Has this situation ever occurred?

Yup. One of the dedicated acctsI was on. Guy was out for so long he burned himself out. The made him park his truck and go home for a week. He had been out 6 months doing 5 trailers a week. Manual unload

 

Tmc likes for the drivers to take hometime at least every 3 week, but there are those out there that live on the truck and they take their resets wherever they want

 

Yeah. I was out for seventy five days once at my own choice. I had plenty of time off while gone of course. A 34 here and there.
They finally ordered me home and I was off for twelve days.

 

It can like if the driver is stressed and not doing his job dispatch may ask him to take some time off.Why do you ask?

 

Not me but once believe it or not my FM @ Conway asked if I would be hiliting soon laughing.... Ikr?

Was out like 6 months at the time. Had around 100 days off banked up into my second year there xD

Closest I've ever had personally.

 

Back in the DAY when I worked for Transport America; they would route me home every few months. I didn't ask, but I sure welcomed it. So did the wife, LoL!~

 

Yes. Absolutely, when seasonal freight drops off after the Christmas seasonal surge they will try to get as many drivers as they can off the books. If they can't fire them for safety or performance reasons they will rout them to the home terminals so they don't have to pay layover when they sit them out.

I have been called several times by planners and dispatchers telling me that I need to go home. And, I know I am not the only one.

 

Dispatchers rather drivers stay out,it can be like pulling teeth to get home.So if the company wants you to go home then chances are there's something the company isn't telling the driver about his job performance or it could also mean freight is slow.But like many other things companies keep from drivers theyll send drivers home till it picks up instead of just being upfront with drivers because they don't wanna lose yet another driver.