Refusing to bring home, answers?

Your husband needs to send a Qualcomm message to his dispatcher (today!) reminding her, he needs to be home on the 13th. If she does not get him home by the 13th, then they need to consider that his last day, and where should he return the truck. He should also contact the Operations manager, and make him aware of the situation as well. If your husband is on the up and up about this story, then he will be home on the 13th. Meanwhile...he should start lining up his next job now, and plan on being at his new company on the 18th.

 

And a little bit of paint products along with a spot of Television import products from eastern european exporters... plus maybe a few old mills cranking out childproof medicine caps or plastic cosmetic products...

NY to PHX solo is going to need about maybe 5 days. Its two and change from little Rock to NYC and it's three and change to PHX from little rock solo. You might shave a day via STL and down 44 and cross the mountain range south of Flagstaff to PHX.

Put together some money, once your husband has the truck cleaned out and able to travel light, fly him home to PHX knowing that he left the equiptment in that company yard without a chance (By documentation, time stamp gps photo, video etc) that the truck is intact, cleaned, all company material turned in etc and out of there.

The basic mistake is hiring onto a trucking company that does not do west.

There is one more thought I can share. Nothing special. Most dispatchers do not send drivers past cities with families or known ties to because there is that chance the truck will waste time visiting them there.

There have been times where we ourselves have been in North Little Rock maybe 20 minutes from our house in which we can take the whole rig onto our land no problem and we couldnt do it. Heh...

 

I don't think this applies here. There is no operations manager and no in-truck messaging system. This is the worst drawback about working for small operators like this. There is very little driver support once you get dispatched out. Driver needs are secondary and tertiary to better money and making one's home-office dispatching job as easy as possible.

 

Probably a 1099 company, paying 22% of 95 cent freight. He was going broke before he ever hired on. And the story then starts going downhill.

 

You need to talk to her boss or the company owner and get this fixed. When all else fails, go over the problem's head for results. If they still can't get him home, park close to the nearest airport and get him on a plane home. Truck abandonment sucks, but if he's left with no other choice then he has to do what is necessary. Practically all lanes are hopping right night and not being able to find a load as an excuse is complete BS.

I had a dispatcher "order" me to hand load 4 tons of product on pallets and wrap them on my next pickup. I literally laugh at him over the phone and said that's not what I was hired for and I refused. When he said to do it or I was fired, I hung up on him and called the company owner and explained what was happening. While I was on the phone he called the dispatcher in, asked for his version, and said that he was fired and to get out. He had me dead head 200 miles home for a long weekend (with pay) for my trouble.

 

Oh wait a minute let me reach around and grab this home load out of the crack of my donkey for ya...... NOT!

Sometimes its like that , it's taking me two weeks sometimes to get back to the house.

 

Assuming he picks up in Boston he cane make it from there to Phoenix in 4 days.

 

Help me to understand this. Your husband works for her husband, who owns a small fleet of 5 trucks. Your hub needs to be home on the 13th and he's sitting in New York. You are worried that if he quits, he wont get paid at all. And you want to know what we would do, correct? Did I miss anything?

Which is more important...your husband being home or the paycheck? Pick one or the other as most important right now. If losing that paycheck will sink the ship, he needs to get the paycheck and get home when he can (and at the house, clean the truck out and line up the next gig).
If being at the house is most important than the possible loss of a paycheck, refuse all loads that are not going southwest. If it's not going southwest, it's not going. And stand your ground. Where is the company located at?

 

In the past, I've always done well moneywise as a company driver and so the being home was more important. I never had to abandon a truck...but I've had to stand my ground.

 

Dang mega carriers, go work for a small mom & pop outfit & live the good life