Stevens Transport aviary

tlea i never said i should never bump a dock,i dont know where you got that from that statement.ive bumped two docks in the last day.i run my ### off and dont complain.im not the one that scheduled me on this load.ill take it and run as hard as i can.thats what i get paid to do.ive been on the other end ,doing many favors,for many people at my expense.so before you make general statements about somebody do your homework.

 

or maybe because i do run my rear end off and help people when they need it,i get good things done for me every now and then.i dont know why they gave me this load,but im not gonna apologize for it.ill put in the repower request plenty early for the next driver to get miles and make the extra drop money.its costing me over 150 dollars not finishing the load,and its a darn good load.maybe the planner didnt look at my hrs i dont know,ive had plenty of suck ### loads just like everybody else.10 drop nursery loads you name it you take the good w/the bad.thats truck driving

 

tlea,as far as your 2 and1/2day experience w/dispatch,wheres your manager in all this,its his job to keep your truck moving,my manager keeps me moving,i communicate daily with him on early loads and what we can do to keep me moving.

 

and the driver on the other end that gets the drop money the bridge money and the mileage pay,isnt having to wait on the dld,oh thats me,having to sit and wait on the dld.so actually who gets the better of it me or him.

 

In Prescott, AR tonight. Head into Terrell tomorrow. Only about 4 hours away, but I don't deliver until sunday sometime.
Figure they'll send me to the yard when I finish since I'm coming up on my 90 and they're suppose to send me to Idaho for Thanksgiving.
Hate to see you go, WG, but I understand. It's a shame. Keep in touch and let us know how you're doing. As someone else said on this board...Once a buzzard...

I might be having a serious problem with my 2000. We'll see when we get it to the yard. I've been told by numerous drivers (via radio) that there is a bunch of smoke coming from under my truck/trailer as I head down the road. I'm getting exhaust into the cab now if I'm sitting still, and I'm getting a serious 'shudder' at 1100rpm/50mph when under load.
Not good.
Trucks... like women...love/hate relationship.

 

my petes doing the same thing,not the smoking,but the shudder,let me know what you find out

 

I am sorry Kirk, my humble apology, the comment about the drivers not bumping docks was not directed at you, but I see after rereading, why you reacted the way you have.

It is part of the culture that is taught at Stevens Transport. Within the first week of training, the students hear, run the miles off the load, and then ask for a repower to stay productive. Then due to the nature of the training, and Trainer/student teams being able to run farther than a solo, they do many repowers while training, and with some trainers, bump only a few docks.

Stevens is a reactive managed company. Little fore thought is put into dispatch, as your dispatch shows, and my battle in amarillo. And My DM would cancel the non productive load to LA, pre plan me onto a productive load to the east, and meat would put me back onto the LA load. Maybe a pissing match was going on back in dallas I do not know about.

Now Kirk, it is not costing you a thing, because you can not legally complete the load.
Who gets the better end of the deal is the problem...no one should get the better end of the swap. He gets the $75 for New York, and the drop pay, and gets to burn up his available hours dealing with multiple drops in the city, and unpaid miles getting around, and he does not get the 1800 miles of pay getting there. You do, and then on to your next load, without dealing with the City. All depends on when and where he gets the load.

My DM understands how I like to run, and keeps me moving. He thinks ahead.

A little planning, doing the job correctly the first time, makes a company very profitable.

And NO, one does not have to take the good with the bad.... another thought process that is wrong. A 10 drop nursery load is a money maker, if the driver is proactive, and reschedules the appointments and gets them off as quickly as legally possible.

Emulsified, My 6th injector clogged, the one that puts fuel to the DPF, and I was smoking like a forest fire a couple of weeks ago rolling across MO. Cummins recommends that injector be replaced every 125,000 miles. Stevens does not follow that recommendation. Sounds like your DPF is clogged and is NOT regenerating.

 

i appreciate your quote, and i didnt mention that i ran all ten drops in one day lol i just used that load as an example,and yes i will send in the repower request early enough for the next driver to make good money on the remainder of the load.i feel the same way you do,unlike some drivers ,i am concerned w/my fellow drivers,and i dont like to see my compadres get a raw deal.i just dont have the hrs to complete this load.