Calling in to the company.

And they probably can't figure out why their turnover rate is so high.

 

lmao

 

I would have send the new route, reason why and rolled...

 

If a road is closed it's freaking closed. Nothing you can do about it except to find a lawful legal trucroute to replace closed route. Then use it.

Are you captian of your truck or are you not? Use a alternative route. If your bosses scream and yell because you did not use the authroized closed route then you might want to find another company to run for. I have rarely if ever run into a problem with company people over a route except in once or twice when someone does not understand or accept that the hazmat has to go another way that takes time and mileage to do it. (Baltimore Md, uses Key Bridge which is south of the city rather than the tunnels which you don't go with hazmat. It's about a 40 minute difference.

Im not your enemy, I encourage you to consider the situation as a agent of your company. And then get it moving. Whatever the problem is.

The next time your reefer goes down, tell your shop that it's cheaper to pay a few thousand dollars incurred in finding a dealership of the brand reefer on your trailer than it is to try and dispose of a 100,000 dollar lost load due to no temp control. The longer you have to wait for this approval, the easier it is to see that load lost.

Time is particularly valued. If you the driver is not sufficiently valued as to sit around losing time waiting on people who wont talk to you or hang up.. then you need to find a different company to run for, hopefully with better people.

 

Yes but you have a ton of headaches. Being a company driver for a small company is probably the best compromise. You have a lot more freedom than a Schneider or Werner driver but also none of the business hassles an O/O has. My biggest concern is where to park for the night LOL

 

Then you are very lucky. It's best to lose a reefer before you are loaded and there you are =)

It's no problem fixing a reefer. Someone will get that load, maybe you maybe someone else. But you are not loading that reefer until she is fixed.

I noticed you have another post with part of my own below this one. As far as the quietly losing the bonus, you never really had it. Im not surprised actually and frankly it encourages you to go find another company to run for.

It seems to me you cannot do anything without the company saying no if anything at all. You are going to ask yourself why are you even allowing such a company to have that kind of power over your own life on the road?

There is a awful lot of freedom to be gained provided you are always on time with your getting loaded and unloaded. Most everything else can be taken care of yourself without having to bother anyone. So if you have not already fixed your reefer, go get it fixed. Forget the year end bonus. If you claim perdiem on your taxes based on number of logged days away from home times a flat rate you will be able to deduct a great deal of your taxes, if not all of it. They can keep their precious little bonus. To me that bonus is something easily lost and not something to be used as a club to assure compliance with approved routes.

I think you are unhappy with your company. I encourage you to move along and perhaps find a better company where you will be happier and less encumbered by a stack of do nots and no this and no that.