Headed to Trenton 3-18-13

aw jones, so as someone coming behind u, am I going to learn much,and is it going to prepare us for the training after the classroom work. I have already have my class a so will not need to take the dot test. are the trucks in as good shape as they look?

 

Its not routing its directions from the exit. You still have to figure out how to get there, the directions just let you know a truck has been that way. 99.5% are driver written directions, the other .5 are from customers.

The example I can give is for Chicago Beverage, I have posted my directions here before and they are different from the qcomm. You still have to figure out how to get there safely and the route to take.

 

no,you choose your own route
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Ok, I read that answer before somewhere. I just misunderstood something.

Why would it be easier to pick your own route rather than them give you a suggested route, especially for new drivers. I know read your atlas and all, just saying.

 

Weather,traffic,construction,land slides, accidents are a few reasons they want you to do your own routing. You are still expected to find the best route to get to a customer without to many out of route miles. I have had a few customers where i have found routes that I prefer over what other drivers have suggested, and we do get customers where there are no directions and its up to you to get there. Its also they expect you to be a driver and not a steering wheel holder.

A perfect example of this, I was in Richfield and talking to a driver who came from another carrier. He was sent from Milwaukee to Eden NC. He took 90/94 to 80/90 to 81 to 77 to 40 to US 29. Because the interstate was always the quickest way to get somewhere, and he didn't understand why dispatch was mad at the out of route miles. If they didn't like his route they should give routes on the qcomm.

Now he should have went 90/94 to 294 ( bypass Chicago is easier for this example ), to 80/90 to 65 to 70 to 675 to 35 to 64/77 and then there are a couple ways to continue from there.

One of these two is a whole lot shorter than the other and is why its important to know how to read a map and plan a route. I have a gps that most customers I pop the address into, double check the route against my map, look at my truck stop guide to see where I am stopping and go. Unless its somewhere I have been before, then 98% you know the route to take.

 

MILLIS doesn't route you like some companies do. You get to pick your own route as long as its not too far out of route miles. Direction you request through the Qualcomm are going to be to get you the last few miles from the big road and will usually have multiple routes depending on which direction you are coming from.

If you happen to be the first driver to a location they will ask you to send in directions for future use.

 

So for the customers with no directions directions you at least get an address right?

 

You get an address, and most of the time a phone number or dispatch can get customer service to get you a number.

 

Google maps on my phone helps a lot when looking for addresses with no directions!

 

Broker loads usually don't have directions,atlesst none of the ones I've pulled. Bolt cutters are cheap and handy
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