Impossible runs given by dispatch, cannot make appoinment time.

My question is, since you have 6½ hrs to run, where did the other 4½ hrs go to? The reason I ask, is because if 4½ hrs was burned to drop off a load, it doesn't always give you the best chance to make money. I think it's best to get as close to a customer as possible so you leave time on your clock to run productive miles on your next load. I'm not sure that's what went on in your situation as I'm only speculating.

2nd, that's about a 3½ day run, even at 68 mph. I factored it as if I drive 600 miles daily. 600 is doable in an 11 hr day. You won't make that in time.

 

2.75 days. Drive your 6.5, 10, get up 11, doing the 8 hr and 30 minutes break,; fuel and shower, grab a sandwich off the rack at PFJ; drive, rest 10 repeat.

 

At an average of 55 mph, that run would take 3.34 driving shifts to complete (36.75 driving hours). At 60, its almost exactly 33 hours (3 full shifts).

Why can't you go 2021 miles in 3 days with a 68 mph truck? As asked before, where did the first 4.5 hours go? Were they wasted on your 14 at a shipper? If so, why weren't you running a split sleeper clock?

Anyway, you laid out that you have 6.5 + 11 + 11 + 4 hours to complete the run, and that's 32.5 hours. 2021 / 32.5 = 62 mph, and a good chunk of that will be across Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and southern Idaho where you should be able to keep it at 68 a vast majority of the time, weather dependent. Keep the left door shut and the wheels turning, and you'll make it.

Yes, it sucks, yes its a couple of long days, but that's what you sign up for when OTR and not regional.

 

Does your company promote "safety" and have all the nanny crap that goes off constantly "Beep beep beep beep" must allow 10 second following distance, cameras , etc? Tell them to turn all that crap off ungovern truck and you might make it. Can't have it both ways, they know #### well in this day with all the nanny crap and tech on their end this load is borderline impossible.
So ask them which is it, and tell them to give it to one of "The other guys" who have no problem doing it

 

Give them a reasonable eta for the load ( stopping only to sleep, fuel and grab something to eat) Make sure that you put this in writing. If they squawk again, advise them in writing that is what it is going to take for you to do the load safely. Make sure you get the name of the person or persons that are involved in this conversation.

 

I did that run for Ulta Beauty if you have a shot of bad weather forget it.

 

Tell them you'll drive all of your legal hours within the speed limit and if that's an issue for them then you can find work elsewhere. It's your choice to work for them just like it's their choice to employ you. Don't put yourself in a bad situation by trying to fight a clock, it's a losing battle.

 

Mission impossibles, otherwise known as Blitzkrieg freight are loads with virtually no margin for error. Stopping to use the bathroom means being late with the load. Never run for a company that runs you like that, that’s just ridiculous. It’s abuse.

“Other drivers do it”
Faulty comparison fallacy is where a dispatcher or broker will try to convince you that loads like that are done all the time by all their drivers
DONT BELIEVE IT.

The fallacy is

Driver A. Can do it
Driver B. Can do it
Therefore driver C should also be able to do it. The false assumption that all drivers should be able to work at the same pace.

Just say no to 80 mph freight on 68 mph trucks.