Arrow Trucking

Wow! You've managed several big time screw ups and you still think you're a hireable driver?!! Man, are you deluded! You're as good as done man, I'd get my burger flippin' uniform out of the closet and be glad for it.
You know as well as I do that no reputable company is gonna put you in their truck! The tone of your post is that none of this is your fault. Unbelieveable!!

 

1. If you would have taken the pre-loaded trailer to a CAT scale, you would have found out that you were overweight BEFORE you got the ticket. The scale only cost about 10 bucks and they guarantee the accuracy. Arrow probably would have reimbursed you for the cost of the scale once you submitted your paperwork to them.

2. Speeding 9 miles over the limit could have been avoided by using cruise control.

3. You have to be extra careful when on someone's property. If you did not have enough room to park, say so to the manager. Or you could have asked for a spotter to help you park. And of course, you could have stopped Got Out And Looked prior to jumping the curb.

Bottom line, all 3 incidents were preventable. Considering that there are more drivers looking for jobs than there are jobs available, you might want to consider another line of work. Maybe driving a Class B vehicle, that way your prospective employer probably won't check your DAC record.

 

WOW is right. lol WOW. how did they not fire you after the cop car deal. i worked there for 3 months just quit a month ago and they were getting strict on INCIDENTS. with a wreck and a speeding ticket on your record within 4 months it is gonna be hard to go to a reputable company. you can probably still find a job but i would hang up the better companys. good luck with your career but it sounds like you need to be loading the trucks and not driving them.

 

my brother, normally i'm a driver advocate, especially when it comes to dac....
but it's a stricter world with your license- especially when the economy blows ###.

you asked for opionions, so here is mine;

-the fact your buddy can wreck a truck and beat the #### outta himself and still have a job is beyond me....
-running on the grass- someone is to #### anal about grass....
-BUT you screwed up in the real world- with the law; hitting a cop car- even bumping anyone else's property/car is no good....now we're getting into people not even involved with the companies stuff getting tore up.
-and a speeding ticket....again the real world....on your real record (MVR)...not your dac.

-as far as the overweight....#### happens in the trucking world....didn't damage or hurt anyone else- shoulda weighed it and i bet you do next time.

my advice;
get w/dac fix agency....they'll do what they do and try to get it off your dac....if they can't then you can leave a rebuttle- think hard about what you want your rebuttle on your dac to say....im not real sure what id say if i was you.

#### happens brother, if you want back in to driving....sooner or later you'll find a way....maybe a mom and pop job....but you may need a paycheck sooner then later.

I ran to hard and had my #### ups, you had some that will stick a little worse (on your MVR, other peoples property, etc)....next time we would both approach it differently. Hard lessons learned.

cost of dac fix = $150

 

here's some more advice;

protect your mvr from here on out....no tickets or accidents even in your personal vehicle....your cdl may prove useful that way....

and i have no doubt that arrow and/or dac suck ###....at 2 yrs. otr i was half way up the seniority list of an over 1100 driver place....that has to say something (2 yrs at a company isn't #### in the real world)....and it can't be all the drivers that 'couldn't hack it'....or 'do the job safely.'........What i'm getting at is, be careful what you wish for. This industry is cut-throat and hardley worth the #### rookies go thru to get in it and get thru their first 6 mo.- 1yr. In between the challenges it presents itself, companies chewing them up and spitting them out, and leaning the ropes....it isn't worth what you have to go thru as a rookie, unless you can make it for awhile, figure everything out, and find a good place to work.

I busted my ### to earn a college degree while working concrete demo for one of the ####tiest job getting places in the k.c./lawrence areas during the day. I can take that degree anywhere....it shows i've had all my prereq's including math/english/etc.
This cdl is great....but it only affects driving jobs.

Consider your options, you may find one better doing something else....

just more thoughts, not discouragement....keep your mind open while you aim for your goal....and change your goal if something better comes along.

and file for unemployment...."the burden of proof is on the employer"....so i'd have a 'it's arrows fault' thought train if i were you when you file....if you can do that (might be a little hard to do with things on your mvr- depends if the cop reported you hitting his ride- i'd guess). just more advice- don't blaim me if it doesn't work out....only my couple cents woth.

good luck man....

 

Becareful what you ask for, you ask heres my humble opinion:

A. Mean whil my buddy runs for the same GD company and he has wrecked his truck (Snipped)

First off learn to be a man. Own up to your actions. If this other driver is a friend of yours you would be glad he retained his job, but your comments prove that not only are you not a driver, your not a man, nor are you a friend. You are the only one responsible for your actions and lack of responsibility.

1. first "offense" i picked up a PRELOADED trailer out of SC no scale for miles GO threw GA TN KY scales no problem MO scales get a ticket 1200lbs over on my tandems Arrow wont pay for the ticket.

IMHO: Arrow will pay for axle out # a CAT Scale, so there was not reason to get a over-weight ticket, Your fault not theres. Go to the closest scale and weight it out, then if theres a problem stop right there till its taken care of.


2. Second offense speeding in Nashville, ya it was my fault 64 in a 55.

IMHO:
Speeding we all do it, most of us pay the price, stop crying, be a man.

3. This is third offense not part two of the second. i had already released the brakes had my foot on the brake pedal i geuss not hard enough rolled back and hit the cop car OOOPPPPSSS.

IMHO:
There is no reason or excuse for damaging or hitting anything that will get you off the hook. The fact it was a cop car really does not matter. It could have been just as easily a person or a child. Just goes to show you are careless and reckless and should have been terminated right there.

4. Problem there was a trailer between door 1 and 2. This drive way was not big enough for 2 trucks so in order to put it in to the hole i swing it in a way where my driver side steer jumps the curb and ROLLS OVER GRASS

IMHO:
Im so glad the truck jumps curbs and runs over grass or what ever and you think the driver had nothing to do with it.
It great your starting to learn, gee Wally theres not enough room for me to back in, Hmmm what do you think, Well Beaver go ahead and try, maybe the laws of physics will change when you put the truck in reverse. There is not a reason to ever damage anything, no excuse. It does not matter if its a cop car, grass, trees, buildings, or poles. You just simply tell the customer what the problem is, show it to them if necessary. If they still insist thats when you call your DM and explain the stiutation to them. If they don't remove the obstruction, you dont move the truck. No matter who tells you to, its your driving record not theres. Simple little word would have prevented the incident, No it wont fit.

You my freind show a reckless disregard of people and property around you. You are the reason for DAC, to get and keep you out of a truck.

By the way I do have over 2 million miles accident, and incident free and its not a accident that this happens. You decide what is going to happen to you, not your boss, the customer or the 4 wheeler beside you.

Good luck with your new career. There is no such think as a accident, in every case someone somewhere did not care enough to prevent it.

 

Never been a truer statement than that. I literally had to strong arm a customer this week, to get into his dock area...without my truck. So I could take a closer look.

A quick glance through the fence....every available inch of landscaping had been torn to hell and back. No way was I going to be number whatever.

He spouted the usual, "They do it all the time."

I was nice about it, and explained my concern. Along with the fact...this truck doesn't turn like my other truck. He led me through the building to the dock area. And yes it could be done without tearing #### up. But it #### sure didn't look like it from the front gate. And it wasn't much better, from the back.

It took about 8 pull ups to get the trailer right. But I didn't bend a single blade of grass, or anything else for that matter.

 

It's almost time for the State fair's.... Maybe "Demolition Derby"....
It's better then burger flipping,.. just trying to help