Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

He might have been on his phone. Rearward amplification with doubles can give out quite a swing, even if you only make minor sudden corrections.

 

It wasn't Hazmat, but I got into a small safety scuffle with dispatch. It was two tractor lights being out. The guy told me I was cleared to roll and needed to do so right away.

Two hours down the road, the first weigh station flagged me for the same issue I brought up during my pretrip. I called up dispatch, and not only did my initial phone call addressing my concern never happen with him, he insisted that he would never have dispatched me unless my truck passed a mandatory pretip.

 

Oh no, this happened about 6 years ago with another company. I was a rookie that didn't know any better.

 

Yeah well, that is one of those life lessons that I learned the hard way. I was also switching over from being in the military where things had to get done and everyone pitches in and works together to get it done.

Looking back, I think I was way too generous in pitching in. My old company got a ton of stuff done for free and it wasn't until down the road where a senior coworker (a fellow linedriver) pulled me over to have a "talk"with me. It went along the lines that I am being taken advantage of and it was creating unnecessary pressure on everyone else to donate their time since I was doing so much of it. I was basically asked to start charging dock time for anything I was told to do.

There are a ton of things I would have done different had I been able to start over.