Unrealistic dispatchs

Every load is super ultra priority and has to be there "right now"...yea right. Ive had loads with a broker calling me telling me "IT HAS TO BE THERE, IT'S LATE AND THE CUSTOMER IS PISSED!" I show up and thr customer is like "oh awesome, you're a day early" or "#### we just placed this order and wasn't expecting it till next week".

A lot of dispatchers are about the same. So run your hours and get there when you get there, don't stop needlessly and when they throw a fit, you go OVER their head starting with the safety dept. If your logs show you were rolling and made the best time you could, you wont have anything to worry about. Dispatchers are not the drivers bosses, they're a counterpart.

 

divide miles by 50 and add the layovers and your drivers will be mostly legal and happy.....

Your Mileage May Vary, I haven't actually dispatched a truck since 1985.....

 

I simply ignore the appointment time if given a load like that, and make a notation on the load acceptance macro that I cannot be on time.

The elogs will show that I left within 5 minutes of receiving the load info, only stopped for 31 minutes if a DOT break was needed and 10hrs 1 min when my 14 hr clock was up.

That's all I can possibly do so I don't care about the rest.

 

He stated 22hrs drive time.

 

9:30PM to 4:00PM is a lot longer than 6.5 hours.

 

It's not impossible. The most I've driven in one day since elogs became mandated was 670 miles, and both times I still had about 15 min left. My truck is governed at 65. It really depends on where a driver runs, and if it was a drop and hook versus a love load, traffic, and all other factors.

 

I would say a little shorter

 

Pretty sure he meant 9:30 AM to 4 PM, therefore 6.5 hours.

What can you do? Refuse the load. Find another company. Let them know via text/email/etc. (I refused to answer the phone with one company; made them leave a message then responded via text or email so I would have a record. Recorded some phone calls too, but you have to be mindful of laws regarding this) that the only way it can be done is to run illegally and are they asking you to run illegally.

I always used 50 mph/80 km/h for long distance trip planning (halve it for multi-day trips so it includes rest periods and you can nail your arrival time).

 

Sure it's possible, I regularly run 1350 to 1400 miles in 22 hours of drive time... It is a little more difficult in certain parts of the country, but it is possible. I even used to do it when I was governed at 65 mph... Its is easier now at 67 mph tho.