Show Me The Money! Article By Old School

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Villain's Comment
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"As I'm walking back to my truck I can see that the Melton driver hasn't budged yet, so I go over to his door to let him know that he can go ahead and roll on in. The truth is that I am trying to move everything along so that I can get myself unloaded quicker.

What I find upon getting to his door is that he has his curtains drawn shut and he is oblivious to what is going on out here. Now you may think I am not a nice person, and while I happen to know that I am, allow me to teach you something about being competitive out here. You don't have to wake up your competition, fix them a nice breakfast and tell them it's time to pull on your boots and get to work. No sir, out here if you snooze you lose! I rolled right on around that guy and got myself inside the gate, and parked behind the Montgomery driver."

”After I got inside the building and they were almost finished unloading me, the Melton driver came to consciousness and looked bewildered that I, the third driver in line, was the first one out of that place!" - Old School

Well done sir. Well done! rofl-3.gif
JuiceBox's Comment
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Those dang melton drivers are always in the way lol. I have actually done the same thing but I give them a knock on the door first out of courtesy for working for the same company. Believe me when I say, you would not mistake my knock for the DOT or any LEO.

DOT:

Department Of Transportation

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.

State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Nice going Old School. Two of our members have my FM. The newest one did not understand the competition concept. After about 7 months, he said "How will i know im a priority?" i explained that when you are constantly preplanned and get messages by 0708 to verify info or asking for an ETA..then you are one of the top dogs.

one day he messaged me "i guess i did something right, cause first thing this morning he messaged asking if i was ready for a load" welcome to the big leagues my friend lol

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.
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