1 Man Army VS The Mandate

It has zero to do with fuel or anything else, it has to do with tying up the truck which makes money.

If you do a two day run and they tie you up at the delivery for three hours, that's three hours your truck isn't making money. If you have other work lined up, and this bumps that work, it also bumps other work down the road.

At $300 or some other high cost to the dock will get them moving to unload you faster.

 

I see loads all day within a 200 mi radius of my house paying $3000 or better for 550 - 650 miles. That looks like $300 an hr to me.

 

If you can get someone to pay $300 more power to you, but I don't think they will pay that much.

 

I was off duty had to put my truck in the dock at 2230,I went on duty for 15 min.I then went in the sleeper for 7 hours while getting loaded.I then pull out from the dock and park.I go off duty for three hours and then start driving.I have a 4 1/2 hours drive ,ELD says I'm over my hours.I have worked a total of 5 hours!

 

Whats he's stating is how many hours were lost due to the new e-logs. your defiantly in the wrong country buddy over here "down under" A driver has 12 hours of driving in any given 24 hour period from whence they start their driving time, so if you were to stop for unloading or loading your not penalized and can continue to drive as long as you have at least a 1/2 hour break every 5 hours then once you've done 12 hours of driving you must stop and have at least a minimum of 7 hours rest. Most drivers will drive 5 on 1/2 off 5 on 1/2 off then 2 on 7 off

 

What's the only word that means mandatory? Here's what law and policy say about "shall, will, may and must."

"MANDATE!!!!"

The word sounds so intimidating.
But what does it mean and how does it apply to Joe Trucker and his ELD.

Is a mandate a "requirement"? Does it tell people they "must" do something.

Just some food for thought.

 

I understand nothing yet. But don't O/O's get to choose when to run and when not to? So being coerced would only apply to company drivers. Why does everyone have to suffer. I think megas and any company for that matter should follow mandate but really owner operators should have a choice.

 

I picked up $90/hour the other day for 6 hours. It should have been twice that. I fully expect it to take up to 2 hours - to unload, anything more is lack of planning.

Remember -they pay for capacity retention. A multi-axle or specialized trailer/tractor commands $1000+ per day if it is to sit.

 

man·date
noun: mandate; plural noun: mandates
1. an official order or commission to do something.

Let's see, in context, Congress mandated FMCSA to make an ELD regulation as per MAP-21 law.
Anything else is just stupidity. Like those people that say since a flah in court has gold tassel it's a military tribunal. Or that IRS does not apply., or...

It's all stupid nit picking and makes people want to hand you a tin foil hat.

 

"Congress mandated the FMCSA" you write but did they mandate you?

Show me the regulation where the federal government " requires " you to use an ELD in the first place or even keep a logbook in the first place and I will give a hundred dollars to you or your favorite charity and you can buy all the tin foil hats you want.