The all new System Transport thread

They've got new dispatch software that goes online Oct 3. They're making everybody take a class on how to work the new system.

I managed to squeeze in a monday morning class and left it thinking there are multiple ways i'm gonna be left hanging while they try to make it work.


As for new fleets I was hoping somebody else might jump in from Texas or something like that.

 

I don't know if your dispatcher is still going to call and go over the load with you.

But I think their big thing with this new software is being able to tie your fuel card to your dispatch. They're issuing new cards and saying the new cards won't work until you receive your first dispatch on the new system. I think they're trying to force fuel compliance by restricting the cards to only authorize at pre-planned fuel stops.

If that's the case, I know i'm screwed.

In the distant past they figured out that routing and fuel didn't work in Canada so they allowed drivers to get fuel wherever they could find it and route themselves however it made sense to get where they were going.

A little while back some genius got rhe idea that drivers in Canada needed to be fuel compliant and demanded that dispatchers start sending fuel and routing with Canadian loads. They didn't do anything to fix the broken system... They just demanded that it be used anyway.

So as it sits, I have to call my dispatcher several times a week and remind him that I need fuel and I won't be within 200 miles of the stop the computer gave me. He has to try and monkey with the routing and see if the computer will come up with something I can use. So far it's been about 10% successful. The rest of the time I just have to get fuel at a known stop and take the hit on my compliance rating.

As ramblingman can tell you, they don't like ro give out pay raises to drivers with a fuel compliance rating in rhe toilet.

And if this new system restricts where you can fuel, I'm going to be sitting on empty somewhere in BC while they try to figure out what to do about it.

 

Something positive.....

Let me think....


LOL

Seriously, I actually like my job regardless of all the things I can and do complain about. For me the stuff I don't like is about 10-20% of my week. That's a pretty good signal to noise ratio compared to every other job I've had.

The rest of the week is just me and the truck doing our thing with nobody to bother us.

 

They need a "just talking about my job" section.

 

I'm surprised that nobody made any noise when they rolled out the new program and insisted it was such a good deal that they were going to sign everybody up for it automatically... unless you sent in an opt out form by the end of the week.