Quit DHT no notice no job

Technically even with a full tank u would been legal. Apu give u some room and steers doesn't stop at 12000 all the time.

65 gallon of fuel only gives me 455 miles, and that's trying to hit 7mpg with a load.

If u can do 9mpg with a fully loaded trailer, then yes 65 gallons can give u 600 miles.

Also, nobody here dry up their tanks just to haul a load. Have u ever seen the bottom of a fuel tank? U don't want that dirt and guck in your fuel line or filter. That's why refers guy shut their reefer off when refueling

 

Actually since it pulls weight from steers and drives (although admittedly not 50-50) for fuel weight it would be closer to 100 - 120 gallons for the 600 pounds needed. Like others are saying that's bs. If I was an O/O sure, but as a company driver that doesn't get paid to stop and fuel I'm not going to be adding 50 gallons at a time to save some shipper a few dollars. Also all the guys that are willing to run illegal as it's "Only a little illegal" is the exact reason we have laws like ELD, and as soon as it's invented a weight system that can transmit the weight to DOT as soon as one hits a public road.

-Steven

 

He will probably have another job in less than a week.

 

I have yet to fully grasp the "quit under a load and u commit career suicide" thing...and y so many drivers defend it. Y they will say basically say "op should have ate thay companies #### and asked for seconds"

y is it OK for a company to fire a driver at a terminal and leave him high and dry. No motel or bus ticket, just standing on the side of the road next to the contents of his former truck trying to figure out his next move...but don't u dare not deliver our last load or not bring that truck to a terminal driver! I think a driver making 50k a year will have a harder time getting him and his possessions to his house than a multi million dollar a year company will have getting the load delivered and equipment to a terminal

maybe if companies paid drivers a DECENT minimum amount each week, situations like this wouldn't happen. Trucking companies hate to pay for anything besides loaded house hold miles and it's b.s.

 

#### good point !

 

I have been around the trucking industry most of my 58 years, my father was a trucker. To date I know of no one that has got a premium job in trucking after a load/truck abandonment hit their records. Generally speaking it is the kiss of death to your career. I do know several drivers that did that early on and are still years later trying to recover. The problem is it is not something time generally heals. You can have 50 at fault accidents on your record and at some point you can recover from it. Not abandonments. I am not defending this but if I were hiring drivers I would not consider any driver with an abandonment even if said event was 30 years ago. I guess I am just old school on this topic. You can muddy the water all you want on this too with talk of low pay crappy equipment etc etc. As a driver I have hauled loads worth in excess of 2 million bucks. I have actually been instructed by shippers to use extreme caution in my routes and such. There is no way in hell I would ever take a chance with a driver getting under a load like this with this kind of history. Like I said in my first post. Be careful with your temper. Lots of things in trucking can make the smoke come out of your ears. Just don't do something stupid.

Now on the subject of weight. Never allow a shipper to put a pallet inside the last 6 feet of a 53 foot trailer unless the load is on the light side. Never sign a BOL with any weight on it that will put you close to max with a pallet in that space. You can count on it placing you over on those trailer tandems without a cat scale ticket to show it. If the shipper refuses to remove the pallet. Refuse to leave shipper and do not sign the BOL. Call your company too. This is a subject where you as a driver need to grow a pair. Never trust the shippers weight on those pallets. If a company wont back you with these moron shippers you don't need to work for that company!

 

I quit a load just once in my time on the road. The damage done to my time required several years before I got back into the gravy as it were. The situation was very simple. JIT load of tires going to a assembly plant for Fords from NC.

Over a payroll problem that week, dropped trailer in a truckstop properly with Satcom drop sent and quit notice sent and it left the assembly plant with nothing to work with. To this day Ive heard stories about what happened to them that week from others in the area. Probably a shut down which cost a great deal of money if the stories were true. Far more than my pathetic little bitty paycheck then.

I think no one drives any length of time without a situation coming up in which they want to drop the load and stuff the dispatch and go home the way I did and it's a waste and very stupid compared to what the company can do to you and your future with a few words in DAC.

 

I wonder if these schools explain what quiting under dispatch means ?

 

Judging by the actions of a few of my students, I don't think they do.

Drivers need to understand that there are ways to lay the pipe to a company, but it requires calculation. Getting PO'd and quitting under a load is definitely not the way to go.

 

Imatelling you, schools dont teach squat.

If I had a school... oh wait...