Life at USA is about ready to change big time!!!!!!!!

Gotta love a company that micro manages the drivers like that.

 

when I drove for decker they did that crap and it sucked. I fuel 7 times in one shift 7 times.....I spent more time in fuel lines than driving....at the end of the day I had 5 hours driving and 14 hours on duty not driving since I was so pissed that I had 7 fuel stops that day I let my e log run the whole time....now I am on my own and loving it...

 

If your a company driver you gotta remember who owns the truck.

 

They own the trk, but would they make you take that many fuel stops if they paid you for your time at the fuel stops..They could save lots of money if they didnt pay us at all..

 

I work here because I'm not treated like a child and led by the hand whereever I go. Its their right to change that and as an adult my right to go work elsewhere. And I will when this gets to me. Get rid of the bums in fuel economy that are making poor decisions lately and get someone that knows what they are doing and we will return to being a profitable company.

 

It is very unusual for a company to have a truck stop 7 times in one trip. I wonder if the computer on the other end was messed up. Most generally the route solution is figured for the least miles, they don't look at if it is on cowtrails where you have to spend more money on braking vs interstate with a more constant speed and little braking. The fuel is figured on the fuel they figure you will need and then they go to the lowest payout stations on your route, or if they have a contract to get x amount of fuel from a T/s and haven't fulfilled that commitment then you are sent there. Most generally the fuel is on the route of the route solution sent. There are times though that because of the load, mountains, driver, wind, etc, you may use more fuel than planned; that is when you request most generally another fuel up of x amount of gals, hopefully they will do so. There has been a time or too in the past when husband drove for US X that he had to have a fuel up at a station who did not take the cards he had, this is where comcheck came in handy, it is usually only good for 50gals, just enough hopefully to get you to a place that has the stations company uses. It is the name of the game on fuel savings and kickbacks, fuel rebates, whatever that entice a company to get fuel from x vs y at that time. He has seen a whole lot of small places that he has to get fuel from now that most generally he would not have gone to in the past, this is with a different company now of course.

 

I'm a company driver. My truck is fueled when I get to work. It is also cleaned. Windshield washed. I sleep in my own bed. I use my own shower. I eat my own food. I'm happy. It is also washed on weekends.

 

WVroadtrucker I am on the same test program been on it for a week.Its not really a big issue as far as I can see.The places they have selected me to fuel are along my route from point A to point B.It tells you what the optimal amount of gallons is that you should need at each fuel location,not how many gallons you can get or not get,you are still allowed to use fuel stops in the fuel book as needed.It does not tell you that you have to take a certain route.You may have been given some bad info or are totally misunderstanding the pilot program that they are testing