Threatened by company that they'll report truck highjacking

fuel the truck up and head home who cares what they report

 

Not sure on all of the legalities. But its really not good to not deliver a load.

Depending how far the yard is from the delivery,.. I really dont think there is much they can do to you legally if you return their truck loaded. Its just a threat. How ever,.. they can make your ability to be rehired by another company complicated.

Personally I would deliver the load. Put this behind you and move on. At this point they are not going to work with you anyway. But you still need to remain professional.

Hurst

 

Life as a truck driver ... it's like that sometimes. I've never felt any home time was guaranteed, at any place or any time in my career/time as a truck driver. Otherwise I don't know what to tell you. You've got a critical decision to make regarding personal matters, just like they had a critical decision to make regarding customer service and costs/profits.

Wether they are being pricks or doing what they have to do, we have no way of knowing, maybe you do. Good luck.

 

I would have had this handled sooner, ya kinda doin it last minute. It's only 170 miles, if ya absolutely need to go right now then go. Less than $30 in fuel, drop the truck in the yard and clean it out. You're definitely not hijacking the truck lol.

Edit: if the truck is loaded already then go deliver. I must have missed that part. I thought they sent a new load but it wasn't picked up yet...

 

He's under a load. Thats not good advice.

Empty,.. I'd say do what ever. Loaded,.. no,.. that puts things into a different set of responsibilities.

Hurst

 

Sounds like abandonment of the company's rig..

 

You're not going to like this answer but deliver the load and go about your business. Don't get DOT involved for claiming a load being hijacked and they take these matters very seriously. Don't need the DOT or worse involved because at the end of the day catching your flight will be the least of your worries.

 

who cares what they report Might care if he wants employment in the future in the WONDERFUL WORLD OF TRUCKING( and YES I KNOW not every company uses DAC to see an ABANDONED TRUCK comment ) but word of mouth from company to company gets around as well as well as a bad reference.

 

Typical company,they do not and never will care about the drivers.It's all about them no matter what.If you wanna head home and not care what dispatch says then I would take it to their terminal and take bus home.Once you're unloaded they will not let you take trk home.