Swift drivers, sound off

I raised Hell about getting screwed on 12% on my loaded miles on a recent load. Plus my empty miles following the fuel route sent to me was 125 paid. Off the hub it was 193!! Off the GPS it was 186 or something like that. So it was 67% was that screwing. Shortest route on the GPS was 119 mi. Down cow paths and through little farm towns.

I won't get paid for it either. Was told to mention it next time.

I can't for the life of me figure out why we have to acknowledge that we get paid HHM miles!

No kiss! No Vaseline!

 

This is a pet peeve of mine and you're right to complain that it hasn't been fixed. Here's how you deal with it and, yes, at the risk of losing the load:

If you arrive for p/u and it's not there, tell the window watcher to let you know via QC when the dropping driver arrives with the paperwork. If they tell you to check back, tell them you won't be available to check back. When they ask you why, tell them it's because they can't tell you when the load will be there . . you don't know what your log status will be. Don't argue.

Go back to your truck and ask your term to have the planner reissue the plan with it's corrected parameters. Either they will or they won't but, in any event, you'll be off the hook if, for some reason, you can't run the load as it was originally planned to you.

You're right, by the way. This is a simple matter of one or more links being too lazy to update the info.

 

I got a Tcalled load in New Boston. It was 5 hrs late as far as I knew. I had to be the one pestering the crew to notify me. By the time I located it and fueled? I did a mac22 and drove 1 1/2hrs. it was too late in the day to run all night. I got up early. I was suppossed to get the load at 12 noon. I was finally notified at 7:30pm.

 

I never stress over picking a t-call load that is not there. If its late its late not my fault I just put a mac 22. And under reason was t-called late. Now my frustration is I will sit memphis tremanil waiting on a load to go home (hattiesburg, ms) sit there all day they give me a load to get close to the house and its been on yard for a day or 2

 

oh also abs is not and oos, but can get a ticket for it look at 395.55 it applies to all of are trailers well maybe not some of those old ms trailers.

 

That's not entirely the case. A fine example was when I t-called at Memphis last week. I had run hard all day on a load going to Brownsville, TX. My DM requested it be set up for t-call because there was way too much time on it. I picked up in Washington, WV and set my ETA for Brownsville. When the t-call order came to my truck, it was set ridiculously early for the following day without having asked me when I could get it there. It would not have been legal for me to get it there by the t-call time set "by the computer" of 0628. I just did what I usually do in those circumstances: roll my eyes and get it there when I get there. Whenever that happens (quite often) I just skip my Macro 10 for the morning so I don't have to hear the 'puter "BEEEEEEPP!!" "Invalid arrival time, Late" or some such.

 

Then why is there a mention of OOR miles in the driver manual? You can be charged $.XX per out of route mile. I miss placed my manual or I would give you chapter and verse. A friend out of Lancaster has a real XXXXX for a DM. She told him he was 5.6%, 5% is allowable.

My beef was I followed the route, drove the miles and should get paid! The shorter route had the same time on it.

And the loaded route I took was the exact company route. They screw you when they can.

I did to runs, out and back. 304mi by Swift's measure. 305 by the GPS.

I Swift would take their usual 7-10% off? I would have got paid close to $20 more due to it being less than 299mi. Coincidence? Possibly not.

It would have gone from $.34 to $.40.

Just the way the game is played.

Other than being treated like a 2 year old?

 

I go along with what Injun said. Had to t-call one, was asked my ETA. Told them 0900. Get the t-call msg, and it says 0438. Forget sending MAC 10.

 

I don't believe this just because I've seen preplans that list a pickup time earlier than the load is even picked up by the first driver.