COVENANT -- From a wife's perspective

WELCOME to the forums. CatsLadyFish!

And by ALL means ---- ramble on!
Fret not.
Those who don't want to read it all can stop readin' ANYtime.
While those of us who DO enjoy readin' will continue to
ramble on with you.

 

I guess I read things wrong. I got the impression that the 200 mile rule was for all loads, not just high security cargo.

I can see some restrictions on certain loads.

 

Yeah, the 200 miles is just for high security loads. Don't worry, we all miss things sometimes!

 

See the section in red print

 

I think the quote from Redcoat Wife (above) is what you're making reference to.

Having personally transported MANY High-Value loads, it's my opinion
that even though a truckin' company doesn't have such a policy, it
is, nonetheless, a very good idea to adhere to those habits.

One thing I'm not sure I agree with is sticking to a known route planned
by the truckin' company and/or the shipper/receiver.
Reason?
Because some of these hijackings are inside jobs, and if they KNOW
for SURE which route(s) a Big truck truck driver WILL be taking, it
seems to me it would make it easier for them to do what they do.
That being steal the load.
The truckin' company I drove for left the routing up to the driver. And, IMO, that's the safer way.

But when under High-Val loads, the driver should NEVER let their
guard down.

 

Yep that was the one.

I know all about some of covenant's high dollar loads I worked in a wharehouse were they picked up from it was computer stuff.

I have see some bad trainers at covenant in my day this one trainer was getting irate with his trainee because he was not hitting the dock fast enough.

I told the trainer when you guys get the truck in the dock come inside at let us know.

Then he was running down his trainee I said well you were probaly like that when you first started he was like no I hit that dock all the time quick.

I told him really it took me a while when I was in school to get use to it and I was still having issues with docking.

This was when I went to school back in the 90's when the school kicked me out because I would not give them more money before I graduated.

I was trying to enforce M.T.A contract that I signed with them.

 

You went to M.T.A. too?
Small world.

 

I had a week and 2 days left when they kicked me out.

They ended up writing me a check for my down payment back.

They tried to get me to take a settlement offer to get a class b for another 300 bucks but I of course refused that.

They are no longer in my area I think the Department Of Higher Education shut them down.

Then I went to sage a little while back and found the director of that school use to work for M.T.A. when he told me that I told him that I was sorry for him and explained my story.

 

Hmmmmmmmm
Strangely, they're no longer here in this California town either.

Seems they were recruiting transients from the Los Angeles area,
and showing them how they could receive subsistence money from
the State, just for attending the school. They never really had ANY
intentions of graduating, but they enjoyed a motel room for free for
the duration, along with spendin' money, which was SUPPOSED to be
for food ---- but I highly suspect it was spent on drugs.

Get this, there were two brothers attending the same class at the same
time --- and BOTH had the SAME name.
It's twue!
It's twue!

The classroom instructor called 'em "A" & "B".
The road instructors didn't have that problem though, as one of them
couldn't pass his test for a CDL-A learner's permit, so he never got
behind the wheel.
He did, however, offer to pay me to take his written test FOR him.
YeAH, RIGHT!
Like THAT'S gonna happen.
Not.

And another was removed from class to go back to Northern California,
to face a murder charge.
Something about a body found in the truck of his car.
Which, of course, he know NOTHING about.

Would you believe he had a violent temper when he didn't do well
out in the practice yard when tryin' to master backin'?

But, over all, the instruction was pretty good.