Quit DHT no notice no job

Don't feel special about that. Knight kept bugging me for 18 months or so after I quit them. Of course I was professional about it, gave them notice and returned truck to its home yard.

 

Lol well next time you quit maybe you should just torch the truck .

 

I agree 100%.I try to show up for loading with full tanks then I have some room for manouver AND if they have scale on site they will rework it right away.Better than finding yourself at the limit or close to with empty tanks at the nearest CAT scale.I understand from OO point of view it may be worth to stop to fuel every couple hundred miles but from company driver POV it's a no no.Did it once and I don't want to do it anymore.

 

I'm white as white can be and I'll make over $75k with Danny Herman this year... you're doing better then that?

 

Well, it's your row to hoe for sure but I wouldn't have handled it that way....
I once booked a brokered back-haul of MX veggies from Nogales to Montreal, asked the shipper the usual, how many pallets, weight, etc....The guy told me and I told him, no way it's gonna put me over....He says, no it won't....I tell him if it is I'll be back....I went to the nearest scale and sure enough I'm over....I go back, guess what, all went home.....No cell phones in those days, go to the nearest pay phone, called the broker and my dispatch and told them no way this is moving until it's right, no way I'm dodging scales from AZ to Quebec, they agree....So, I go back to the warehouse, park it, block both loading docks, and go to sleep....Next AM, what are you doing here still?...Look, I told you I'd be overweight, now either fix it by taking off two pallets or take it all off and keep it....Well, they were pissed about it but did it....I said, what are you pissed about, I told you I'd be over, but you wouldn't listen....Now you've put me behind schedule by half a day....Oh yeah, I stayed right there and watched the whole thing, making sure it was done right
Some guys just aint cut out for OTR driving, but remember, you only got one name, protect it, good luck to you.....

 

Sometimes what you are saying is not possible. I have received many dispatches with specific instructions in it to not show up at loading with full tanks. In fact I want to remember a shipper refusing to load a guy because he was full of fuel.

 

I have always advised green drivers to grow a pair and NEVER allow a shipper to bully you. I never allowed a shipper to load ANYTHING in that last 6 feet of a 53 footer if the load was going to be on the heavy side.

 

Hmmmm, not trying to bust your balls here, but it seems to me that these posts kind of contradict each other.
You are advising drivers to grow a set and never allow a shipper to bully you, which I agree with completely. But before that, you say it sometimes isn't possible, referring to showing up at the shipper with full tanks. Again, I agree that you might be told this.
But I never accepted a load where I was told that. If it's a long run, and you have to fuel several times due to not being able to fill up without going overweight, then it's costing you money. Of course, if it's a short run between shipper and consignee, so you don't have multiple fuel stops, it makes a difference. Of course if it's a short run, you still aren't making much money off it.
Again, not trying to put you down, just making an observation.

 

I agree, it's usually easier to prevent something, opposed to fixing it later.....53's weren't in use yet, 45's (96w) were the norm, with a few 40's still hanging around, 48's were just coming into use, under protest I might add...
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