Good Night From II

OK.

Well, first off, you used O when you should have used 0.
A capital O, the letter, when it should have been 0 the number.

Many, most, people substitute Oh for Zero. One syllable as opposed to two, I suppose.
Even the Bond movies do it.
Double Oh Seven.
It is really 007 - double zero seven.
Zero zero seven... 007.

 

I came to Swift after being away from driving for over 11 years. But, I still remembered how to manage my time.

Yes, the thinking thing is critical. Starting you driving day after an exact 10 hour break is not always the best, for example. Maybe if you start 2 hours later, it will let you work that preplan better before running out of your 14. A driver has to understand that the decisions made today can affect things 3 days from now. Only experience can develop thaose planning skills. Even then, it can be a gamble, but you have to hedge your bets, if possible.

 

I know.
I have 2 zero's on my truck number.
One three zero... and I always say it that way.

They just don't understand that a 0 is not really an O.

I think my brain has a malfunction because I can't seem to grasp the looseness of the English language, to substitute a sound for the word.
Yet, it the only language I know - or want to know.

 

People tell me that I look just like Burt Reynolds back when he made Smokey and the Bandit.

 

That thinking shows only a regard for the load(s) that you are running.

What about your own time that you need to do things?

Things like doing laundry or getting a shower takes time.
Those things are ADDED in to my 10 hour break. They are not subtracted from it.
And 'generally' I don't take less than a 12 hour break in any case.

Things like finding parking at a safe place at the correct time are calculated in to my trip plan.

Before I accept any load I will take those things into consideration and plan accordingly.
And I turn down loads, or adjust the times on those loads if there is room to do so.

I'm not in this for the miles or the money.
I do it because I enjoy it.

I will do it to the best of my ability and desire, but I won't run myself into the ground doing so.

 

And do you have 'Frog' with you as well?
That would be great!

 

Oh, I take care of myself. Very seldom do I go over 24 hours without a shower and keep up on my laundry. But I also know how to do 600 plus miles in a day and not use my whole 14 to do it. That is when there is no loading/unloading that day. I can do tight 10 hour breaks and still get sufficient sleep. All of this is of course on the 1500 plus mile runs.

 

I have a fetish for Martha Stewart.

 

Speaking of lack of training. You guys and gals should see it over here on the reefer side. They're bringing fresh upgrades from a dry van mentor and putting them on the reefer fleet. Then you get guys who don't know how to fuel reefer. Let alone adjust the temperature. Then they'll run a -10 load on continuous instead of cycle sentry. Which for those of you who don't know, that is not needed and just sucks fuel. Loads get t-called under 3/4 of a tank.

I get asked at customers by fellow co workers how to adjust the temperature from time to time. I show them and then train them on the reefer unit then find another one of our reefers that's a different manufacturer and train them on that too. I don't mind it. Just wish they would make a video on it and require reefer drivers to watch it.

I just tell the driver. Never be afraid to ask a fellow reefer driver for assistance.