Wantabe question about layover pay

Normally if you can be there early you do it, but the 45mph dispatch is how Conway judges the time it takes to do a run & I found it often bit me in the ### (I'm not alone -- CMBreen just lost a nice load because of it: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ckload-drivers-whats-your-29.html#post4224035 )

As far as layover, here's how the 45 mph dispatch can hurt: Conway says you can do 990 miles in 2 "shifts" -- requiring 22 hours of drive time and 11 hours of breaks -- 33 hours total. But you might actually be able to do that run in 25.5 hours with a 65mph truck.
So lets say you have 76 hours between that dispatch and your next load. According to Conway you only sat for 43 hours so you aren't eligible for layover pay even though you might actually have been babysitting that load for 50+ hours.


Here's another way they sometimes screw you on layover: You've been sitting for 45 hours & have almost crossed the magic 48-hour threshold. Conway might then dispatch you on a load that doesn't pick up for 10 more hours. You still sit 48+ hours, but because you were actually dispatched before the 48th hour, you're not eligible for layover pay.

 

I had a manager that didn't consult me twice that cost me serious miles both times. The first time, I talked to him about it, his answer was that it was a decision made above his pay grade. The real answer is he was either two lazy to check with me or too wimpy to stand up for his driver against those above his pay grade. (I honestly don't believe he was lazy, just not an advocate for his drivers)

The second time it happened, I changed fleets. This FM checks with me if operations thinks there is an issue. She has never pulled a load from me if I said I could make it.

 

Detention pay for sitting at the dock, for most companies does not start until usually after 2hrs of waiting to be loaded/unloaded and sometimes they don't even hit the company up for it, I think some are afraid to ruffle feathers on accounts and the driver is the one left holding the bag.

Back in 2008 when the market wasn't too good, husband had loads swapped on him because the one he had had more miles on it. FM pulling favoritism for their people. He quit letting them swap a load out, told them they had to talk to his FM and get it approved first, it put a stop to a lot of that going on.