Good Night From II

Yes. We have some customers that can be that way. The worst part, the planners know what customers will not give out empty trailers. We have a Sears DC in that area. You can take in a loaded and still not get a mt. They will tell you that even though they saw Swift on them, once through their gate it then belongs to them.

 

Now I learn after all that I have already downloaded. I know that I had many photos saved in Cloud and photos on the Google Samsung 5. This new one is the 6. Lost most of the photos but at least remembered all of my contacts and luckily all of the photos were also backed up on my puter.

 

Turns out Swift put the same pick up number on two different trip assignments. Just so happened that he got there first or he would've been sitting there waiting like I was.

 

Brazil, IN @ Petro. No luck getting empty on this load today. Thanks to some amazingly stupid construction delays my 8am appt will need to be changed. I ran out of time with 200 miles left and can't drive until 6:14am. Ugh. Well, this is what happens when an over eager DM accepts a load for you. I didn't argue because it was planned on multiple drivers, but it would have worked better if I'd gotten to look at the route before hand. Mac 22 sent. Such is life.

 

Getting ready of the final today. Had a nice talk with my FM about what has been going on and said that it should have not been happening and the problem is being solved. He am being moved over to her board today. She was real sorry for what happened and agreed, their was a problem and I should NOT have been on the last DM's board. He is fine with company drivers, but not L/O. Soon pick up in St Cloud and then Valdosta and somehow El Paso by Wednesday and watch my miles pick up since she can plan, no matter what area I am in

 

Laredo, TX at a shipper.

Every load I've been offered for this weekend picks up on Friday and delivers on Monday, and none over 400 miles.
The one I took didn't have a delivery appointment but the PTA was set for 6/27 0030, so I took it thinking it delivered Saturday sometime.
This morning I get a message that delivery was rescheduled for the 29th, Monday morning.

Looks like I'll be getting a 34 this weekend.

 

Edwardsville, I keep getting loads with 175 - 200 miles of deadhead for 250 loaded. I may take the weekend to go fishing.

 

I'm going fishing when I get back to Houston for home time week after next. Going fishing for a new job.

Finished my Ashley to Houston and took a load from a chemical plant in Port Arthur going for a Tcall in Memphis. Also have another stacked from Memphis to NC after that.

Get to Port Arthur and get told it's not ready, supposed to be preloaded. I had 3 hrs left on my 14. Two hours later they tell me they can't load me cuz my trailer has skirts and THEIR customer can't deal with that. They also tell me 3 other drivers came before me for this load and they too were rejected cuz of skirts and they start giving me a ration of #### about WHATS WRONG WITH SWIFT!?! WTF???

I told Swift and CSR about the issues and left for the Petro in Beaumont to do a 10. I'm told they'll make arrangements for another trailer by morning. I knew that was a big ole lie.

Come off 10 and no trailer solution. No surprise there as our support group isn't worth #### anymore. I waited 22 hours for a trailer solution just 4 days ago in Cleveland and never got one there either. Got my DM involved and she sent me to a place in Beaumont that had 3 trailers, all with skirts. Great.

Then planners sent me 30 miles north to a notorious BS paper mill that I hate going to. Promptly got into a big argument with their rent-a-cop after he came blowing out of his hole screaming and flapping his arms that I should rolled up at 11mph and he thought I was too slow!! Some days!! Of course they had no trailers either.

My DM now contacts some equipment mgr in Lancaster for a trailer location. After sitting in the woods for 3 hrs waiting with no response again I had had it up to here. Sent my DM a message I was going back to Beaumont to the Petro so I could eat and do my business.

So far, no response. Like Squeak, I HAVE HAD IT WITH THIS CRAP!! Leaving Swift as soon as is feasible after bonus and vacation time is in my pocket next month.

 

Burns Harbor, IN at The Pilot. After striking out with Command and either ignoring or rejecting the garbage Swift was offering I snagged a 16K load headed to N Platte, NE in the morning. Gonna sit tight til morning rather than deal with Chicagoland traffic on a rainy Friday afternoon.

 

Casa grande az at a shipper...the last two days everyone has been very slow to load me and unload....good part is I have two of my boys with me....bad part is I have two of my boys with me,lol......after loading head to bullhead city to drop them off,then continue on to Burlington wa to final.....it will be tight......