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I'm baaaaaack!!!!!!!!

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by Captain Zoom, Dec 5, 2014.

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  1. Dec 13, 2015 #1871
    Letz4wheel

    Letz4wheel Bobtail Member

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    And it is a problem that probably has no cure.
     
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  3. Dec 13, 2015 #1872
    Bumper

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    Now you need to choose the solution that the rest of us did.....good luck to you Zoomer.
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2015 #1873
    ampm wayne

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    It is ridiculous that a company as big as Gordon/Heartland does not have a load for you until 22:00 tomorrow night.
    Way too much down time.
    Trucking has a rhythm. You need to find a productive rhythm.
     
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  5. Dec 13, 2015 #1874
    Bumper

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    Anytime you let the Planners be in charge of dispatch the driver loses. The Planner cares zero about the driver, only that the load is delivered and he gets his commission.
     
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  7. Dec 13, 2015 #1875
    mitrucker

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    Whatever happened to you becoming that dispatcher's "project"?
     
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  8. Dec 13, 2015 #1876
    joseph1135

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    It's time to call it Zoomy, we all did when Heartless took over. It's a darn shame, but it is what it is. I know you'll land in a good home. Hell, Lessors just might be looking for a good driver, a hot chick and a goat out of Indy.....
     
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  9. Dec 14, 2015 #1877
    Captain Zoom

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    Haven't heard back except for a phone interview about when everything started heading south. Hasn't been long.

    Celadon was a much better place to work as far as staying in a productive rhythm. Main reason I left them was pay rate. Their wage lock thing they're doing now seems to have addressed that issue.

    I won't jump ship lightly but if I do it'll probably be back to those guys; I left on good terms. I'm going to give it just a little more time here, like a week or two. I get the feeling Gordon is fighting for me, but someone in the Machine has put me behind the power curve.

    I hate jumping ship; I've done it way too much in the past 18 months.
     
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  10. Dec 14, 2015 #1878
    Captain Zoom

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    Celadon now has a pet policy for company drivers.

    Phredd might be replaced by a Chihuahua named Aristotle. Or Godzilla.
     
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  11. Dec 14, 2015 #1879
    mitrucker

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    Power curve? Interesting way to put it. What is it with these planners? Some seem to have huge egos.

    If you are going to make a move, what about Abilene? They raised driver pay not that long ago. Check out FTC Transportation out of OK. Pay was kinda low, but a 30 truck fleet and some extra freedoms. Recruiter is Scott.
     
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  12. Dec 14, 2015 #1880
    Captain Zoom

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    Might check them out, thanks for the tip.

    Main reason I'm leaning toward Celadon is I already have a decent relationship with them. And the application process is a quick phone call.

    Still, a quick look-see can't hurt.
     
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