Working For Nothing

LOL @ the shipper selling straps...Did that dispatcher think you were stupid? Oh wait...

 

That particular company is about to learn in court the marvels of modern technology.

I'm sitting on the bench watching it unfold. And still can't believe the arrogance of that company.

They better pray for mediation. Because what I'm seeing will get them hung in a jury trial.

 

If you're referring to Swift....they don't care!

They have a legal counsel group that deals with these every day.

Plus...unless there is personal injury, or property damage...it won't be a jury trial...it will be OSHA and the Administrative Law division...just a judge, an appeal when the judge sides with Swift, then the Administrative Law Review Board, which in all likely-hood will refer it back to the first judge for reconsideration.

 

I'm sorry. I thought this was a USA Truck thread

 

6 of one half a dozen of the other!

 

You guys dont have straps or load locks? 100 mile load...well it needs to be picked up delivered and your number came up. I've had a 15/4, 17/0, 60/0 and a few free "bring an empty here" trips in the beginning. I never complained. Now my DM runs me hard.

 

There you go, Kittyfoot, said it plain and simple. Now to add, have you ever seen a road truck, that had the loadbars standing up right behind the drivers seat, on the rear deck. Thats where the smart guys keep them.

 

This what i told my dispacther, he loved me i think, , becuse i told him straight if i have hours too run , i'm running them, for example i just did a 1578 run, but yet for that day , i still have 4 hours left too run, i tell him any drivers mad today, yep plenty, go over there about a hour away and get this load rolling, okay doky,i guess the driver quit and drop the trl in the mud, yes i was mad i worked my hinny off trying too raise it high enuff too get under it, so i cried uncle, a job site was building a house next door , so i walked over there handed him a hundred out my pocket, brought his forklift over , pickup trl, good too go on this 345 mile run,after my break . but at lest i was running , still made the delv on time the next day and yes that was a bad day turn into a rose that went too 1590 again, and dispacth made sure i got paid back, its all about how you treat dispacther's, that why i dont know if im gonna like swift or not becuse they hide behind a glass wall.

 

OP must not have been a Boy Scout in the younger days. Motto " Be Prepared".

It is tough when you're a company driver keeping load locks and or straps on your truck. You're always securing a load only to be told to go drop it in a yard and pick this other one up. There go your straps or load-locks. In a perfect world the next trailer would have that load secured and all would be equal. It never works out that way.

When that happens to me I stop and replace them right away and send the company a copy of the receipt. Whenever I'm up on a dock I look around to see if there are load locks leaning up against a wall by the dock doors. If there is I ASK if I can have a couple. More time than not I'm told "sure, take 'um". Most times they're left by someone else and are only something the dock personal have to keep moving 'cause they're in the way.

This thing we do called trucking is a constant learning experience. You do, you learn, you store the knowledge away for the next time.

On the short load side. I personally refuse nothing. It's their truck, they call the shots.I'm here to make money,and short loads still make you something. It's better to be known and have the reputation of being the go-to-guy than being known as a problem child. Trust me, on a dispatchers board he knows the difference and in the long haul, it pays. If you think it's a raw deal, do the load as best you can, don't refuse, then after, you go to up the ladder with the complaint. Ya got something then, you did the load.