COVENANT -- From a wife's perspective

Glad to know RC will be soon rolling on his own. Don't know if RC knows, but if driver "cleans" his "new" truck, he gets 50 bucks for that. I got 100.00 cause I cleaned two trucks. What amazes me is these drives that can live in such a nasty pigsty
Well, about the logs, something has changed. Not quite sure what it is. DOT used to request logs on a random basis and/ or if they wanted to check on someone. But now I heard they will be doing this with everybody, continuously.... I heard rumors that logs will be checked and compared with GPS records automatically when Cov. receives the scans..... I have been very "creative" but this limits a lot what one can do.

 

Crete used this to weed out drivers, and as a way to refuse safety bonuses.

Fuel...log what GPS says, not what ticket says. Hard to do, if you can't SEE the GPS location. And your GPS is off by 25 miles. Wouldn't you think?

 

At Cov. we have to fuel where the routing tells us and log it real time. Cause Cov tracks our fuel stops. But, if you "miss" fuel stop, you can send mac 15 requesting fuel and they will send another routing with new fuel stops. Sooooo many times I ran until I was almost totally mpt to avoid that... or would try to get the nice ladies at fuel dept to let me get to shipper with tanks almost full... and other "tricks" . But this is all a pain in the

 

Tell him to hang in there RCW. He can do it and at least he knows what to do if that should ever happen again.

KH

 

YES, one CAN say NO and explain why in the comments area. I have done it and follow up with a free form msg explaining the situation. Everything that is on the QC is record, available to everybody to see. Don't waste time on the phone, put it on the QC.

BIG MISTAKE.

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I agree. And, should had put on the QC that he couldn't deliver on time because didn't have enough hours.

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It's up to the driver to communicate, put on the QC, anything and everything he/she wants. And be persistent.

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Unfortunately not. it's up to the driver to find other dedicated drivers and ask. Put your questions on the QC, be persistent.

Good luck.

I am at a shipper. Thought about the "bad" experiences with shippers you wrote about.... But this one here is awesome! It's Sauder Woodworking. When I told them that I am taking my 34 here, he told me there are showers in the woman's restroom and I am welcome to take a shower there. Told me I can chill out at the driver's lounge... WOW! What a treat!

 

Very good advice. Keep ALL receipts with Covenant. Their payroll people have a tendency to "forget" about reimbursements.

I kept a scanner in my truck and scanned every last piece of paper into my laptop. I'm sure they loved that.

Also, Covenant has some rules that, while ostensibly meant to combat fraud, simply rob drivers of money. For example, they will not reimburse you for handwritten receipts. In my case, it was a scale ticket, but it might just as easily be a new tire at an out-of-the-way shop.

(I would never cheat someone unless cheated, but I got them for that scale ticket. I simply created a fictitious scale ticket for the same amount later on, on my computer. They don't seem to get that printed receipts are at least as easy to fake as handwritten ones. Not that the money really mattered for such a small amount; it was more a matter of principle.)

When he makes it to Chattanooga, ask him if they still have security guards protecting their dispatchers from their drivers.

 

As Chuck Norris might say