 mph empty and 65 loaded. Seldom did I hit 70 unless time was a factor or I was going home. I avg 7 mpg. Will be loads and terrain that will drop your fuel mileage, but you can work at it and keep your avg up.

Maverick had one of the best lease deals out there, but I would not consider it at this point.

I also kept track of my own fuel mileage every time I fueled.

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My answers in red...

Is there a parrot in the room?

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LOL...

Just messin with you driver.... You pretty much nailed it on your answers. I forgot there in the end I did cut back to 62 loaded. They kept raising the expectation of the fuel mileage and I wanted to keep cashing in on the bonuses.

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Its 6.7 mpg now...they were talking about 6.85 but they decided on 6.7 last I heard.

You posted your answers while I was still typing mine...I believe we have done this before.

a few times and I hate to tell you, but I type slow there speedy...

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