New Toy For The Truck

Hell yes. Press and cleans, here I come!

It's not enough jumping to conclusions, flying off the handle and pushing your luck? Don't forget climbing mountains, crossing rivers, running around and pumping fuel. See all the exercise you can get?

It's not enough jumping to conclusions, flying off the handle and pushing your luck? Don't forget climbing mountains, crossing rivers, running around and pumping fuel. See all the exercise you can get?

Haha, I wish it were the case. Seems like lately I'm lucky to get a half day worth of driving. Right now, I'm starting a 34 hour reset with 29 hours on my 70. Maybe it's just a bad time of year?

Today started on a real upbeat note too. I was two hours away from tcalling a trailer, so I updated the DM on duty, who informed me that I had a preplan. Well, I do my drop and hook , and find out that the preplan is for Monday. I remain as composed and professional as I can after hearinf this news, and ask that this second DM I'm talking to keeps me in mind, since I have the hours and I want to use them.

I mean, I've never delivered late, I don't step on toes, I try to be helpful... If it's something that I'm doing wrong, I don't know what it is.

These last two weeks, I've only worked 40 hours per week, total on duty time per 7 day period. This is aggravating. Is this normal? After a month and a half, I don't know.

That reminds me of a kettle bell WOD (workout of the day) book on amazon. I've been eying the author's bodyweight travel friendly WOD book. I think his name is P Selter. Here's the Link.

That reminds me of a kettle bell WOD (workout of the day) book on amazon. I've been eying the author's bodyweight travel friendly WOD book. I think his name is P Selter. Here's the Link.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out!

Snappy, that's common this time of year. Freight almost comes to a standstill around Christmas, especially for dry van carriers. What I used to do when I wasn't getting the miles I wanted was talk to dispatch about it first. Let them know you really need to get moving. Then talk with some of your company's drivers at truck stops and customers to see if they're getting decent miles. If you're one of their better drivers you'll normally find that if you're not getting freight nobody is getting freight. If others are reporting good miles and you're not then you know it's a dispatch problem and you can begin rectifying it.

I think talking around with other drivers from your company will reveal that everything is pretty slow right now.

Snappy, that's common this time of year. Freight almost comes to a standstill around Christmas, especially for dry van carriers. What I used to do when I wasn't getting the miles I wanted was talk to dispatch about it first. Let them know you really need to get moving. Then talk with some of your company's drivers at truck stops and customers to see if they're getting decent miles. If you're one of their better drivers you'll normally find that if you're not getting freight nobody is getting freight. If others are reporting good miles and you're not then you know it's a dispatch problem and you can begin rectifying it.

I think talking around with other drivers from your company will reveal that everything is pretty slow right now.

Okay, thanks for the reassurance Brett! I wasn't sure if it was a usual seasonal lull, or what. And yeah, this is a dry van company I'm employed with. I really need to remember when these happen, and try to work my homeless around them for next year. These last two weeks have been all about hurrying up and waiting.

At least I have some indication that they trust me to do the job -- the last load was a HV load. I'm assuming that they wouldn't have given me that one if they had doubts! :)

I run on a dedicated fleet for Kraft and they keep us moving. I am in dry van too so I think it depends on what type of freight you are hauling. People gotta eat so if you are moving food from point A to B it doesn't seem to matter what time of the year it is.