Garner, Findlay Ohio

Ed, it is going pretty good! Hoping the weather calms down though! LOL! How have you been?

 

I love it! Sometimes I almost feel guilty being home so much! But it is nice being able to help out at home more and get stuff done! Mileage has been pretty good too. I can see where it is not for everyone though. I live rather modestly so an occasional smaller check doesn't set us back at all. We are looking to buy a new house at the end of summer and should be able to do that, so it can't be too bad, right? LOL! The biggest problem has been the weather affecting my miles lately, but that is hitting everyone. Just gotta keep moving... slow and steady!

 

I am not sure which drivers you are talking to, but my
time on and off has been pretty reliable. I do try to remind dispatch of which day is my last day out. They can't remember everything and this is somewhat new to them too. As far as posting more often, sorry! I am content and so it is difficult to find things to post about other than your typical trucking frustrations such as 4 wheelers, bad weather, bad road conditions, and the other things we all whine about! LOL! I have worked for the biggest of companies, a very small company and a union company in the past. Garner is a good company who truly cares for their drivers. Sure the pay could be better, but it is same story in the entire industry. I make a living. The difference here is that I have the time to enjoy my life and the support I need from Garner to do a good job.

 

I haven't had many problems with dispatch in the past, but I have seen alot worse since i started driving. The first 4 years I drove, I never met a dispatcher face to face. I had to give my driver number or truck number every time I called in! I hated that, they had no clue who I was. It is so different here, if I am sick or my husband at home is sick, the owner of the company actually calls me to see if I need anything! Who else does that? Not many that I ever heard of. It is still a trucking company and everyone is in it to make money, but it is nice that they know me and my family as well!