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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Crusty, post: 2614893, member: 43782&quot;]Miles are good as they can be. Keeping busy. Shippers and recievers tend to be off the beaten path. Allot of secondary road driving. Been staying staying mid-atlantic east to west region. Short miles per trip. Don&#039;t think we&#039;ve done a trip over 400 miles in the two weeks. Not exactly OTR. About equal live load/unload and drop and hook. Longest delay was at Frito lay in Wooster, OH. About 3 hours. </p><p>Truck broke down leaving there. Something to do with the DEF system. Truck would not re-generate. Towed to Freightliner in Canton, OH. They took the shotgun approach. Just kept replacing parts. Had to get a motel. After 36 hours I guess they got it.</p><p>Trainer had been out 24 days at this point and was due 4 days off. Instead of dead heading us the just HAD to do another trip which was of course BS. So he was almost two days late getting his leave. We finished up yesterday near the Somerset, KY. terminal. Had my wife drive 5 hours to pick me up. No way was I going to spend 4 to 5 days in a motel.</p><p>One thing more of interest. At orientation, I was told that pickup and delivery times are figured with a specific formula to insure reasonable driving times. YET; my trainer told me there are UPS runs that you have to drive straight thru stopping for fuel only!!!&nbsp; I&#039;ll be refusing those trips. I WILL let my permanent dispatcher know this up front. WHY is UPS farming out freight? My guess is their own drivers won&#039;t do it. AND it&#039;s clearly cheaper. No wonder mandatory breaks is on the books. Can&#039;t happen soon enough for me.</p><p>Point of interest #2. They are constantly sending messages on idle time. Their standard is 30%. Ours is 65%. What can I say. Install APUs! Problem solved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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