What to do when a dispatcher tries to force a load on you?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Xzay, Sep 29, 2016.

  1. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I know it.
    Problem is so many don't know the HOS and depend on elogs and doent look at the hours gained after midnight.Qualcomm gives all that info.As a new driver once myself I wasn't shy about asking other drivers for help whether it's logs,how to read a map best routing whatever.They've helped me alot.
     
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  3. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    That is why the whole trainer after 3 months and the team trainer doesn't get it. Just 2 weeks with a true trainer should get it.
     
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  4. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Plus
    Also during school and orientation and take notes and ask questions.
     
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  5. Rusty Trawler

    Rusty Trawler Road Train Member

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    I do the math
    Then call them and say, fine, I'll run it as far as I can, but I'll never make it.
    I don't refuse the load, but I make it clear I can't make it. Then I ease back and roll down the carefree hwy.
    It's all on them while I book miles.
     
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  6. albert l

    albert l Road Train Member

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    Is that a strike on your record at Swift for refusing a load with hours to run it ?
     
  7. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    At swift I think but wouldn't surprise me if they put it on the DAC
     
  8. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    I didn't have the hours to pick up or deliver the load.

    So I don't see why you're on me saying I can get fired for doing this too much, even after u admit to doing the same thing, more than once in your career
     
  9. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    You
    said you just couldn't deliver it because you would be out of hos.
     
  10. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    You are their employee, you tell them about your hours and do what they tell you to do. When you run out of hours ask them what to do.
    The dispatcher just wants to clear their screen and say I did my job, when you run out of hours the dispatcher should be brought into the conversation, they are under pressure to get the load out of the shopper but they are big enough to repower the load easily.
    Do what you are told to do but don't break the law.
     
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  11. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    "I wouldn't be able to pick it up until the morning" meaning I wouldn't be able to pick it up yesterday. By the time I delivered the first load I had less than 45 minutes left on my 70.
     
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