my x-mas gift from Barr Nunn! this job stinks

More do than will admit it. While you might not have ever done it. There will come a time, you will. Never say never.

How about 2 days behind...or ahead depending on how you look at it?

Or even a week? I haven't gotten that far out. But I know drivers who do...regularly.

I know too many drivers that are willing to push the envelope. Myself included. It happens, and as much as we would rather not do it. It's often a personal call, and has nothing to do with a load being late, or dispatch pushing us.

Get back with me on this, the day one of your children has a bad accident. And you run out of hours 5 hours from the house with no one to pick you up, no way to rent a car. It happens..... And believe it or not. Some DOT officers are very understanding. Thankfully, they can't all be pricks.

These are not excuses, it's a look at reality.

 

Who do you drive for Werner?

Cuz I actually write in my own log book, on the line I want to, when I want too. With my own pen

 

At my company (local) I'm within the 100 mile deal, but our company requires us to still keep logs.. Here is what I do, lets say I have to get first load a 5am, now it takes usually any where between 30-45 min to get to cement silos, depending on traffic. So what I do is come in at 3:30 warm up truck do inspection then start my log at 4am and show 15 min pre trip then head out.. In Texas for construction you can work 15 hrs and be off 8, and trust me I only work up to 14 and take 10 to 12 off depending on when I finish and when the next day starts...

 

if you just failed to flag aline I dont think you deserved all that thats just none sence
I run behind abit but always show out of sleeper just behind a bit.Most wont admit it but Most are not current all day everyday.

 

I would tell them that your taking your 48 hrs BEFORE there load is delivered.And if they don't bend a little on this i would make sure this ld is late.I would refuse to help them with this ld.since they are refusing to help you at all.

 

The OP's situation is why I do not do OTR anymore except on rare occasions.

The purpose of all the rules was supposedly in the name of safety yet now I see drivers just getting harassment so that states can make money to fill their mty coffers and company's can avoid paying out what they owe.

And what is the purpose of shutting you down for 2 days after you run another load? The crew at BN would be on medication if I worked there, because I would make their jobs a misery to be at.

 

Good for you to CYA, The charge for fuel can be done for me because I signed a paper stating that My company can charge if I fail to bring the dispatched load in, I am not to just dead head., I can understand that.

 

Well it's water under the bridge now but if a company hires you for at will employment where either can terminate the employment for any reason then charging someone to bring the truck to the terminal kind of defeats that.

It should not cost a company driver anything to operate company equipment after they quit. It is the choice of the company, not the driver where the equipment should be taken but a company driver should not be forced to be responsible for more then getting the equipment back when they sever their employment with the company.

When quiting you should take the equipment to a location where a representative of management or someone with the authority can sign off in writing that everything is OK and their will be no charges to the driver. And where to take the truck should be at the discretion of the carrier. To many stories about abandonment being charged to drivers who did not follow the policies of the carrier and nor getting a signed release for anyone to do anything else.

Some of these carriers will mess you up if you give them a chance. So why do it?