Tyson drivers weekly log

Wow, maybe you should ask if you could just get paid by the hour instead of the mile lol Hope it picks up for you.

 

Are you working for Tyson on a dedicated run or what?

 

Been there and done that with Tyson loads. Your phone getting blown up "just to see if you'll be on time". Please send us ETA. You arrive on time and the amount of unload time and / or rescheduling time is unbelieveable. 15,000 loads per week? I never heard that before. I took 4 days off and came back to work on a Saturday. Ran from Portage Ind. to Minn MN to deliver. Delivered and now empty / Mac 10 sent. Nothing. Still nothing. Called dispatch. Everybody went home for weekend, just take a 34 hour reset, we'll get to you on Monday AM (while I'm parked in some abondonded factories parking lot waiting for next load). Nice...just took a 34 hr reset +, I returned to run the road and they push you right off to the side. I think your message of poor perfomance above is extremely accurate.

Hope you get more miles, when you get them; drive safe and get it there safe!!

 

My husband pulled a load from Russelville to CA several months ago. He used his trailer for the load. I don't know if they are using other long haul companies so as to keep someone around and available at whim on the shorter runs you mentioned or what. And then if you get a long run, what do you get load wise to come back to the area or do they broker with other loads and companies.

 

see kllm pulling tyson trailers often, prime, trans am, jct along with several others all doing tyson loads like crazy. possible reason is they're doing it cheaper than tyson can do it themselves. doesn't surprise me 1 #### bit being those companies are known to cut the rate on a load just so they can get it.

 

I've heard lots of companies have under-bid those loads and it sounds accurate. Lots of smoke and mirror activity going on, telling drivers that we've got a good thing for you; here, sign this contract! Kllm had such a hard time getting tyson loads delivered that they throw them at company drivers now too. Those tractors only go 61 mph and the load planners don't bother to change the scheduled appointment time (you see; tyson loads were only given to lease ops, but so many of those guys were getting sick of sittin on their a_s for hrs on end being loaded and unloaded, they gave up and went back to normal runs, if there actually are any normal runs with kllm). Lease tractors go 70 so you can gain time opposed to 61 mph company driver tractors. Needless to say, lots of late loads; lots of swapping out trailers with another driver who doesn't have to take a break. This is all senseless and needless wear and tear on vehicles and drivers especially who are more often than not on edge to begin with just trying to get it there on time.

Those load planners need to spend some time we me. Here's how slow we need to take the off ramp (that is, if we don't want to turn the trailer over and throw the load all over the place), here's how slow this thing accelerates (just to arrive at a yellow light and sit through another intersection cycle). Load planners who have never even sat inside a truck dictate this crap / loads daily and are the main reason for many problems and the huge turnover in this industry which is a shame.

Fuzzy math, don't know how to do simple division, subtraction, addition, multiplication. Not watching road conditions, not watching weather conditions and not thinking outside the box for the "just in case" scenario which happens daily and all truck drivers know that.

Glad I'm out of that reefer business and long waits. Done it; been there and have no desire to go back.

C-ya!!!