Do not work for woody bogler

If you are the company, then you should do what you feel is the right thing. For you, and any employees you may have.

Many of us are not the company, though, and if the company tells us to run with it, we have to assess whether we wish to take the chance on getting caught, and what the company does, if we do get caught. Is the company going to own up to their part in all of this, or deny any knowledge?

 

So does Wisconsin. The first "Fair and Equitable Board" I sat on involved a driver who scaled over weight and ran it because a DM 'implied' that it was fine to run, and if the driver went back he wouldn't be paid for the extra miles. It was also the shortest board I ever sat on - Schneider reimbursed the driver and fired the DM.

I've run plenty of loads over axle and a few over gross - but always with the understanding that Schneider would have paid the fine. I'd make a call first, and if my DM or a couple others answered I'd ask "run it and risk it or return to shipper?" If other DMs answered, it became a courtesy call informing them I was going back because I knew they wouldn't have my back if push came to shove.

My generic advice is to always scale any load over 35K at the first scale and always go back to the shipper if overweight. With more experience on the road and with a company, a driver can become more flexible, but always assume the Office Critter is going to:

 

Either way you put it, as a driver its on you, 99 percent of the time, you may get lucky but most dont, dot does not care, and neither does your company, woody bogler states in their orientation they do not pay for it, the driver does. if you want to risk it, thats your choice. im just giving advice because im currently working for them till the end of the week.

 

Sucks to hear about your misadventures with bogler, at a point I was seriously considering a move to SE Missouri and bogler was first on my list followed by bucheit, I think Cory was the recruiter, seemed like a nice guy and pretty informed, I guess you never know until you go. If you like end dumps I would suggest Bones out of Ottawa Kansas there’s a few members on here who have been successfully running for them for a while.

 

I agree, Cory was my recruiter as well, they only have 2 Cory and Heather, for the type of work involved with end up, 600 net is just not going to cut it, its alit more stuff then just pulling a dry van or reefer. even if you do 10 loads a week, which is pushing it, your still going to gross like 1k a week, which is poverty these days, you can do better especially if you have experience and a cleanish driving record. I have to many bills I have to take care off for 600 a week.

 

Woody bogler? Sounds like a sex move. Example. " I gave her a Woody bogler".

 

I always loved the holy then tho ones. I always obeyed the rules I bet you always signal 200 feet b4 a turn and most definitely if the speed limit is 65 you never run 66 mph

 

I have done some things that were less than legal, but I never did it because of pressure from some pencil neck who doesn't give 2 sharts about me or my career. I won't wag my finger at a driver who chooses to take a little risk, like running heavy. It's on the driver, not the company.

 

IDK about ag hauling but for me who does reefer madness and dry van Indiana has been cracking down on our weights-even if we’re federally under the 80K pound gross limit. A couple of our drivers got nailed for being overweight on individual axles and in those couple times the state hit us for a $10,000 weight penalty! From that point on If we’re passing through, picking up or delivering into the State of Indiana, we have to weigh the load. Had one recently that was going down to Georgia from Indiana.
Indiana,Kentucky,Tennessee and Georgia definitely wasn’t going to let this one go-even with the tandems slid forward to the limit! Load had to go back to be reworked!