my first idle charge

From what I have seen, read, and been told, they do most of that in the east, and haul other things in the west.

 

But back to the first question...APUs.
Before signing on with anyone, I'd find out their idle policy and if they have APUs on ALL their trucks. (new guys usually get the oldest trucks).
Get it in writing.

 

I don't blame you platinum one bit. It is getting ridiculous what some of these companies expect out of their drivers. All they think about is how they can cut corners with a fine tooth comb just so they can beat the next guys rates. There has to be a line drawn somewhere. The office people can start chipping in if it's that bad. It's easier to put it on the driver because they don't see you.

Next company you look for, seek out one with an APU. Then you don't have to worry about all the idle BS.

Think out how you are going to quit and do it right. No need burning bridges.

 

I hear a lot of people saying if your gonna chose a company based off whether they let you idle or if they have APUs you should get out of trucking.

I guess if you can handle sleeping in heat lucky you but I for one cannot.

Platinum what happened to you is what I lived in fear of. When you don't get miles you can't bring that percentage down on idle. When I quit I was again told that above 85 you can idle but when I said my concern was my small paycheck "might" get charged I did not get an arguement.

I understand not wanting trucks to idle all day but when there's a heat wave I think there should be an open door to stay comfortable and RESTED.

Best of luck to you brother!

BTW W&S has a great rep and I know a guy driving for JBS out of Greeley ,CO and he's real happy.

 

May has a no idle policy except for extreme weather, They have lost more driver than you could possibly imagine. It was the main reason I left them 10 years ago. If your running the loop ask for 48 states it should get you moving. I never had an issue with keeping moving. I always had enough loads to keep busy. They dont realy care about log book adjustments, in fact if you adjust as necessary they seem to reward you with more miles.... If your new tiugh it out to get at least a year in before you move.

 

Let me get this straight...

You drove 10 months total...and in 10 months you drove for 2 different carriers.

If that is the case...you may find it hard to get a driving job these days...you should talk to some recruiters BEFORE you spend that money on school...and not just one recruiter, several of them...tell them your job history, see how they react.

 

No adjusting any logs at May, they installed EOBR's on all their trucks last year.

 

gordon trucking also has a good rep,got a prehire with them before signing with may.
problem is they have a backlog of drivers trying to get in and can't give me a oreintation date ",mid august maybe" they are in northwest,11 western.they have heavy haul that keeps you out of the land of fruits and nuts

 

To charge a driver for the "priviledge" of idling is uncalled for.

Schneider (who I am with) does not have APUs, and we have idle standards. Miss those standards (which I do every summer), and you don't get your quarterly bonus. Big deal. I can understand that, as fuel ain't cheap, and very little is said to the driver.

But charging a driver back for what they deem as "excessive idling" is, as another poster put it, "a deal breaker".

Star Transportation (the Covenant-owned blue Star, not the Illinois-based company) was said to have been charging drivers for excessive idling as well...don't know if they still do...they didn't when I was with them about a decade ago.