Running with JCT, Part Deux

So, this load I'm on, I told them there is an issue with me making OTD. It's because I only recap 4 hours on Sunday midnight. Which would give me 6 hours to go from Lake Havasu to Sacramento. Not happening.

The return message I got was you are projecting good with the computer. I responded with what exactly what the issue is.

 

So I unloaded at Sysco in Las Vegas this morning took like 6 hours came over to Henderson to ocean spray to pu they loaded me in 15 minutes lol couldn't be happier

 

And then I realized that today is Thursday and should be good for OTD. For some reason I thought today was Friday.

I went all day thinking today was Friday. That's the down side to driving overnights. My days get off, but I love driving at night.

 

lol I've done that twice since I've been here at JCT. Both times made a fool out of myself on the phone explaining that I can't make otd...

 

0300 to 1200 is my favorite range to run in. I try to only give this job 8-9 hours of my time a day. I find that I'm happier when I'm not pulling 10 hour shifts in the saddle. Plus my wheels are turning 7 days a week because I have the recaps to run.

 

Top off wave as you drive by my house in Henderson lol I live 10 minutes from ocean spray. And we have all done that miscalculation deal. I had it once they kept calling saying I would not make it but I knew I would and they annoyed me so much I just said fine take it whatever. I ended up with a load that made more miles in the same time frame.

 

5 days to go 1500 miles smh that will be a drop lol

 

Enough time has passed I guess I can confess. I had loads coming into I 40 California turning north for deliveries up north and was only concerned with the Tehachapi scale. Legal to that point after that I didn't care. Go around 2 other scales on the way north and make delivery on time.

Another time I was to be loaded in Minneapolis, they said the load would go to Texas. Now they have about 4 terminals that i know of in Texas but they didn't say which one. Looked at my hours I knew I was barely good for Dallas Ft Worth. Anything else I would be over my 70. Sure enough they call me at midnight, load ready for Houston. I got down to the border of OK/TX around midnight my hours zeroed out and picked up 3.5 hours. Let's just say from the top of TX to Houston only took 3.5 hours on paper.

 

Shouldn't it have only taken 3.25 hours? Then .25 to drop? I miss paper logs.

 

This is the problem that is getting out of control...these desk jockeys that go by what a computer program is telling them..same thing over here too...screw the computer..if the driver is stating such then they should listen to the driver not a computer..