Good Night From II

Haven't seen it in about a week and a half, everything but southeast was red.

 

That seems to be in the eye of the beholder.
Some people say that running as hard as you can for as long as you can and then taking a 34 will yield the best results.

 

If you time it right, a 34 hour break is only one day off. Think about it, even if you are running roll over hours, you have to take a ten hour hour break. So the first ten of the 34 doesn't count. You now have one day off and you can restart at the same time you would have the day before after your ten.

I run both ways frequently, depending on how my hours look. I try to run hard everyday, if I have the hours at the end of the week I'll keep going. If not, I'll take a 34. Not really a big difference in the number of miles I run each week. During the roll over periods, the miles tend to be just a little shorter as the planners are trying to work with the shorter hours available. Just my two cents anyway.

 

It's not the planners, it's the Plus 1 system. It always tries to give you loads that you can complete in the pay period. You may have 15 hours available to you for Tuesday/Wednesday, but Plus 1 is going to give the you the 350 mile load that delivers on Wednesday, instead of the 1000 mile load that drops after anytime on Thursday.

 

Here is some useful information about the rider program.

You do not need to fax in the forms to Risk Management to get it approved.
Your DM can do it as well. Then all the DM has to do is send it to RM after it is signed by them.

My DM had been doing it for the past 2 years, but he was on vacation when I tried to get my daughter approved yesterday.
The other DM I spoke with told me I would have to go through RM and that they were the only ones that could approve it.
So I faxed it to RM yesterday.
There was no word from them today so I called RM in Phoenix. She told me that there is a 4 day backup right now, but I could have any DM do it for me. And she would really like it if more DM's would do it as it eases her load and is a lot faster for the driver.

That other DM was SO grateful to me for informing him. He had no idea and thought my main DM was doing something wrong.
There should be a memo or something sent out to let all DM's know that they can do this.

 

7 is pretty young.
You're trying to get trucking in his blood, I can tell.