Going Great With Crete So Far

Also... how do new ELOGS (vs. older EBORD system?) come into play? My JB Hunt trainer focused on teaching "driveline maximization". He would go on duty when entering the driveway to yard (before guard shack) and mentioned others did it in the intersection / @ red light BEFORE the turn onto the street where yard entrance is. I believe newer systems will now put you back on the drive line for that.

Our system is configured that if the truck goes over 5 mph it trips to drive line. My company will allow us to log "On Duty - Yard Move" if we are at one our 3 gated terminals. Logging Yard move still takes away from the 70, but on our daily 11/14 it takes away from the 14 rather than the 11 driving. With our system, if we go over 20 mph it automatically kicks us to drive, taking away from our 11 drive clock.

Also... how do new ELOGS (vs. older EBORD system?) come into play? My JB Hunt trainer focused on teaching "driveline maximization". He would go on duty when entering the driveway to yard (before guard shack) and mentioned others did it in the intersection / @ red light BEFORE the turn onto the street where yard entrance is. I believe newer systems will now put you back on the drive line for that.

Our system is configured that if the truck goes over 5 mph it trips to drive line. My company will allow us to log "On Duty - Yard Move" if we are at one our 3 gated terminals. Logging Yard move still takes away from the 70, but on our daily 11/14 it takes away from the 14 rather than the 11 driving. With our system, if we go over 20 mph it automatically kicks us to drive, taking away from our 11 drive clock.

To expand on that this is what I typically do. Due to tractor and trailer being parked in different areas of the yard as I approach my tractor I do a quick walk around. I log into my ELD and immediately go to "On Duty - Yard Move" under comments I put Hooking Up (giggity). After I am attached to my trailer I switch over to "On Duty" and begin logging my pretrip. I manually switch to "drive" just as I leave the gate. When I get back to the yard if I'm close to my 14 or 11 drive clock I will pull in the gate and immediately go back to On Duty-Yard move. I will then go to my assigned spot and then go "On Duty" and log my post trip while disconnecting my trailer. After done I'll once again log Yard Move and under comments "park tractor " and park my tractor in its designated spot. My situation is different than an OTR driver due to slip seating trucks/trailers daily but seems like it's similar to what JB was like.

But over all I'm fine with the miles I'm driving now, it provides more then enough income to support my wife and I, for weeks I want to run hard, I will. Otherwise it'll be like it is now, where I get weeks around 2200-2500. I dont take breaks any longer then i need to, I'm up and ready to drive when my 10 hour break is over.

Sounds like you found your happy place. Hope things continue to go well for you.

over all I'm fine with the miles I'm driving now, it provides more then enough income to support my wife and I

Sounds like you found your happy place.

Jamie, this is not meant to be critical. It's also just a generalization about the trucking business, meant for the purpose of educating all of us here.

Trucking is a business. As drivers we are members of a team. The whole team from top level management right on down to the drivers have got to be involved in making the business successful. How is it that trucking companies become successful? By maximizing utilization of their assets.

Trust me, some group of people in the offices are measuring each of us. They have charts and graphs measuring every little detail of our performance. They know exactly how much revenue we produce, how much fuel we use, what percentage of our 70 hour clock we use each week and the ratio of drive time in relation to on duty time we spend. All of this relates to the concept you hear us talk of when we say trucking is competitive.

Somewhere down the line a trucker who is content to earn just enough to satisfy him and his wife's meager desires is going to find himself on the low priority list. What happens to low priority people? I don't know personally, because I've never been in that category. I don't want to be. I'm pretty sure they are the ones in the driver lounges complaining that their miles are dropping off and they keep sitting in "dead freight" zones.

Drivers should always push to advance the purpose of the team. That means push yourselves to be more productive. Jamie has gotten dissatisfied twice now and tried something new. I'm not the judge, and it's understandable wanting to try something different. I'm just gonna say the folks who constantly push themselves to improve their performance rarely get dissatisfied and start coming up with reasons why they want to move on. They're motivated by their unreached goals.

It's very important out here to keep yourself at the top if you want to sustain your effectiveness and satisfaction in this business.

I certainly didnt mean to knock you and im sorry if i came off that way i was more feeling concerned for you but if what you have goin on is right where you wanna be then id say you found a good home i know a few who work northeast regional with crete they love the job get home weekends and get great miles as far as the resets previously as a northeast regional guy i had resets every weekend and would never have wanted to do recaps for me i think resets are what can help keep truckers human id much rather bang out 5 11-14 hour shifts and take some real time for myself but i know for otr peeps thats not always an option they have available

Picked up this reefer load yesterday, drop and hook , turned into live load, currently about 750 miles away. I'm one day ahead, dispatch is currently in works of getting the appointment moved up. Because the load was orginally supposed to deliver on 11/10 at 13:00.

I'm one day ahead, dispatch is currently in works of getting the appointment moved up.

That's great Jamie! Is the appointment change something you requested of your dispatcher? Or is it something the dispatcher recognized and took his own initiative? I'm just curious. Either way it's a good thing.

By moving appointments up like that you're accomplishing the very thing I mentioned earlier concerning being successful at trucking. A key element to making money in trucking is maximizing utilization of our asset (the truck) by using a high percentage of our 70 hours each week for productivity.

I'm one day ahead, dispatch is currently in works of getting the appointment moved up.

That's great Jamie! Is the appointment change something you requested of your dispatcher? Or is it something the dispatcher recognized and took his own initiative? I'm just curious. Either way it's a good thing.

By moving appointments up like that you're accomplishing the very thing I mentioned earlier concerning being successful at trucking. A key element to making money in trucking is maximizing utilization of our asset (the truck) by using a high percentage of our 70 hours each week for productivity.

I requested the appointment be moved up yesterday morning when I stopped for my 10 hour break, and figured I'd get there by 21:00 tonight which I'm still on track. Thankfully they did get the appointment moved for tonight instead of tomorrow! I am also already preplanned for another load that will take me through the weekend.

I'm currently 120 miles away, drove over night about 600 miles to stay on track.

Thankfully they did get the appointment moved for tonight instead of tomorrow! I am also already preplanned for another load that will take me through the weekend.

I'm thinking that in another 6 months you will be "Jamie (Crete biggest fan)"

Great to hear you're doing well.

I'm currently 120 miles away, drove over night about 600 miles to stay on track.

Nice! I like that approach.