Family Time Fleet or Whatever They Want to Call It

Was talking to my friend who I got his first semi driving job in '84. In the 90's he ran OTR for Watkins. When he had home time he cleaned out his truck. It was always team. They wouldn't have a truck many times when it was time to run again. He would either run local for them or file for unemployment.

I would definitely check in with with your terminal's "shuttle commander" and ask for work.

I know in Florida once you open up an unemployment claim it used to stay open for 6 months or more. Usually there is a "grace" period where you won't draw a check. Once that was fulfilled you don't have to do it again.

A friend at Swift in Florida got off his mentor's truck and they told him to go home and they would have him a truck in a couple of weeks. He asked for a lay off slip. They had him in a truck riding to Greer SC in less than 24hrs to get a truck. When he arrived in Greer they told him they didn't have a truck! He raised Hell and they eventually got him one. Of course he was not compensated for his down time.

 

I had a friend out of Lancaster that was forced into the program. Theory is you aren't to take a 34. Swift never could get it right. His miles usually sucked. He also wanted to be out 3 weeks at a time. They had problems getting him home for doctor's appointments etc. When he got his year in he quit.

I live 180mi. from the nearest terminal. It wouldn't have worked for me at all.

 

And you believe everything a recruiter tells you.

That is a 2000mi+ week average. Good money if you have a decent DM. My friend didn't. He had 2 bad ones in a row. When he went to complain to his fleet manager he was 10th in line with the same complaint. Never refused a run, never had a service failure. Only thing he got out of his first DM was complaining about being 7% out of route. Yet he was following the company crap instructions.

I never heard anything from my DM about being out of route.

Denali when you gonna pull the trigger?

 

Slip seating locally sucks because the guy in front of you won't fix squat, won't write it up. And act ignorant when you call them on it.