Working For Nothing

yep.....this one happens for sure......i pulled one once with 13 paid miles on it.....didn't complain didn't whine just did it.....and when i dropped it there was a preload there with 1183 mles on it....with another 1032 in the other direction coming back home for the weekend.....would i have have gotten it if i had refused the 13 mile load like who knows how many guys before me did? not a chance....that was the reward for stepping up to the plate and doing the job.....and has happened more than once.....sometimes you just have to suck it up and do your job and those favors come back.....at my company at least.....

 

far as load locks bars , i had several , most time these were mine and not companys, i would go too any truckstop and buy em off the driver , who said they were hungry, so i gave him a 5 and good too go, i knew they were hot , but i didnt care he ripped em off a tractor , he got a five apiece and i had a locks too cover my load, then when i got back too crst yard , which i was based out in when i first started out in trucking, , i had 6 up there, came back from hometime and i had 2 , so i guess fair play is fair play, i never like em anyway, i just got em for the shipper most times, then when i went too us express , i got straps much better, i could really tighten that load down then, i'll take straps over bars anyday

 

So whats that tell you,they hide behind glass,lol.Werner is the same way and they all have their own fenced it lot too,lol.Glad you're in good with your dispatcher.

 

I think we all get some of the short load stuff. If my dispatcher doesn't have anything right away when I report in after hometime, he may put me on a local delivery. Ok, fine. I take care of him, he takes care of me. When I get done with that I'll have a great-paying run waiting for me.

Load locks? Carry some extra ones, and strap them down to the catwalk, behind the sleeper - wherever it works on your truck. When you get to a shipper/receiver - if you need a lock and see some abandoned ones lying around, pick 'em up. Empty trailers (your company now... not someone elses!) are another good place to grab some from.

My carrier doesn't use "glass," cyber locks, etc. When we bought TRL, the cyber locks were the first things to go; remodeling in the dispatch area eliminated any glass shortly thereafter. They do their best to keep everyone in a place that doesn't require physical barriers. My dispatcher works in a open office - when I get by the terminal, I go in and have a friendly talk with him - and my former dispatchers as well. Its a business relationship - and business works a lot better when you're on friendly terms with the other party.

Look at it this way... when someone comes in all hostile and starts hollerin' at you - are you really going to be in a frame of mind to help them out?

 

Every day is not christmas, suck it up and look towards the next load. First of all I don't like any of these companies, dispatchers etc. You need the experience so you went to a mega company to get it, after you get your experience go some where else.
Now this load, a load is a load this is trucking somtime you have to take short loads, you should have load bars on your truck part of your tool for the job. (Even though I don't have any) when the dispatcher tells you customer sells load bars you should call customer to verify, or you should have went straight to the truck stop in the first place.
Look on it as a lesson learned, you will have plenty more lessons to learn don't get bend out of shape just do the best you can and move on. Where ever you go there will be something you don't like. They can't please every body and the grass is not always greener on the other side.

 

1st YOU should have straps in your truck....and if you have a load lock holder OR if your trailers dont have etracks for the straps you need to be carrying load locks....you should have been prepared to do YOUR job.

2nd OTR drivers dont do stuff like that, the steering wheel holders employed by companies such as USA Truck, do. Its not a secret that USA truck is one of the worst Companies to work for...yet you still went to work there, did you expect it to be differant for you?




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Sure ya do AT... you do what it takes to get the job done. Even if it is a short run to help get something covered for your dispatcher (aka partner.)

 

Keep in mind that recording phone calls without the consent of the other person may violate wiretap laws in certain states. Proceed carefully.

 

As long as one person knows its being taped it is legal. Try again.

 

A lot of states you have to let the other party know they are being recorded, that's why the bill collector always tell you "this call might be recorded for training purposes" its not for training it the words they use so you don't say no to the recording