Coastie Going O/O at last

I know what you mean - seems like you can drive anywhere until you try it in a big truck!

Last night coming through I95 in VA, traffic backed up like a parking lot for miles (and I thought I waited it out long enough before passing through - HA). So I start poking at the screen on the GPS, as it's too much fun to try and read an MC atlas while driving, and see an alternate. I get off 95, make a right, and about a quarter mile down the road narrows and I see a bridge sign 29 Tons Max. I'm loaded, and thinking to myself - those cheap mammajamma's! I had to throw on the four ways, wait until a couple cars passed, back up about 300 feet, and then flip it around in an impossibly small intersection. I came within a foot of rearranging some road signs, and I've got a great idea for cities - BUILD SOME FREAKIN BRIDGES OR PUT THE SIGNS UP BEFORE YOU GET THERE. Just a thought....

Sounds like you wouldn't have that problem on this run Coastie - heck you could probably almost make a drive-thru at McD's

 

I just have an airgauge on mine for the trailer, works just fine. Hooks in where the air bag supply is

 

In the east it's impossible to outguess the interstate's unless you're real familiar w/ local roads. I don't try that anywhere really. These rigs are just too big and difficult to turn around.

 

They can install a satellite beacon on the trailers instead - seems like a much more cost-effective solution. Sounds like it's a little late for that though......

Qualcomm is one of the main reasons I run my own truck, and I'd almost rather be cross-eyed than to have one. There are too many errors in a day that need to be adjusted out here on the road. Not to mention that it seems to take an hour or better sometimes to bed down for the night.

So the real question is, are they still requiring paper logs from you? And is there any certainty that they are not using the tracking system in the Qualcomm unit to compare or audit your logs? That, would be truly bothersome (at best) and you may want to ask other drivers who've been there for awhile. I know I'd be in some sheyat!

 

That doesn't sound kosure viz the FMCSRs Coastie. You might want to get the "green book" out and do a little CYA. I believe that either YOU have to write the customer PO numbers on each log page to tie your movements back to reality, or include a company trip number that does.

Just sayin' man - it's your ticket.

 

I agree. I always put PO or BOL number on logbook. I also agree with looking into the regs to see exactly what's required. Especially with FMCSR's 2010 program coming out this summer, drivers are going to be held as accountable as the carriers. CYA!!

Good post ironpony

 

Many customers require tracking. You got to have Qual Com to get the freight.