Too much time on load

No, that's too much time. If you're a trainee, it'll take you quite a while to get your miles and hours that way. Can you talk to your driver manager or whatever they call the office person you're assigned to? You need to roll more miles, sounds like.

 

Sometimes that's just the way it is, especially over the weekend. But it's a golden opportunity to pull a reset in if possible. The load I picked up in Laredo on Friday doesn't have to deliver in Lanthrop, CA until 10pm on Tuesday night. If I didn't need to renew my DOT physical on Monday, I'd reset and roll out with it.

 

Yes, it is not all that common. When it happened to me I always tried to see if I could deliver early.

 

Days to go hours... Wow.

That is a bit much for sure. I have heard some companies slow down this time of year but that seems a bit too much. Especially for a training truck. Guess you have plenty of time to practice your backing... LOL

You didn't mention the name of the company and that might help if others work there and can compare your experience with theirs. Also, if it's a bigger company, they might have a thread on here to ask other drivers directly.

Personally, I would be concerned that this might be normal for your future as a solo driver... Can't make much money on loads like that.

Take a load then take a 34 hour reset... Ugh.

 

Use the free time to back into parking spots untill you can back from blind side without bumping the cans set on outside lines of parking spots?

 

i would ask for a new trainer

 

3 to 5 days no, 6 to 8 hours is more common.

Unless you're due for a reset I doubt anyone wants to you sit on that load for days. Could be a matter of just repositioning both you and the load.

 

There are a lot of reasons that could be. 12 hours for a team is the equivalent of 22+ for a solo driver. Shipping hours could be afternoons and receiving hours may be mornings. The receiver could be closed on whatever days.

The point is, if you are solo, load at 8pm, have to go 700 miles, and the receiver only takes loads from 4-10 pm, that's a 2 day load. Now if you pick it up on Thursday and they are closed on weekends it's now a 4 day load. If a holiday falls on Monday, it's now a 5 day load. It sucks, but welcome to the industry. That's when you try to schedule loads near the house and go home.