PMTG - new to the company

Funny you should mention that snow: Once I had to load in Waterloo, Iowa, and the load was around 44k (hunt's snack pudding). Well, while loading, it was snowing bad (by the time the storm was over, it ended up dumping over 18" of snow) so after getting loaded I went to scale (at the RoadRanger). Came off the scale and I was 82k!!! So I looked at my truck and noticed around 8" of snow on the trailer! So I set my tandems back (to keep weight on the drives) and took off, and the truck tracked straight through the whole storm (all the way to Indy).

 

Have you ever had to fight a scale ticket due to snow on your trailer? It's not something I have had to encounter, I was just wondering if anyone has had an issue.

 

just want to ask a question, it it true that precision hold your pay for two weeks before yu get pay. when yu are driving to greer, sc do yu get pay by the mile or just the $75.

 

Well I got lucky, the heavy snowstorm meant all the coops were locked up. Even if you successfully fought the overweight, they could probably get you for having that snow, making a 'dangerous situation', or something like it.

 

As far as I know, we only get the 25th off. With Christmas being on a Tuesday this year, I'm thinking alot of dealers won't be receiving on Monday, so I'm hoping to either load Saturday the 22nd for delivery on the 26th. The real bad thing is though, the last week of the year is the busiest week of the year!!! Everybody wants the cars in their lots and out of the ports before January 1 so the manufacturers can say they sold x amount of cars for the year. I remember last year we were loading cars in an outside lot in Jersey City because BMW had the cars scanned out of their yard before midnight on New Years. As soon as the car is scanned out of the port it is automatically paid for by the dealer, even before the dealer receives the vehicle. Hopefully everything pans out and Dh will be home the weekend before Christmas and doesn't have to leave back out until the 26th.

 

when is the best time to go to orientation. i am planning to go the last week in january. i need to put things togather before i leave.

 

do get get pay when yu drive to greer for loading training or just the $75?

 

No it is not a dispatcher issue. It is likely a system issue. Unfortunately I have heard this story in the past. It seems to me that drivers that live west of Lafayette, they have a hard time getting home. As far as training to answer duhaney's questions, you get deadhead pay(16 cents/mile) from where you pick up your unit to Greer. From Williamston shop where most of the trucks are domiciled it works out to around $100.00 plus your training wages. If things run like last year, most of the first quarter they don't hire. There's just not enough work to keep a newbie busy enough to learn. I am home for the rest of the week because my wife had surgery. She is doing well and I just wanted to take today off but Michigan told me to just call tomorrow and to not go and load. I may be able to go load Saturday and then come home again and deliver Monday. I hope they can get Dh home on the next trip. And they wonder why the turnover on road drivers is so high.