My return to LTL... with SAIA

As a systems driver, who knows where you will go. You’ll be at dispatch’s mercy. That being said, go for it... trucking with a hotel card makes it far more palatable than being out in a cramped sleeper all week.

 

Oh but think of the places you can squeeze that little bobtail in!

 

I can’t answer these questions, I am just getting back into linehaul (as a systems driver) from a city board. But I figure all of the answers I could give you are based on where you’re at, your timing of arrivals and departures etc.

They give you a lodging card for the hotel, I’m not sure whether you must use a specific hotel that is listed in the employee system or if that is a suggestion to the nearest hotel available.

 

Regarding that, I’ll bet they have deep pockets and short arms.

 

Today is the last day of this pay period, and it looks like I'll be finishing it off with about 2900-3000 miles for the week, currently sitting at 2514 miles for the week.

The main dispatcher I deal with at Central now knows that my hotel card is in hand and active, so I believe I may be seeing trips that require a lay down at some point soon.

One stark difference I see to compare Saia's linehaul setup vs. FedEx Freight's setup, is that is seems that Central dispatch has 100% control of the linehaul operations, while the hubs/terminals just close, break and build trailers to whatever planning Central implements and that disgusting phrase of "hub discretion" that was prevalent anywhere at FXF does not seem to exist here, at least not at the localized dispatch operations.