Rookie Not Getting Miles....should I Lease?
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And Danny you might be thinking "what old school just said is great for experience drivers but it doesn't happen for rookies". I can tell you it does. My FM runs me so hard sometimes I have to tell him to give me extra break time. After driving throigh the outer part of hurricane Matthew and dealing with the after math... I was happy to get a load I had time on. I wanted to relax. My FM had other plans " drop your load at the yard.. Pick up a trailer with two stops then drop it back at the yard and take your load back". I wanted to scream. He took my nice relaxing load and interrupted it ., and I wound up rushing to beat the clock with my load. After he said "thanks..of all my drivers I knew yoid be the one to get both loads done".
Guess what.... I get good miles.. Home time when I won't without delays.... And no attitude from him. He doesn't care how long I take for break.. He never asks why I stopped or where I'm stopping for the night... He says " you are great at getting to customers really early. If you tell me you can't I know it was impossible "
Build the relationship with your dispatcher ask how you can get more miles and what you can do to improve. My first three months I called every 30 days and asked him these questions. He finally said "you can't get more miles I max you out with what is available. Shift at a lower RPM and your fuel bonus will go up. Now stop calling me with this stuff cause you're doing great." Hahah love him Good luvk
This is the key to success in this business Relationship building and doing what needs to get done. Good job Rainey...... To the OP If you have 7 months of experience you will have 10 offers for 10 phone calls. As long as you have a good DAC maybe time to move on.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DAC:
Drive-A-Check Report
A truck drivers DAC report will contain detailed information about their job history of the last 10 years as a CDL driver (as required by the DOT).
It may also contain your criminal history, drug test results, DOT infractions and accident history. The program is strictly voluntary from a company standpoint, but most of the medium-to-large carriers will participate.
Most trucking companies use DAC reports as part of their hiring and background check process. It is extremely important that drivers verify that the information contained in it is correct, and have it fixed if it's not.
I'm with Rainy... Have a discussion with your FM as to how you can improve. I have been out for one month now and ran 3100 miles last week.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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Lease..hummmm Not a good thing..... YOUR GETTING 90 cents a mile, and it cost 70 cents a mile to run the truck... do the math and then you should have YOUR answer..... Safe trucking