Superior Carriers and Carry Transit

[geargrinder]

well i've been at superior 14 months now and i can't even get close to az. or ok. nm. or any of those states.

During the last couple years I've done the west coast run 8 or 10 times. I bang it to get out there, get a restart b4 unloading, and be ready to run with a fresh book. Invariably, I run back MT.

It's a nice run a couple times during the summer - kind of like a vacation. Especially to the Northwest - Montana is definitely worth seeing. I40 and I10 are just pavement pounders. Coming back MT from SoCal I took I15 through Vegas and up to I70. A nice run MT - would suck loaded. My 10-hour was a 20-hour in Vegas - a Bass Pro Shops Casino/resort across the street from the TA ;-)

The traffic in CA is horrendous, but unlike the eastern seaboard it generally moves.

One thing to remember, when things in the system work like it should you can make just about the same money leaving on a Sunday evening and being back home on Friday.

[1catfish]

During the last couple years I've done the west coast run 8 or 10 times. I bang it to get out there, get a restart b4 unloading, and be ready to run with a fresh book. Invariably, I run back MT.

It's a nice run a couple times during the summer - kind of like a vacation. Especially to the Northwest - Montana is definitely worth seeing. I40 and I10 are just pavement pounders. Coming back MT from SoCal I took I15 through Vegas and up to I70. A nice run MT - would suck loaded. My 10-hour was a 20-hour in Vegas - a Bass Pro Shops Casino/resort across the street from the TA ;-)

The traffic in CA is horrendous, but unlike the eastern seaboard it generally moves.

One thing to remember, when things in the system work like it should you can make just about the same money leaving on a Sunday evening and being back home on Friday.

from i've seen in superior, if you stand in the dispatch window long enough or buy enough biscuits you get those runs. i never was much in to that.

[wsyrob]

from i've seen in superior, if you stand in the dispatch window long enough or buy enough biscuits you get those runs. i never was much in to that.

I haven't ever bought biscuits. I just pull the loads they give me, don't complain and communicate in a professional manner. Its worked so far.

[geargrinder]

from i've seen in superior, if you stand in the dispatch window long enough or buy enough biscuits you get those runs. i never was much in to that.

That woud require thought and planning. Not the company's strong suit lol!

Just to be safe no biscuits until June 2010!

[1catfish]

I haven't ever bought biscuits. I just pull the loads they give me, don't complain and communicate in a professional manner. Its worked so far.

so thats what i'm doing wrong, i complain about every load selection and i never once wanted to communicate with management, but i'm far from taking this job serious.

[geargrinder]

so thats what i'm doing wrong, i complain about every load selection and i never once wanted to communicate with management, but i'm far from taking this job serious.

Professionally communicate to them not to call u unless the run is 1500 miles+ and ideally dropping at the AZ/CA border cuz u don't wanna drive in CA ;-)

[1catfish]

Professionally communicate to them not to call u unless the run is 1500 miles+ and ideally dropping at the AZ/CA border cuz u don't wanna drive in CA ;-)

i get it ,i'll just shuck and jive in the dispatch window every time i'm at the terminal and act like i want to be at superior until the day i die! maybe i'll get a load west of ms. river. but then again that kind of stuff makes me Nauseous. you need to beware of those ''company guys'' there the kind that will drop a dime on ya, just to stay in the dispatcher's ear. and in advance no, i don't care. x2x3x4x5x6 etc.

[1catfish]

i get it ,i'll just shuck and jive in the dispatch window every time i'm at the terminal and act like i want to be at superior until the day i die! maybe i'll get a load west of ms. river. but then again that kind of stuff makes me Nauseous. you need to beware of those ''company guys'' there the kind that will drop a dime on ya, just to stay in the dispatcher's ear. and in advance no, i don't care. x2x3x4x5x6 etc.

