I know, that's what I said.

Yes, that is what I was told to do, in fact they told me NOT to touch the load till they could figure something out.

If you would have seen my load yesterday as I was un-tarping, you wouldn't have even said this, lol.

I made a decision on my own, I knew it wasn't safe, so I made the call, from there I simply done what my employer TOLD me to do. If it were my choice, and I had any power of my own, I wouldn't have pulled it, no doubt, but I didn't really have a choice, my family needs to eat, and I am broke.

Not too long even with the long waits on hold, and automated systems, but when you leave at 4am, and they aren't even open, and you have to drive solid to try and make it on time, and you're driving in the mountains in Virginia with a horrible signal, well you know.

Well, you can call and qualcomm all you want with Roehl, but all you will do is waste your time, and cell minutes. Do you really think that while I am sitting there for 3 or 4 hours that I am not calling raising cane wanting to get on the road?

I have been to many drop yards like this, and no I won't sit there all night, I will fix the tail lights, it's very simple to do, this would be an easy problem to deal with.(did I mention that Chris has a degree in electronics engineering technology, and I was with him and helped him study through school, so wiring is about as simple as it gets) Even with a problem I know little about, I can figure it out, but when dispatch tells me not to mess with it, then I do what I am told.

Absolutely!! I even write my name and truck number in hopes that one day a driver will come up and thank me for helping them out. I usually spend an hour a night correcting and updating the qualcomm directions where needed.

 

I have to admit, you seem to go through more grief than anyone on this board.
I'm sort of to the point of saying..... take a different job, we don't want to hear about it anymore! Luckily we choose what we read though.

In all seriousness.... why do you deal with all this? Flatbedding with Rhoel doesn't seem to be working for you. Try hauling groceries or something.

 

Novacane,

I have enjoyed reading your posts.

Don't let these naysayers get to you. You seem to be doing the best you can and don't forget you are new to this, I wonder how many of these people who are giving you a hard time did their first couple of months. Hang in there and don't be afraid of changing companies if you feel you need to. BOL

 

First off, wasn't being a 'naysayer', shes been writing for months about being unhappy and has nothing but problems, anyone would be inconsiderate to not offer advice to go try something else.

I also think its unfortunate that since the daily posts seem to be of a negative nature, that we find it in a 'new driver' forum. Many that come here have never driven, and reading day after day of problems is not very encouraging, there are blog communities for this type of thing.

Sorry Novacane, I honestly don't mean to pick on you. lol Just my sincere opinion and I do wish you could find something you would be happier doing.

As for this....
Let's get at it, I'd love to discuss this outside of Novacanes thread.

 

Sir, she is past a couple of months....she had her 1 year in March.

I haven't figure out if it's the equipment or the driver. Novacane has perimeters and Roehl has been gracious enough to oblige. This is basically you can't have your cake & eat it too.

Novacane how about some on the happy side for a while instead of "how bad your day has been".....let's have the glass half full. :lol: :lol:

 

Wow, I get one bad load that spans over 2 days and people don't like hearing so many bad things about it, sorry, maybe I will quit being SO honest, and keep some of the things to myself, I was just trying to be totally, and brutally honest, didn't mean to offend anyone or make bad reading, I will try and be a little less honest without lying(does that make sense? lol) or leaving anything major out.

Mad dog, I will fill the glass halfway at least today, lol. I actually had a decent day today, seeing some things I did when I first started, with the only bad thing being I felt like I was running in slow motion from all the mountains.

I started early as usual, on my way to a drop yard in Ohio, but I-77 and all the mountains it winds through really put a hurting on my anticipated arrival time, big difference between cruising at 60mph and 35mph. I got to climb "sandstone pass" again, which if you remember was my first big hill to climb and descend while working for the nursery. It was odd tackling it again as a more experienced driver, it intimidated me back then, but was kinda tame this time. This is the first time I have used this stretch of 77 since then, so it was a reminder of where I started, and all that I have accomplished since, good stuff 8)

Once I got out of the mountains, I started making good time again, ah, that's a good feeling knowing the miles are just dropping off the trip. I make it to the drop yard, and unhook, look around and the trailer I am supposed to pick up isn't there, oh man, lets not put a bad ending on a decent little day. I am just about to qualcomm in and let them know it isn't here, when anther truck pulls in, and guess what, yep it's my load. Great driver too, we knocked the whole inventory deal out in no time, we worked good together and thought the same way. Transferred equipment, and it started sleeting, so I decided to cut out and head south before it had a chance to get crazy.

I wasn't able to get very far, I was out of hours, though I felt great, and had to stop for the night around 6pm, and that was a weird feeling, if the HOS rules didn't exist I would have been able to put most of the miles I have to travel behind me, with no sleep issues, but you know how that goes.

This load is heading to a place in TN about 90 miles from the house, I am supposed to deliver around 9am, then head for the house, take care of my personal business with the bank and so on, then they will get me a load out of KY, I will pick it up Friday night, and hopefully be back by Saturday morning to finish out the weekend at home, don't know anything about the next load, but I am not too worried about it.

But here I sit in Cincinnati, and should be home in time for the meetings that are scheduled if everything goes as planned, we will see. Sorry for all the negative stuff, like I said, I was just trying to be totally honest. I will seriously try and make better writing from here on out, take it easy everyone!

 

I have quite a few friends who drive for Roehl and I know their equipment is well maintained and even though they're going through some changes they try to be as above board and legal as possible.

 

I don't think it's equipment or the driver, just some bad luck. If I hadn't been robbed, then I wouldn't have to be home at a certain time, this is a problem only because of bad luck at home. I can understand that they can't get me home, but I wish they wouldn't tell me all week that they are going to, and it shouldn't be a problem, but as the time nears, they change their mind, just say it may not be possible upfront, don't sugar coat it.

I understand that it's hard to find loads that get me home when I need it, and that doesn't bother me, just them saying they will get me home, and then not doing it. The equipment is fine, when I have a problem with the truck it gets fixed, it may take a little time, but it gets fixed. I haven't had a bad trailer thus far, so I am not complaining about equipment.

The miles here lately are my fault, but I had to take care of things that are not typical(never been robbed in my life before this). I got chewed out, but again that was my fault, I stopped when I didn't have to, and it got me, live and learn, won't happen again.

I didn't realize how much negative stuff I have been adding here lately, I have little time on the internet to write, and don't pay attention to what I write, I just update the day as it happened, again, live and learn, I will try to pay a little more attention to the way my words are being written. I seem to have forgotten to write about the good stuff that I go through each day and have been concentrating on the negative.

Yoopr, you are correct, we are going through some major changes. It's an exciting time. Have you heard anything about what I said concerning doing away with dispatch for the most part? I know something is in the works with laptops, but we just here things through the grapevine and don't know how much is true, and how much people just want to be true. It should be interesting seeing how it all turns out. I have heard a lot of things from good sources but was asked not to say anything about it, at least for now.

 

Only rumors I've heard are a possible buyout but that's probably all it is as usual for trucking-Just a rumor

 

So what is the point of having cake if you can't eat it?? :roll: :lol: :lol: