868 mile load 4 days to get it there?

Swift was a great place to get those types of loads. Usually accompanied by a QC message stating......"Can't deliver early, DO NOT CALL RECEIVER".

 

I agree, if you take your 34, that 4 days doesn’t look so bad. I’d still try to deliver early if possible

 

Don't mean to be an ***** but i don't get some of you drivers.

These companies are in business to make money, they are not here to appease you or to make your work life as a vacation.

Right now the economy is finally picking up, and it has been very slow, many of us hope that this killed off a lot of marginal companies and reduce the highly saturated driver pool to raise rates and give all of us better rates.

What gets me about this situation you posed, you can't blame the company you work for, they want to see you moving all the time, hell if they had their way, they wouldn't let that truck stop, so if the loads are not there to take, then there isn't any games being played on you.

Depending on where the load landed me, that would be the only deciding factor, money is money.

 

It looks bad when most of your loads include a 34 though.

 

#### if I ever complied with that second part, though. If I had a question that they say to take to CSR, then I could probably get the answer faster by calling the customer myself

 

Then I'd recommend looking for a carrier that you think can keep you busy and move on. Otherwise, suck it up because the economy is beginning to pick up.

 

When I was with CR England. They told everyone whom listened to figure your load as this.
Maximum drive time per day at 500 miles. Normal driving is 50 miles per hour. Divide 50 into the distance. IE 868 / 50 = 17.36 So 17 and a half hours (being safe). Yes you can go faster. Yet that isnt the point of the equation. The point is you can get stuck in a traffic jam. That 500 is worst case. You dont ever want to plan on best case, as you will get screwed on the days that the manure happens. Good for you to get it there early. Horrible of you to want to milk the company for layover money. You do realize they might be monitorring your posts and you have given them grounds for termination as you want to steal from the company. Then when you leave, it will be negativity that will haunt you. If you want to leave, do so. Just dont so it in a way that makes you look bad to other employers.

 

Either ask your dispatcher if load can deliver early or call the receiver. Worst case, get there early and ask if they can squeeze you in