Quit DHT no notice no job

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  1. Kolorado

    Kolorado Medium Load Member

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    So two weekends ago i came back from home time waiting Friday for a load. Get a call around 1pm. Hey we got a load for ya can u get to Forney TX before 5 pm i said yes and went to pick it up. so i got loaded place closes 20 mins after i get loaded and i'm overweight 11400 steers 34600 drive 34500 trailer 5th wheel doesn't slide bolted in place. time i get it weighed and go back there closed. so i was told to go back in the morning. i do and some clown is like i'm not touching the trailer blah blah he dont work that side or something. i drive to QT ON I-45 near Hutchins tx. weekend dispatch tell me to go back 25 miles to see if they can load it again ofc they wont drive back to qt 25miles (closest truck stop with parking) sit there for 4 hours and dispatch calls me again hey drive back there and say (jesus something cant remember the last name) said it needs to get reworked and if they don't get the supervisors name etc.. I do and they wont rework it sayin he cant touch it cause he didn't load it woundn't give me a supervisors name i go back to QT. Call weekend dispatch and they said ell your going to have to wait till monday i said well am i at least going to get layover pay and he said they cant that was the final straw for this company i drove the truck and trailer to the knight transportation yard where we rent like 10 spots to drop trailers. Dropped the trailer and drove home 167 miles bobtail right when i hit jolly Texas i started getting QC messages and phone calls 12 miles from my home. pulled up to my house sent a QC message saying i quit and i will call my DM and see where they want me to bring the truck..
     
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  3. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    So ld abandoned bobtail home
    Where was the ld going...
     
  4. Kolorado

    Kolorado Medium Load Member

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    it was going to mesa arizona
     
  5. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    Oh boy ... I hope this load was going some distance and likely across at least 1 open scale. I understand you may have reached your limit with Knight, but not sure the situation was handled right. But good luck just the same.
     
  6. Kolorado

    Kolorado Medium Load Member

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    When i called my DM monday he asked if i wanted a few days to make sure i wanted to quit i said i don't need any time i'm quitting i offered to bring the truck to el paso and by my own greyhound ticket home and he said i can just bring it to the same place i dropped my trailer. i said ok and asked to speak to his boss and i wanted to make sure if i do this i wont get abandonment on my dac he said where not putting anything on your dac and i guess i beleave him but time will tell
     
  7. Kolorado

    Kolorado Medium Load Member

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    it wasnt knight it was danny herman trucking. And it was going across 1-10 wb new mexico scale and then i-10 arizona scale
     
  8. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    So you bobtailed 167 miles home and quit over a load that was barely over weight ..and quit under dispatch .
    If I was was Danny Herman Id send you a thank you card .
    Good luck finding a new job .
     
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  9. Kolorado

    Kolorado Medium Load Member

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    Worst case they mess up my dac i don't want to drive OTR anymore anyways and wont. Only kinda truck gig i will take it line haul. Have a job interview with unifirst wednesday worse case i can all ways get my old pharmacy tech job back i had for 7 years. also knew this day would come and i saved to live for months with out work.
     
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  10. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    edt
     
    Last edited: Jun 28, 2016
  11. Florida Playboy

    Florida Playboy Road Train Member

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    Was this the first negative situation you had with the company?
     
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