Where's the freight?
#71
12-16-2008, 10:39 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen..... may I present the winner of the funniest post of the year !!!!!!!
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#73
12-17-2008, 01:08 AM
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please show me EXACTLY where i said "i will refuse loads if they go here". Just one. I have said when i first started, my DM and i agreed to keep me in the 910, and that a few days later i was given a load to central NY. Never did i say there, that i declined the load. I never accepted it right away, until the next morning when i DID accept it, but then that load had been pulled from me.
I have said I dont like the idea of going to LA or NY. I've also said i dont like the idea of running in the rockies with 6in of fresh snow on the ground. You stated you would refuse loads going to places that the weather-man has "predicted " bad weather such as snow .
#74
12-17-2008, 01:15 AM
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your opinion. and is this 'someone else' a fellow driver? my mom and dad?? who??? When it comes to doing business with a shipper or at the final drop, I am able to conduct myself professionally, regardless of what kind of additude the guy in the security house cops with me. I present myself professionally, not just for the customer, but for myself. It is called taking a little pride in yourself. I dont care to look like a bum when i get out of the truck after my 10 hr rest, and going into the truck stop to take a leak. I dont walk in wearing my PJs, and making everyone else smell my BO. It is called having a little professional courtesy. some of you might do good to buy a $2 can of axe to put in the truck.
Axe ?...Why not suggest some Hai-Karate ,Dam get some real Cologne ...and some taste LOL
#75
12-17-2008, 01:58 AM
I have an old dusty bottle of Old Spice I am willing to donate.
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#76
12-17-2008, 02:28 AM
Kevin . . give me a quick rundown on your training . . where are/were you out of and how far did you range?
The reason I ask is that there is nothing to fear about a trip into, out of or around LA. My first trainer called his "route" the Northwest shuttle. We ran alot of icy, snowy, foggy, heavy, chained NW freight and within a few weeks I was pretty familiar with the lanes. I mentioned to my training DM that I wasn't getting much exposure to trip and route planning. Next thing I know, we're on our way to LA and my trainer, who was no fan of LA, saw to it that I planned and drove every bit of it. I loved it. The point is, you are licensed to drive and are expected to drive wherever the freight takes you. At this stage of your development, the last thing you want to do is turn down loads on the basis of perception. Accept the load and drive it. That's how you learn! Me? Yesterday, I reluctantly took a 180 mile load, AL to TN, that consumed most of the day, as I knew it would. Before I had it t-called, I got a 680 mile, TN to 79 DEGREE ORLANDO, FL preplan which I'll deliver tomorrow morning. I'm in Ocala, right now. I already have a 276 mile DH preplan out of 79 DEGREE ORLANDO, FL to Savannah, GA. Earlier today, I mentioned to my DM that I might take a couple days off in 79 DEGREE ORLANDO, FL but I've never visited (been through a few times) Savannah, so I may decide to take a little time there, instead. If every answer to your original post was Massachusettes! Do you think Swift would order all lanes cleared; Kevin's on his way? I don't think so. You are not going to manage Swift with your comfort zones. They are going to manage you . . they have about 9 layers of management with nothing better to do. Take the loads and run them as though your job depends on it. Because it does.
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#78
12-17-2008, 03:37 AM
Or the Michael Jordan "eau d'trailer"? C'est magnifique!
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#79
12-17-2008, 03:54 AM
You must not be able to tell the difference between your typical weatherman 'forecast' and when they come on the news, and the first thing they are talking about is the weather, and how this storm will be 'the big one'. Quite a bit of difference when they're talking your typical shower, or an alberta clipper with a massive amount of moisture aloft and they are dead center of the bullseye. Any "dee dee dee" could forecast a massive storm. But are you honestly going to tell me, you are going to accept a load, knowing full well you are headed into some freezing rain with a big storm behind it, and everybody on the CB (even the guy who built it in the factory) is on it saying "dam these roads are bad, and if you're going north, you might as well park it." now am i saying "i'm going to turn down any load into an area where there is just a chance of a dusting of snow"? hardly. i am saying.....and ill put it in big letters so you can weed it better..... IF I HAVE A PRE-PLAN THAT IS GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF MINNESOTA, AND THEY ARE FORECASTING 10'' OF SNOW, AND THE DOT HAS TRAVEL ADVISORIES UP HOURS AHEAD OF IT, YEAH, I WILL TURN IT DOWN. why risk driving in that crap, then having to sit for 2 days for the plows to catch up, and then you're late with the load, and THEN you get socked with a service failure because you were late?? Yeah, i know you'll say "you wont get a service failure for being late due to weather". Sorry, but 50/50 you do. If you KNEW the weather was going to be bad. You didn't do everything reasonable to prevent the load from being late. Ill be sure to tell you how it goes when i accept a load, and end up having to park it because the roads turn icy. ill be sure to let you know when i get the service failure. Drivers are the scape goat for everything.
#80
12-17-2008, 04:54 AM
IF I HAVE A PRE-PLAN THAT IS GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF MINNESOTA, AND THEY ARE FORECASTING 10'' OF SNOW, AND THE DOT HAS TRAVEL ADVISORIES UP HOURS AHEAD OF IT, YEAH, I WILL TURN IT DOWN.
why risk driving in that crap, then having to sit for 2 days for the plows to catch up, and then you're late with the load, and THEN you get socked with a service failure because you were late?? |
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