[1catfish]

[geargrinder]

i get it ,i'll just shuck and jive in the dispatch window every time i'm at the terminal and act like i want to be at superior until the day i die! maybe i'll get a load west of ms. river. but then again that kind of stuff makes me Nauseous. you need to beware of those ''company guys'' there the kind that will drop a dime on ya, just to stay in the dispatcher's ear. and in advance no, i don't care. x2x3x4x5x6 etc.

I know what you mean and it's disgusting. With Keasbey having gone union, I wonder if that got rid of any of the favoritism?

[1catfish]

I know what you mean and it's disgusting. With Keasbey having gone union, I wonder if that got rid of any of the favoritism?

keasby went union? what a hole!

[geargrinder]

Tiger Woods is going to star in the new Southwest Airlines "Want to get away?" ad.

[wsyrob]

I know what you mean and it's disgusting. With Keasbey having gone union, I wonder if that got rid of any of the favoritism?

There is a guy posting at Truckers Report saying everyone at Keasbey got fired over Thanksgiving. Claims the TM was requiring drivers to pay cash to get good loads. He went on to claim management knew about it and racism kept the TM from getting fired and that's why they "had" to go Union. Crazy **** if true.

Sounds like a disgruntled driver to me. Probably get a drivers room/gate code change next week on the QC.

[1catfish]

There is a guy posting at Truckers Report saying everyone at Keasbey got fired over Thanksgiving. Claims the TM was requiring drivers to pay cash to get good loads. He went on to claim management knew about it and racism kept the TM from getting fired and that's why they "had" to go Union. Crazy **** if true.

Sounds like a disgruntled driver to me. Probably get a drivers room/gate code change next week on the QC.

won't nothing happen to the tm, superior would rather get rid of the drivers that knew about it. and just hire new ones with no idea of what happen. and carry on with buisness as usual.

[geargrinder]

There is a guy posting at Truckers Report saying everyone at Keasbey got fired over Thanksgiving. Claims the TM was requiring drivers to pay cash to get good loads. He went on to claim management knew about it and racism kept the TM from getting fired and that's why they "had" to go Union. Crazy **** if true.

Sounds like a disgruntled driver to me. Probably get a drivers room/gate code change next week on the QC.

Still open as of Friday. The terminal manager was canned a while ago. Rumors u hear on TM are consistent with what i have heard.

[1catfish]

this question is for the other superior drivers, do i need to call log ops when ever they try to send me home empty, because here lately it's been all out and back. i wouldn't mind a couple weeks before seeing my home terminal.

[wsyrob]

this question is for the other superior drivers, do i need to call log ops when ever they try to send me home empty, because here lately it's been all out and back. i wouldn't mind a couple weeks before seeing my home terminal.

My home terminal dispatcher has me call him whenever I get the empty go home dispatch from a different terminal on a system load. Sometimes the other terminals try to sneak you home so one of there drivers gets the load. They have changed it a couple of times for me. Most of our dedicated stuff is out and back anyway. This happens a lot when freight is slow. You could be sitting in a truck stop for 2 days waiting on a load but then they would pay you layover. Most truck drivers would sit without pay. At least when we sit its at home

[1catfish]

My home terminal dispatcher has me call him whenever I get the empty go home dispatch from a different terminal on a system load. Sometimes the other terminals try to sneak you home so one of there drivers gets the load. They have changed it a couple of times for me. Most of our dedicated stuff is out and back anyway. This happens a lot when freight is slow. You could be sitting in a truck stop for 2 days waiting on a load but then they would pay you layover. Most truck drivers would sit without pay. At least when we sit its at home

thanks for the info, you never know till you ask.

[Orangetxguy]

So young-uns..... what driver rolled the truck and trailer that is sitting behind the building here at Morrow...and did he get hurt??

[pd]

So young-uns..... what driver rolled the truck and trailer that is sitting behind the building here at Morrow...and did he get hurt??

I drive out of Morrow and saw that truck last week - quite a mess. I asked my TM how the driver was and was told that he was already out of the hospital and back home. I didn't have the time to gather more details at that time.

I gave the truck a close inspection as a reminder to me of how badly things can go out there.