Are you late all the time in the winter?

Nevermind I misread.

 

Spent 10 years running the NW and Western Canada. I wasn’t late all that much, but it does happen sometimes. Most people are pretty understanding of the weather. The biggest thing with running regional is if the road is open you’ll be expected to chain up and keep going. Keep in mind that something that happens early in the week can end up affecting your whole week as far as pickups and deliveries and total loads before you go home.

Depending on if you’ll be home every weekend or not you could end up with some short weeks if you don’t have time for another trip before the weekend.

 

you should ALWAYS communicate with your company as to your situations...if you have to park it, or slow down, or be late.

as it has been said many times, "you are the captain of that ship"...you crash..?? that's on you.

for not deciding to stop for the day (or night)

companies would rather deal with an upset customer over you being late, than a wreck, insurance claims, and destroyed equipment

i never got fired, and when i ran the road, i parked it many times.

but here's the thing, you have to at least make the attempt to drive. if there are like 3 snowflakes in the air, and you call and say you cannot drive, they very well may check with other drivers in that area......if they say"there is no snow"...you might get canned for REFUSING to work.

i been thru a lot in my 48 years...to fail to make "an attempt" is bad..

if you are in a truck stop parking lot, and the snow is up to your axles, then you have a darned good excuse that you cannot drive, UNTIL you get plowed out.

COMMUNICATE AT ALL TIMES to your company...

and if they force you to drive..???

to me, i'd quite, and i have a few times.......

you can't be a "nancy" or "mary" and not drive cuz of some snow....as you gain experience, you will know what to do each and every time.

 

Late is a subjective term, most freight can be delayed. not all but most.

 

Just give you best safe ETA. Customers & companies out West know about bad weather.

 

To answer the OP, yes, you just drive to conditions. If that’s 25mph on chains, it’s 25 mph on chains.

You're not late if you call it in and reschedule the delivery.

 

Also with the exception of the I-5 corridor most people you will be dealing with will be aware of the weather and they will know of storms in the area you’ll be traveling.

 

I’m late all the time in the summer. This trucking is hard!

 

Winter time I had occasional lates but not many. It doesn't snow every day and light snow won't bother anything. It's just the heavy snows that close the passes and the highway departments can't keep cleared off of the roads. As you get used to it, you will know what is going to delay you and what won't. Just keep in touch with everybody that matters and nobody will really even pay attention to it when it happens.