It was pretty easy for me--- 18 safety points for splitting my sleep berth time into a legal 2hr+ 8 hr breaks and making my delivery ON TIME.

I released the breaks right at 8hrs in Beckley, WV drove 4 hours that morning all the way to consignee(Rutherglen)-- arrived JIT for my appointment then went around the corner to Pilot-- and THEN and ONLY THEN ( after I delivered their load for them) was I Shut down by safety--- they had been monitoring me for 4 hours but never said a word/sent any kind of message UNTIL after I got the job done.

Then another 10 safety Points for--- going on home time for 9 days straight(vacation) without transflowing the last 3 days prior-- that put me ON the 13th day -- the day I was scheduled to come back out---- before I could even release the brakes in my driveway-- they were sending messages to "shut the truck down now" and Walk- the Logs to the nearest Fax machine before moving the truck.

I asked them-- what if I was at a rest area somewhere? they actually told me I'd have to call a Taxi and pay for a ride to the nearest FAX machine so they could have their Logs.

I took an extra day off- since i was still in my driveway--- and threatened to MAIL them the Logs US MAIL.

 

Wow. I was out for 14 days back in June and they didn't do that to me. Maybe I got lucky. So what was the breakdown on the 18 pts? Was it all from doing the split sleeper deal?

 

gonna take a lot of trailer inspections to get those numbers back down....

 

Yeah like anything you say is believeable. :roll:

 

Nah. Just get used to it after having a regular dispatch over at Shaffer. We are talking real morons st dispatch. I will put them up against any in the industry for idiocy.

 

Week#6

Feb. 8th- 15th ( Due home Feb.14th 0800 )

This week is starting out to be a week of "Firsts".

First- I finish up that short relay from Columbus yard to Sysco; Front Royal, Va

My day started today at 03:00 CST- I already had my empty disconnected and ready to pull away. So my combined hooking the loaded trailer, fueling, sending loaded call, safety "visual inspection" --- was all completed in exactly
15minutes-( probably get a safety point for that---but W.T.F.).

Arrived at Sysco for the first time-- that's right first time in 3 years- at 12:19EST and am pleased to find it's always a "drop/hook" for Shaffer here--
I ask-" are you sure, the Computer says Live Unload per XXXXX"

Yep, they always drop/hook Shaffer here---- and to think all those loads I've been dropping in Indy or Columbus basically for fear of a long live unload-- and those miles I've given up. (Because Sysco/Sigma always notoriously Take their Time in the past elsewhere)

12:49EST I fire off-- "it's friday--what next" right after empty call
12:53 I get the following Load offer:

(1) Rocky Mountain, Va
p/u 0208 0700-1500
Fremont, Mi
del 0211 0800
stops=1 miles=983
(2) Rocky Mountain, Va
p/u 0208 0700-1800
Harrisonville, Mo
del 0211 1000
stops=1 miles=974

It's 191 paid deadhead miles from Front Royal to Rocky Mountain, Va
it's also 1pm, and my 14hr clock has been running since 3pm(cst)

I choose #2- I might be able to make that p/u time, because I sure as hell
can't make my truck fly 191miles in 2hrs. and second- I like that 10am delivery much more than a 8am eastern(7am)--- and Michigan is still in this guys Zone/Region ( Ohio Valley) which also includes Va --- and so far,
this guy #1 didn't want to let me drop a load last month in Indy( actually was going to make me set on it all weekend( it delivered in Waukegen, Il on Monday Morning(0200)-- and I just lost all of yesterday IN this guys Zone.....time to relocate to greener pastures.


Now, maybe this was the wrong call----won't know until Monday-
Honestly, I haven't been taking loads into and thus out-of Michigan....Maybe they got some GOOD LOADS OUT BOUND FROM THERE????? Any other Shaffer Drivers read this----pls let me know??
anything good out of Michigan????

I arrive at 16:15 CST and am pleased to find--- it's a dry load.
I ask if it is a Crete account or Shaffer and find it's been a Shaffer Account
last 6-8 months with several loads going out each week. No more Intel can be gained/ they can't tell me "where all" they ship to(that we pickup regularly)....but I do learn that the other load (Michigan) hadn't been picked up....yet.

Loaded by 17:20 (now 20 minutes over 14hr clock)

I send following message: No overnite parking avail here at customer-- moving truck to T/S 3.1 miles away( in town)

And here I set--- Good nite all

 

Night Headborg. I just delivered a load from Romeoville, Il drop yard to Dunkirk, Ny and now laoding near Rochester and going to Los Lunas, Nm for Wednesday delivery. Gives me a ool huh?

 

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Just admit it. You're a loser. I've told a number of Crete drivers of your supposed 4 days without a load story and there has been one common theme to their responses. Bullshit.

 

No they wanted me to sign a write up-- stating I had violated Federal Hours of Service Rules-- and I refused( after I faxed a copy of the unsigned write up home) and crossed out that part-- and explained that I had ONLY violated
company Policy--- which amounted to Treason--- it meant I KNOWNLY violated the policy instead of "playing dumb" and pretending I hadn't got the memo on not splitting the sleeper. (even after watching their Video 3 times)

I did sign the amended write up--- I just wasn't going to sign a write up stating I had violated any federal regs.

 

So I take it that you didn't go and ask my manager herself in Ottawa as I asked? Wonder why? Oh yeah you are a liar and trying to bamboozle the newbies here in recruiting bonus money. :roll: