Van Wyk Inc.

Thanks guys. My name is Mark.

Regarding line 5, the rules say that off-duty driving is basically only for non-load related movement. So deadheading away from your last drop before hometime, bobtailing to a restaurant or something while on a 10, or coming off of hometime if you're going somewhere that's not directly associated with load (aka, from home to the terminal). But yeah, generally using line 5 while you're loaded is really, really dangerous. It makes the LEOs and the safety people grumpy. At the job I just left, safety just knocked down the max allowable line 5 time from 60 minutes to 15 mins per day (midnight to midnight). Too many drivers using it to get a little more distance on their driving day.

I tended to use it from time to time to get from a legit parking place into a customer or from the customer out (if I couldn't get there during a legal drive shift, and the customer didn't have on-site parking). But even that is probably a no-no. Nobody ever gave me grief, though, because I wasn't using 60 minutes a day, every day.

I plan on having a detailed discussion with Van Wyk safety when I come in for orientation. Nothing worse than breaking rules you're not trying to break.

Oh, and regarding that spinner knob thing: I've always had it referenced this way.

The bold part is what I've seen interpreted as a prohibition on attaching anything to the steering wheel that could inhibit the free turn of the wheel. It's a super conservative interpretation, but better safe than sorry, I suppose.

 

Soooooooo, I rolled into Sheldon around 0100 this morning and headed to the hotel after writing up my truck, man it felt great to sleep in a bed other than the one in my truck! 5 weeks is the longest I have gone without atleast getting a hotel for the night & I felt like a hampster in a cage! I just needed to get an oil change and have the shop check some minor items out & when I came back from lunch Cory had my truck all torn apart. Turns out I needed a new EGR cooler so my truck was down & I needed to be in Rochester, MN # 1800 for a delivery. Big Dale had me take Leah's truck up here, boy I don't miss Volvo's one bit!

 

Mark, I believe you are on the money with line 5. I think our safety dept. has taken a conservative approach with it however. Rob, Tim does allow you to drive empty to a TS or Walmart, what have you, just not home, though by the letter of the law you should be fine going home too from what I can tell. Mark we have no specific limits on line 5 time, but due to our drivers abusing it to make a delivery on time, similar to what you mentioned at your last company, we are now being audited closely on it.

Rob thanks for the parking info. I did make it home though They must have really wanted that stuff in Elizabeth. I was empty 10 minutes after bumping dock! A gravy run indeed!

Larry, hope they got you in a decent Pete; hope your next move is to a KW! Rob I hear ya on the Volvo. People rag on them, and they don't have the style of the narrow cabs, but they are terrific trucks! I am much more comfortable in tight situations going down the road and backward at the dock or TS in a Volvo where I can see directly how close I am on the left side at the nose and the trailer.

 

Volvo = Junk......

 

Nice. I was trying to bend my brain around the possibility of e-logging with zero flexibility. Getting off the receiver's property once empty is what I used it for probably 80% of the time. Gotta love reefers.

 

Haha. I think we went around on this on the CB? I should specify that my experience is with a Cummins powered Volvo. Will you allow it hawk?

 

Central Refrigerated is hiring

 

Thank you, no. When I was going through the hazing ritual (aka working for CR England), their HQ was just down the street. Even then I got the idea that to work there would just be a lateral move.