Let them track your truck?

I had a dry van backhaul out of S Tx recently that the broker required Macropoint to be dl"ed. The VP called me and asked me to DL it. I wanted to tell him that I charged $50/hr to be tracked via macrocrap on MY tablet, but since Im a co driver I decided against it. Then when I forgot to do it, the broker called him back and said I was refusing to use it, yet I never talked to him the mf'er.

 

I've been with Progressive since 2015. They request the previous 4 quarters of IFTA reports at renewal every year.

 

What annoys me is they want you to use the app to track you, yet still blow up your phone for updates.

 

I mean, here's the thing. If I could call back to the office and actually have someone answer the phone, that would be amazing. If someone would just pick a time of the day that's not first thing in the morning or last thing at night, that would be amazing. Either works just fine for me. All I care is that the check call can get done without a whole bunch of unnecessary ######## also getting roped in

 

They can make money off of your data. That's what changed.

 

The ability to reliably do it is all that's changed. The broker sells it as a service to the shipper. And let's be honest, all things being equal would you not want to log into a website, put in a tracking number and know exactly where the shipment is?
Even if the broker doesn't charge more, all other things being equal they will get more business just for the added feature.

 

My best paying loads require me to be tracked . This has actually made detention easier as well as getting paid quickly with no % taken off the top for early pay . I would rather be tracked electronically than have a broker call me 2x a day , they like to call early not realizing I'm in a different time zone still sleeping. I see no problem

 

I have never been tracked except for an Exxon load out of Anchorage that went out on the ice the other side pf Prudhoe.
Exxon insisted of putting a tracking device in my truck that had to be plugged in to the cigarette lighter.
I had been gone in Anchorage rush hour traffic when they called me the first time, wanting to know why I had noiot moved yet, and they had the nerve to ask if I was sure I was not still there. It was only about 20 minutes later they called and asked the same thing, about an hour in and the same phone conversation, except for this time I told them, that it was illegal for me to be talking on the phone, so this was the last time I will answer it, besides that I just unplugged your device. lol