A west Bountiful Based company that started in the construction business. They recently started an OTR division consisting of 7 or 8 trucks. These vehicles have been in the construction field prior to being utilized in the otr division.
I worked for them for about two months. My reason for quitting is two fold. 1- they forced dispatch. Running from places like Elizabeth NJ to Kent WA in three days was a 'normal' load.
2- They forced me to run while out of hours. For instance, my last run was from Cinnaminson NJ to Kent Wa. I arrived out of hours on Easter Sunday of this year. Called my dispatcher (Dick H), and made him aware of my Hours of service issue. Was told not to worry about it, and that I would get my restart. I unloaded (while in the sleeper... lol) the next morning.
He called shortly thereafter, telling me that there was a load going from Vancouver WA to two stops in Colorado. They needed to be there the following Wednesday morning. # 0500 and 0900 respectively.
I told him that i couldn't do it, that I was out of hours. He said, and I quote, "Just get my F*&^%$# load back to the yard, and I will take care of it..." So, I ran illegally back to west bountiful where their yard is. Cleaned out my truck, turned in my paperwork, and gave them their keys. At that time, they also paid me for the previous load. And hand written on the check was the payment for the load from Vancouver to west Bountiful.
Here's the kicker. They put on my DAC report that I abandoned the load. Yet, they had obviously planned on getting rid of me when I got back in the first place. (having paid me for the load when I arrived, as part of my final paycheck)
What can someone in my position do?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and as a side note... I have been with Knight Transport ever since. I hear all kinds of bad stuff about them. But I think it depends on your performance and your attitude. I mean they have treated me fair. They run my rear end off. (not forced though) and I really like the e-log thing. I thought I wouldn't. (having run paper for 9 years or so prior) but it records in real time. so it actually saves me about four or so hours per week.
I am not trying to toot their horn. But give credit where credit is due.
Ralpf Smith llc Bountiful, UT
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