What would do you in this situation?

Here is what happened with a 3 rail blew off of my drives the next day.

 

I pretty much do whatever I want out here. The moment that I upgraded to a tractor with a headache rack, Swift really stopped giving me any hassles. Other company drivers get stopped at the gate of the terminal and told as company drivers they can't bobtail unless it's to pick up a load. I've had my DM and also pretty much every gate attendant at the terminals tell me that not only can I bobtail to Walmart or whatever, but to log off the Qualcomm and drive so I don't burn my clock up or break my 34 to go get food etc.

Swift also doesn't pay for truck washes most of the time. I take mine to Blue Beacon twice a week and scan my receipt and they reimburse it. Never had an issue. When safety was hassling me about driving way beyond my hours, I told them(didn't ask) that I'm driving to a spot that is suitable to shut down, so I'm not parked on the shoulder or an offramp or onramp.

I also don't wait around for loads. If they say they don't have a load for me, I pull out my Rand McNally and start driving toward a major city of my choice where I think I'm most likely to get a load to get me moving. More than once that was over 150 miles. And then my load will be 140+ miles deadhead back to where I was, to pick up a load going back to where I'd driven.

Paid both ways. Top driver in my fleet. Right now a lot of flatbed guys are complaining about freight and complaining about their miles at Swift. Apart from 2 bad weeks, I'm doing great. This ####ty week ended with a 416 mile deadhead to pick up a load in Wyoming, and the way it was dispatched, that load itself went on this week's check. 1111 miles to Arkansas, followed by a 2000 mile load to Oregon, which I tcalled here in Denver, because screw the Pacific Northwest right now.

Their response? 1000 mile load from Golden, Co to California, with a load out of California going 2000 miles to Tennessee. The planners and my DM know who is running the miles and willing to be creative with their clock to get #### where it needs to be. I'm not out here violating hos just to be a dick. I'm just not going to sit on the side of the highway for 10 hours. I don't drive that extra time to get more paid miles in. I do it so I will be parked safely.

Trooper up above possibly misunderstood when I said #### the police. I didn't mean in general. I meant #### their opinion of the violation. My safety was more important. I should have been more precise

 

I run more miles than anyone in my fleet because I don't turn down loads. I go into terminals and talk to planners and get to know them personally. I ask what local loads they need someone to handle and on the company rating app, I give them great reviews, which affects their pay. As such, I get better loads and a better selection of loads with Macro 30.

Nothing wrong with what I'm doing. I'm being rewarded for it.