Heartland will ruin your DAC

Yeah, should probably do if I look to apply with another company, and yeah probably better to do sooner rather than later. Not sure how long it takes, and didn't know about that route until recently.

+1

And yes its slightly less pay, but worth it

Probably pet drivers are with the company for many years, live at a good location for home time (or don't take home time at all better yet), kissing ###, and on dedicated drop n hook from Iowa City to Columbus back and forth on a regular routine that generally has no issues of tight or unrealistic appointments. But who knows, maybe I'm just blowing hot air here.

There is a difference between being a complainer, and communicating with dispatch. Yes here on the forums I'm being a complainer

And for being dependable, my 10 1/2 year record speaks for itself, no chargeable accidents, no chargeable lates, willing to run all my hours, etc.

I guess sometimes no matter how nice you are, some people are just difficult to get along with. And I do realize that almost all dispatchers are generally under stress from at least some of their drivers being difficult, complaining they are tired, load is too short, want more miles, want extra pay, etc, etc. That isn't me, I've NEVER complained to dispatch about any of that. Also I've had managers at shipping/receiving snap at me before, and I just smiled back at them and was nice. Later they apologized that they were having a bad day. So even when people (dispatch, customers DoT) are nasty to me, I still do my best to get along. Yes, I know, if the driver got fired, he must have done something for that to happen

 

800 miles / 50 MPH average = 16?

So leaving shippers gate with consignee appointment in 20 hours from that point, gives 4 hours to spare, not enough time for 10 hour break.

Lets be optimistic here and calculate at 60 MPH, then that is 13.3 hours drive time within a strait 20 hour period? Still not enough time for 10 hour break to squeeze in there.

Unless I missed something in the math?

Edit: Oh you were talking about rubberducky68 calculations, nm

 

I think he rubberducky68 was assuming 20 hours + 10 hour break time = 30 hours.

Not that he could do 800 miles all with break included all within 20 hour time. If so then yeah it would equal 23.5 hours.

Once left the shipper, had to be at consignee within 20 hours, clock is ticking. Hope that clears up any confusion. There was no addition 10 hours anywhere for a break.

Also, like stated before, its not just one misunderstanding that ended the relationship. It was several. Dispatch pushing the limits, or being thick headed, dunno. I would like to think that I communicate clearly to them in a timely manner. Pretty close to the same time I talked to another company driver about the issue, and he told me that he would have ran it with another log book. Seems to be something that dispatch was expecting of us when loads were tight and no drivers to spare. Drivers "willing to do what it takes".