western lossing logs and getting ready for DOT. audit

Paper logs do get miss placed its why u keep em. One for taxes and in case of adult.. 2 elogs are backed up for 6 months on elogs website and drivers can download em. Western express is a startin company so it will suck. And truck speed is nothing 62 its to save fuel my truck runs 65 I do 60-65 depends on my rush I never driven for them but uh u can make good money on elogs clearing 700-900 a week is good for starting. If u wanna buy ur own truck with being new ur nuts get more exp first.. learn how things are out here. I grew up in truckin there still lots to learn

 

So did I TruckerPete1900 growing up part that is & good luck w/ $700-900 crap they sent me to Cali last wk & only made $450 because the Phoenix ld from Quincy Ca ld was screwed up by the DM because U have 2 make an appt like dry freight...32c a mile is nuts & $15.00 Tarp fee is garbage..I'm ready 2 chuck it & go 4 better close 2 home, Ran w/ guys w/Elogs no room 4 leeway when ur running short of hrs I drive both an old SMX tractor/flatbed still on paper...& other driver in 62mph Cascadia w/Elogs slows U down when U have 2 actually run & make money...At least he can keep up not like da last guy who kept getting lost...My Int'l 06-9400 runs 68mph U do da math!!!

 

U & I'm Not along IW, DOT is the way 2 go using them as last resort, They are crap, More Cascadias in da shop in Nashville than da older trucks & they treat their flatbed drivers like crap...Losing Dry Van accts quickly..Have paper & SMX 9400 myself 68mph Not waiting till Dec. planning 2 leave soon.
Like I said in prev post..2 guys I rode w/ had Cascadias...2 slow w/o Elogs w/them makes it worse......Their going 2 Crash & Burn soon...Promise!!!

 

To start I am retired Law Enforcement and do not fabricate information any portion of this message it is fact and how things happened.
I had issue with Western Exp. as well, I had a load over 80,000 GVW told them I was refusing the load because of over weight limit, shipper would not take product off, Terminal Mgr. said to run the load going to NYC because they had agreements with law enforcement when vehicle was over GVW I made him give me something in writing over qualcomm that if I got weight violation tickets they would pay the fine, another issue is your suppose to get NYC pay but once your in NYC for delivery they give you another load in a different suburb and don't want you give you the NYC pay again just because your already in NYC, they shorted me short haul pay never gave it to me.
Had a load to be picked up in Pa @ 10:30am and it was to be delivered @ 3am following morning in So. Portland, Me. 1hr drive to get to pick up, around 1hr load time, drive all day only stopping 3 times for bathroom break, all most fell asleep at wheel 50 miles from delivery point with 1 1/2 hr. drive time left, pulled in rest area took 10 hr. break went to stop following morning I get message from DM stating " why you missed appointment time" I said "would you rather me be safe or make the appointment" his response " I would like on time deliveries", to me that's not taking the drivers safety in mind its all about the scheduled appointment. As far as home time they don't want you to spend time with family all they want you to have is a 34 hr. reset no matter how many days, weeks your on the road.
So I quickly learned that they are not looking out for the driver because if they were they would take care of the driver and eventually the drive would do well and the company well do well because the drivers are being treated well.
I sent a e-mail to the president he sent me in the direction of the Sr. VP of operations, I spoke to him over the phone, he made promises to me and told me to contact him the following week, I contacted him following week and to this day he still has not returned my phone call after leaving him a message.
Fortunately I am fortunate enough where I really don't have to work because I have a pension but if were to rely on Western Exp. for a decent paycheck I would most likely starve and go bankrupt.
So I quit and they were quick enough to give me a load to be picked up and dropped near the terminal, and was told to either deliver or bring to terminal. I have decided NOT TO DELIVER THE LOAD just bring it to the terminal and let them deal with it, they can do what ever they want with out me. GOOD RIDDENS

 

I think this guy was offered a lot of money like the guy on the cover of trucker mag that says they treat him good.....They have no idea what I'm about 2 do 2morrow now that Hurricane Sandy is heading 2 my home in North NJ they'll wish that they paid more and/or routed me home b4 sending me 2 Texas....They will Paid Big Time!!!!

 

That's what I'm going 2 do or was..Hurricane Sandy will be used as a excuse 2 keep me away fm home but I can take it to PA. & they will be sorry, So help me GOD!!!

 

Oh Irish Wood, funny U should say W Va they had me deadheading 60 miles fm 1 part of I79 2 another (north to south) del'v & p/u loads & 2 make it worse da appt time 4 da p/u was'nt till 9:40pm not 10:30am & I did'nt finish delivering till 12noon U do da math....And to top it off I could'nt make da p/u because breakdown had me running in circles when I spotted a bubble on da right side steer that was replaced at da Birmingham terminal & because of that I could'nt Transflo da load I delivered earlier & da Pilot up da road wont be finished 4 another 2 weeks....Now I have 2 deal w/being in Texas while my family's home in NJ surviving Hurricane Sandy, Wait until 2morrow when d/l my ld their gonna get a earfull yessiree!!!