Will I ever break this mindset?

Nope. Even after i took an hourly job i was still like that. After i ran myself into the ground about the 3rd time i knocked it off.

Now a days i own my truck, and i don’t want want to push it as hard as i used to push them company trucks.

 

Probably will after the heart attack. Thats the path your on. Stress is a silent killer, Causes high blood pressure and host of other health problems. Guarantee your not eating healthy, running like that, it just adds high cholesterol to the mix. Just hope your not driving when that happens.

 

After 43 years, I still have that mind set. Even in my 4 wheeler. I’m strictly focused from point A to point B on a scheduled, my schedule.

 

@Dave1837 --

I'm confused.

I left a previous reefer job in part because I HAD TO RUN THAT HARD. Delivery schedules were crazy tight, and all over the clock.

I realized pretty quickly that this reefer job will kill me, unless I do something about it.

I thought that part of the reason the tanker world was appealing was because a driver doesn't have to run as hard.

Doing tanker--delivery schedules simply aren't as tight.

Am I wrong here?

--Lual

 

I run that way too.
Because I like to, not because I have to.
I regularly run to near the end of my clock. The thrill of the chase?
Previously I'd run till I got tired w paper logs
I got into driving 49 years ago because I wanted to do it..it's what drew me in.
Maybe we're wired that way.
Hasn't been a health risk for me yet but who knows what's over the next hill.
Probably the same reason as a younger man I did iron butt motorcycle rallies. Trying to get better at being faster more efficiently while multitasking both physically and mentally.

 

23 years into this and I still struggle with rushing around sometimes. The biggest reason I struggle with it is some of the work we do. Our biggest customer has small silos, and they do 12-1400 yards of concrete a day at times. So we pretty much have a truck unloading every 45 minutes. When you have three loads a day per driver, and factor in the waiting time to get loaded, sometimes you're just behind the 8 ball.
So I find myself rushing to stay on or ahead of schedule at times. But I will say it has gotten easier in the last year or so. I've gotten in the mindset of whatever happens, happens. If I'm late, it's typically something I can't do anything about, so why should I stress about it?

 

If you want to yes. I have days where I get that way real bad. Hate sitting waiting to load, waiting in traffic. Sitting somewhere waiting for a reasonable paying load to pop up is the worst one though.

 

As long as mileage pay is prevalent in the industry, this mindset will be hardwired into drivers' brains.

Hourly took some getting used to, but I manage just fine now.