An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Part 1. They're talking about adding something, but I only have 17' of deck left.

 

That would work if it was something solid. They could have loaded it basket first and had it overhang the front, then I could have secured the basket angled back to the last tiedown pullouts, but that might gain me only a foot or so. I have seen some of these with the basket turned down 90°, but not sure this model can do that.

 

It's that time of the month again.

 

Well, when I was dispatched on this load, they made it sound like I was picking up something else(that was set up already), but after hanging out waiting on this implied 2nd pickup (for hours), they decided just to roll me up to PA with only this machine, which not only put me in rush hour in Knoxville, but right during a serious rain storm. My dispatcher broke one of my cardinal rules yesterday.... don't tell me how to do my job unless I ask for advice. He not only set my PTA without asking when I would be available, but he told me when I was going to roll and be empty. And when I stood my ground on this, and said I make those decisions, not him...it was a repeated "I just don't understand why....". I finally said to him, "I will explain it to you the way I explain it to my smallest grandkids when they keep asking -why-....it's because I ####ing say so, that's why, end of discussion". One way to get on my bad side is to push the instant a-hole button, and a desk jockey telling me how to drive and plan (when they can't plan for crap) not only presses that button, but holds it down. He and I are about to part ways...he is one of those tightly wound, high strung guys...and I don't get along with those type of people at all.