Furniture Row Express

i just came off a stretch of tough luck like what u are doing Efon.i think it just ended.i am crossing my fingers.i got to atlanta and unloaded at krogers 4 hrs early and then ran up to lavonia,ga. to pick up foam rubber heading to denver matress in denver,co. for thurs. morn. drop. stopped off for the nite in nashville,tn. where 3 of my grandchildren met me here at the TA.looks like a good change of fortune...knock on wood

 

I'm in truck 402 (Peterbilt) and I have trailer R02021. My gross when I scaled out this load was 72,500. The load was 37k in the box according to the bills from tyson. The load confirmation says 43,738. That's a difference of 6,738. Add that to my gross and I should be at 79,238. We'll see if I'm under gross, and if I am, if I can get it legal. It should be interesting.
Communication is the one thing I've found to be difficult here so far. Sometimes that's great, like when you don't want to be bothered while you're running down the road and just rolling along. Its not so great when you have a problem that needs to be fixed. If they had more fleet managers, it would be less of an issue, but they are trying to remain profitable, so I understand the business decision. So far it hasn't been anything I can't deal with.

 

I fully agree that a better system is needed for dealing with issues as they arise. I'm willing to guess most of us, if not all, would agree. The real question is how do we change it? Will it change? I am of the strong opinion that not one person alone can make changes that work. No one will ever make everyone happy. I'm just the new guy, and the biggest problem I've had with communication is that I'm not sure some times if I'm doing the right thing or not. I assume I am since I'm not getting calls or messages telling me I've messed up, and I basically know my job and do it, but it would be nice to know. It seems like they are trying so hard not to run like a traditional trucking company that it is hurting in some areas, and helping in others. Like I said, I'm a new guy and I don't really know how it has improved or gotten worse. All I know is what I've seen so far. By the way, where did you get those numbers. I'm not questioning them, I just didn't know they company's financial health was public knowledge. Most aren't unless they are publicly traded.

 

Communication is a key issue here along with organization. Certain people aren't to good at communicating or multitasking which then causes a trickle down effect onto the driver. I'm glad our freight lanes have increased. These are some of the same accounts FRE had prior and lost due to poor planning and driver neglect. FRE is having some more growing pains and hopefully will become stronger in the end.

 

You didn't upset me at all. I think most of us here want the same thing, to make this company a great place to work and to be a home, so we can hang our hat and not have to keep searching for the promised land. I'm not sure how to fix the issues, I just hope the guys at the top keep wanting to move forward. Every one makes mistakes. A company is just a large group of people with a common goal, making money for everyone. We have the same goal as management, or else we wouldn't be driving otr. Either way, I'm actually happy here, but I'd always like to see things get better.

 

I'm just waiting to see what chaos comes about during the week of Christmas considering over half the fleet is expecting to be home. I'm sure that will be a lot of swapping and dropping to get people to their places and loads to their destinations. Ah, the joys of the holidays being OTR.

 

Well I'm one of the few who elected to be home for thanksgiving instead of christmas. I'm sure I'll be swapping with someone to get them home and/or doing a lot of sitting, but it was my choice.