Glad I moved over to Poly Trucking

You got it SSB,
Poly is fine ,
i took it too personally
for some reason when
they mentioned points.
i got skeered and defensive.
Were rock stars in the trucking
world on some weeks.
Hub miles/all miles pay is
really sweet.

 

No, it's not a shocker that POLY wants us to show up for a meeting. That wasn't my point at all. In addition, I'm not concerned about getting a point. I'm Certainly not going to allow myself to get a point for something so pointless. I also don't feel the meetings are nearly as bad as some I've been to with other companies. However, to those who had commented about the meeting I just thought I would throw a few comments their way. SSB echoed some of my points so at least he got some of what I was saying as well as a couple others who commented similar to me. I totally get it about Poly's meetings. I just believe they could use some improvements and be more meaningful to the drivers. I also understand how some drivers are clueless and ask pointless questions. However, that doesn't mean all drivers do and some things NEED to be asked in front of the whole group so everyone knows what's up on certain things. At the end of the day it's not really a big deal. Maybe one day the meetings will be more to my liking. If the meeting is all I have to gripe about then life at Poly is still going pretty well. Thanks to all who commented on the matter. Take care out there!

 

I agree that the format for questions needs changed...but with 100ish drivers in one room, I could see how easily the meeting could get off track and turn a 2 hour meeting into a 3 or 4 hour meeting (and I'm not just blaming chatty drivers....me being in the top 1% of the chattiest...even when I had my meeting with Alan...1 on 1 we kept getting off target). Maybe a quick question after each department rep finishes...not sure if that would even help. When the 401k guy got up to do his schpeal...it kept veering off track. If they wouldn't have had to do the 401k stuff this time, I think we would have been done in an hour because most of the info from every department was "everyone is doing their job better this year than years past, keep up the good work". Even the questions we got to ask Jessie were the same and his answers were the same...no e-log until forced, no new news on vacation pay changes but we're working on it, and no changes in equipment.

 

Same ole , same ole
The more things change
the more they stay the same.

 

They sent me down to Mundelein, IL to pick up a preloaded trailer to drop Up North. Outbound called and I took a 1 stop mon and pop going to Sterling, MA. This will be my first mom and pop.

 

Everyone needs to watch themselves around me for a while. Last week bambi and I had a brief unsatisfying encounter. This week, after delivering in Jacksonville, about a mile after I leave, while sitting in traffic, I get rear-ended by a Yaris. All the extra time I had to get to my backhaul shipper wasted waiting on the cops...since bad things come in 3's, and since #2 was worse than #1...that means #3 is liable to be a doosie...

 

if u pick up backhaul in littleton,ma veryfine juice, its a drop and hook for us.

 

That would be a nice. My load is a mom and pop, but one stop. Shouldn't be too small of a place though.

 

I have a question for any of the thread followers that aren't Poly drivers and work for a company that has those dog-funnel tail cones on the back of their trailer(s). (You know, that aero extension on the back that looks like that thing a veterinarian puts around your dogs neck to keep them from licking a wound.) How much fuel does it save to have them there, but folded shut? I see that a lot, especially with Prime-O&S-Wiltrans-Jim Palmer drivers. I asked a few of them the same question, but they gave me the excuse that they didn't need them extended because they were empty...WTF does empty or loaded have to do with an aero-enhancing device not being deployed...being loaded doesn't change your aerodynamics on a reefer-air ride... And some of these people were the Fleece drivers doing 55 mph to boost fuel mileage... I just don't understand these people.

 

ok so my heater is not changing vents, sometimes it blows on the floor, sometimes out the vent but never defrost anymore, also i dont have to turn the switch for it to switch from floor to the vent, it seems to go back an forth on its own, any idears be appreciated