Hometime at May Trucking

I think it has to do a lot with you DM. They get paid by the miles you drive, so obviously they want you back out. However, I'm willing to bet that Bigray, pjwo44, and myself have the same DM, or at least one of two from the Pensacola terminal. When on the road, I do my job, don't deliver late, make "exceptions" when I need to and stay under the radar so I tend to spend good time at home and not have to sit for loads.

I know of some other drivers (not saying you are like this at all) that are complainers, call in constantly with issues, and basically piss off the DM. In return, the sit for loads, and don't get home when they need to.

I'm not sure what advice to give you...but 4 days is not the max. If all else fails, look at the manual and see if there is something in there. Then relay that message to your DM over the Qualcomm....not by phone. There needs to be a record. Just my advice.

 

I just finished orentation in Phoenix and the terminal manager there said 4 days is the max, maybe it is a new company policy?

 

I've always done what's ask of me.. and a little more when I can. That shouldn't have anything to do with it really though. It shouldn't matter how brown your nose is. It's either one day per week out or it's not. If it's a 4 day max.. then it's 4 weeks out MAX.

 

I'm sorry...but you are wrong. It has more to do with your DM than "company policy".

 

Yup thats what they are it took them a while to figure out (because of my location) I was stopping by the house to take my 10 off. Between Bakersfield and Phx. or Van Nuys and Tucson. I would tell tell I would just go to the house if I was in the area. They weren't to keen on it. Load pasta in phoenix Az headed to Sacramento. Well my house is almost exactly 11 hours from phx, and in route.

But everytime I would stop the DM would call, SO I started parking in Mojave instead of Tehachapi. Then they did not catch it. I still don't understand why they should care, your in route and on time, past that I don;t think its there business where I stop. But thats May.

 

Big - Ray this too is my experience with them. Nothing is etched in stone 10 4?

 

Have had similar experience. Needed 8 days due to a very important family event that we had scheduled prior to my hire date. They went out of their way to get me home.

 

i noticed KABAR said if you have the room you can take your truck home, i'm still waiting on word from Opel for my Orientation date, hopefully Monday, but she told me , exact words "You can NEVER take the truck home" said i'd have to park it in the Phoenix Yard and go home form there, what's up with that? i have enough room to park a tractor AND trailer if i ever needed to, what circumstances allow you to bring your rig home?

 

You live in Gilbert which is what, about 25-30 miles from the terminal? A lot of companies will let you take the truck home only if you live a considerable distance from the nearest terminal. One I worked for had a 50 mile limit. Anyone under that distance had to park at the terminal and commute.

Personally, I would rather park at a terminal if I lived reasonably close. Less to worry about as the truck is on THEIR property.

 

ahh that makes sense, thank you Voyager.