Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

I manage it, it just seems that there is just barely enough time to get the job done and nothing more. I am not complaining, just being truthful to those who are thinking about getting into this business. There is a reason that only 10% are still with Maverick after a year. I believe that this is a big part of it. So I am being honest as I have been since I started down this path. The amount of hard work and the stress involved in getting to and from places on time can be a big shock to those new to trucking. It is also facing the realization that you no longer have control of your life the way that you used to do. Like shutting down for your 34 hour restart out in the middle of no where. It takes making a mental adjustment to all of it. I thought my trainer ran hard because he wanted to. Now I realize that he did it because he had to. So he prepared me well for this.
As I said, I find this a very rewarding job. You can see what you did and you also get a good feeling about doing things within the rules and driving safe and responsible on the roads. It would be so easy to kill people with these rigs.
So I hope no one takes this as a negative post...just keeping it real as Randy Jackson on American Idol always says.
I did get to have dinner with my parents today. They drove down to see me. So there was a nice part to being hung out in Jackson.
Now I have to leave at 4:30 am but there is no way I can make it to Toledo by my appointment at 7:00 am. I will update my eta, call the customer and see when they can take my load. I did everything I could....but the 70 hr clock struck me down.
God Bless!

 

I am sure that it will, however I have talked to many Mav drivers who have been with the company a long time, and they all have said that they typically do not give you enough time...especially when you are coming through the mountains.
Their program that plans this does not seem to compensate for the fact that you will be going up mountains at 30 mph.
Also it is the csr's who gives you the loads...not your fleetmanager. He is just the go between from the csr's to the drivers. So I am wondering why so many have said that your fleetmanager gets them home. Mine had nothing to do with the load I got.
He did not know what I was on until I was set up on it.
And again, no complaints, just observations.

 

I am not going anywhere! lol I just want to make sure and paint a clear picture of what it is like to those who read this forum and make life decisions based on the information that they read. I like the work. It is a real challange. I have lost over 20 lbs which is something that I wanted to do. It just seems to me that they really put you in a bind at times to get places. But as you say, it will get easier as I learn the truck and the loads and know what it is able to do.
This is just such a different life style which I am sure that it will be to most who get into trucking for the first time. It is kind of a culture shock at first.
Some friends of mine who I met since starting are experiencing the same thing. They work for other companies so I think it is a trucking thing in general. I believe this is the reason that there is the turn over rate.
Got to get ready to roll! God Bless!