Where's u tankers loading at this morning

Another snot load. Except the p/u time is friggin 9pm tonight , so I may get out by 10:30 if they aren't running behind like they were last time. I got to Shreveport at 8am this morning. I hate it when they dispatch like that because now I have to run vampire for a day/night and I lose a day of production. This wasn't even a 2000 mile week. It's a good thing I had a run left over from last week that I finished monday that will give me some more miles.

I got word they are turning the trucks up to 75 and putting elogs in my truck 'to test them out'
When my boss told me that, I sat there stunned. I asked why on earth would you be turning the trucks up. He replies so we can meet our deliveries better and attract drivers. I replied why don't you just dispatch runs your drivers can do legally and just pay your drivers more. Low wages, fast trucks are going to attract problem drivers where youre trying to build your fleet. These are going to be someone elses problem drivers, that you're going to inherit.
They still think SNI pays its drivers .38 CPM, for God's sake!They all but called me a liar when I told them what it is now. So now when I try to recruit, and am in turn, almost recruited lol, I take pictures of the cards, websites, pamphlets, ect and send them to him.
We met at an impasse. The owner of the company just sent every a message on how the company is doing and how horrible elogs are going to hurt us, in all our divisions, and his upcoming retirement. Lol, he's going to bail before they hit and leave the company to the kids (all in their 50's).
But It really made me finally realize that I need to get serious and start planning my future.

 

Wow... Just. Wow. What a conundrum. Wishing you the best. It's gonna affect us all, in many more ways than people realize.

 

What's the difference they all just keep stinging ya til ua kill em.
Last summer I was sitting on my front porch javing my morning coffee and a smoke and felt biting on my stomach there were little red ants attacking me these little bast@t@rds bit the hell out of me, jad about 10 bites that stung and jad bite marks tjat lasted almost 2 weeks

 

They've based their business for the past 30 years on loose leaf logs. That should be obvious where they're going to go lol.
As for the changes industry wide, one thing that struck last night and again today as I've sat here all day, are the guys that dont park for 10 hours. The guys that fly into the truckstop at midnight and are gone by 5am. Parking is all but impossible after 5pm (sometimes3pm) now. Can you imagine what it's going to be after the mandate?

 

Thanks. I've seen their trucks around. I'm in western Iowa, but I think they run over here too.

I'm looking for a flatbed gig. I have a line on one, hoping I get it, home every night, no tarp, some heavy haul. I should know more soon.

 

I agree turning up a truck 2-3 mph isnt going to do anything for your pay just going to make more turtle races. It seems to be a growing trend several of these companies have recently turned up their trucks thinking it'll attract drivers, If thats their thoughts I dont know

 

Well good luck I hope it works out for you