New at May Trucking Company of Brooks, OR

When I was with May this being almost 4 years ago it was just the opposite, always had too much time and ended up sitting a lot. I think much depends on who your dispatch is.

 

Do you have washout often? I was under the impression that Western 11 was mostly dry van.

 

When I did W11 it was 99% dry van,very little wash out.

 

Met a May driver a few weeks ago, told me his truck was set at 61mph,,,way to slow.

 

That's what mine was set at.

 

I suppose you are on e-logs. Can you do the 8 hr splits on occasion. Husband does not work for May, and he has had to use the 8's sometimes to deliver a load on time.

I think all companies have the schedules set either with too much time, and then the next week it is so tight that a 5 min delay would put you late. Sales seem not to be too bright when they pick up these loads as far as timing, maybe if you had a jet. Your FM/DM should be watching, but that doesn't mean they do. A lot of times you will know when they are training new people, with all the goof ups.

Back a long time ago when he was at US X, they would send out loads late and it got to be a pain. He would send in the macro with the ETA, sometimes it was way later than what they had set the appointment at, it just got there when he got there. Now everyone wants you to stick to a set time. Do you get detention when they take forever to unload you?

 

Last winter had a May truck pass me on I 80 over around Elk Mountain in Wyoming during a blizzard. Seemed like he was doing a lot faster than 61. About 5 miles later I passed him he was in the median facing the other direction.

 

Prolly a leased on owner not a company truck,my Walsh truck is gov'd at 62 and I pass lots of May trucks on the 5 doing about 61. That Elk Mtn area sure eats a lot of trucks in the winter,saw 5 wrecks up there the first trip in the May truck going to Denver for beer. Maybe the refer division (48 state) got a bump in speed since I left, dunno but I doubt it.