The day to day ramblings of the LTL business.

I run under the local 12 hour log exemption, but I had to do a log every day this week.

Busy around here...

I may have ran more miles on this "local" run this week than some OTR guys.

 

This has been an interesting week so far.

My load planner walked out tuesday. Nobody knew but me and two other drivers.

Of course, the one currently taking his place has a tendency to always try and reinvent the wheel when he does it. Problem is, that "wheel" always winds up being square.

 

That's about how we operate. They bark more here about returns, rather than missed pickups.

The day he didn't show, one guy brought back 5 out of 18. The driver that took over the route I vacated 6 months aho brought back 9 out of 16. Days like that make me glad I got off that run, because freight in that area gets shifted all over the place. I'm sure he's mad, because he doesn't appreciate having to work "all those hours".

Welcome to the trucking business. Some days you have to earn your money. Shut your pork trap, deal with it, and go get some work done. You don't get to take a run to an area a hundred miles from the yard and still work 9 to 5.

I managed to get everything of mine done today. Had to knock my brains out to do it, with 16 deliveries plus 6 pickups, at an even 300 miles by the time I parked the truck.

 

I certainly wouldn't when I have no chance of making that pickup.

I like making people victims of their own stupidity when it's convenient, especially dispatchers.