Company Driver with American Central Transport

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by madaxeman, May 18, 2012.

  1. madaxeman

    madaxeman Light Load Member

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    Counted the fuel stops...79 loads and i hit the qualcomm fuel stops 75 times...51 loads had one fuel stop sent to me on the qualcomm, 12 loads had two fuel stops, 16 Loads said no fuel required...that is 75/75. Every other time I fueled in addition to those, the truck was running out of fuel for 100+ miles with the fuel light flashing, needle on the letter E (past the red and past the last line). I contacted dispatch every single time and i only added 50 gallons. You can clearly see I did in fact hit way more than 85% of the fuel stops and the discrepancies (wherever they got 81%...perhaps they should retake second grade math) are a result of people in the office not doing their job...just like with the average weekly miles they gave me. They changed a couple for me but probably didn't update the system to reflect that.

    In regards to the truck running out of fuel by fueling only at their qualcomm fuel stops, I reported that, too. I put the exact number of gallons the qualcomm said to add each time. ACT screwed up, won't admit it and doesn't care.

    79 loads for less than 57K paid miles in 182 days (minus days taken off which was about 25 days) is about 157 days in the truck. It tells you how many days of my time they wasted in six months, too. Most of those days I sat and got paid nothing babysitting loads for one to two days each. 8.5 days of layover pay for six months, the rest was ZERO pay. I've sat for up to three days, multiple times without a load, too.
     
    Last edited: Jan 29, 2013
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  3. anotherjoe

    anotherjoe Medium Load Member

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    Some of the things your saying . I here from other company drivers also. You have enough stress out here seems odd they would add to it.
    I talked to a driver yesterday trying to get fuel in Springfield Il they told him to get it in Springfield Mo. He had to argue with dispatch he was in Illinois not Missouri. Then 30min later they corrected there mistake told him to get 50gal he already left with 70gal. He had an appointment to make and his elog was running against him. So he took it upon himself and got reamed for it.
    If I had money to put on it I bet dispatch was outside smoking a cigerette during those 30min.
     
  4. Kevin horn

    Kevin horn Medium Load Member

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    Thanks fir the info....
     
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