Should I let sleeping dogs lie?

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  1. May 15, 2013 #1
    Shed527

    Shed527 Light Load Member

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    I'm teaming with a guy and he blindly accepts a load from NJ to AZ. Asks me to check the preplan after I got out of the sleeper. I look it over and we don't have the team hours to make delivery b/c I have to take a 34. He starts complaining and going through the Qualcomm trying to get me to edit logs so I can get maybe 6 extra hours. I'm like "man, I'm not falsifying logs b/c you messed up". He gets pissy and tells me "its gonna be a long trip for you".

    Hell with him. Let him learn from his mistake.
     
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  3. May 15, 2013 #2
    MidwestResident

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    Perhaps you need to find a new partner. This guy sounds like he he has no problems "testing" the limits of the law. You could end up terminated, bad DAC report, losing your CDL, and possibly going to prison.

    You may want to think very hard about all this. You do NOT need this kind of stress. There is enough "legitimate" stress as it is already.
     
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  4. May 15, 2013 #3
    snowwy

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    how come you dn't have hours to drive and he does????
     
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  5. May 15, 2013 #4
    Shed527

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    I'm driving around 10 - 10.5 hrs and his lazy self barely does 9. We have some home time coming up and it'll be decision making time.
     
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  7. May 15, 2013 #5
    Creampie

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    And do you absolutely have to do a 34?
     
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  8. May 15, 2013 #6
    Creampie

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    Also, he is not lazy because he will only drive 9.5 hours. The stresses of the road wear different in different ways
     
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  9. May 15, 2013 #7
    Shed527

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    Yeah. After on duty time, Qualcomm yells at me saying I'm out of hours. Checked status and says I need the reset.
     
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  10. May 15, 2013 #8
    Shed527

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    It's gonna wear on him now. Like I said he blindly accepted this load.
     
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  11. May 15, 2013 #9
    scythe08

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    Get a new partner! I don't cheat on my logs for anybody! It has cost me plenty of money, but the 2 not at fault accidents I have had in the 9 years I have been driving would have cost me alot more if they had found out that I had been cheating on my logs.
     
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  12. May 15, 2013 #10
    double yellow

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    How is it possible for you to edit out 6 hours?
     
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