ICs Watch Your Routing

That happened to us 99% of the time as company team drivers. It use to tick me off.

 

Yep. Occam's Razor. The word ICs in the title isn't necessary.

 

Yes company drivers are stuck with the opti route. We would have to get permission from the fleet manager which you would rarely get.

 

I have gotten it before, when Opti told me to go back 300 miles.

 

On every load sheet I note the paid miles versus actual driven miles and I can honestly say that every single load I have run since becomming a O/O had paid me for less miles that I have actually driven. Normally it is between 20-50 miles total but that sure does add up. They pay us practical miles verses hub miles so this is to be expected. I just learn the places they really short us and then I refuse that load.

 

craziest routing i had, heading west on I-80 to SLC from Iowa. Had me going down to the Pilot in Denver CO to fuel and then north on 25 back to 80. Took 20 minutes on the phone and 3 people to get a new fuel stop sent out.

 

I am company, but I never have a problem changing my route anymore. After I tongue-in-cheek told them they were trying to kill drivers by sending them over two lane mountain roads when interstates were a viable option I don't get an arguement anymore. By the way Marshfield dispatch does not understand the fine art of sarcasm. My personality probably lends itself to o/o better than being a company driver. I don't tend to ask, I tend to tell the kids at dispatch what I'm going to do.