Help!!!!!
#11
11-28-2011, 01:26 PM
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Falls, Washington, United States
Posts: 38
thanks...I called the boss and told him I'm not going to be able to do the 3rd pick up at the time it is scheduled for, he in turn got the appointment moved. my Ripon job....LMAO...I get to the place and....OMFG...now they don't do any receiving after 3pm Central time....I got my first off load to take it early, picked up this load early so that I might be able to get time enough to sleep my 10 before picking up the third load, now I'm sitting with my load...of get this....transfat butter..:lol: here in Ripon WI over night and now wont be able to make my appointment for the third pick, Ain't life grand? Oh, the boss is not good at math...he couldn't figure out that it takes 3.5 days to get from WI to BC with a solo driver...he booked it without looking at the time allotment, with a team yes it could be done...maybe he thinks that because I have 2 personalities that I'm a team driver!!!!
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#12
11-29-2011, 06:49 AM
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 1,658
???
Do you know that you can only work for 14 hours? You can't work from 9am - midnight. Do you know that you need 10 hours in the sleeper? Midnight - 9am is only 9 hours (and then you have to subtract the time it takes to unload and drive to Abbotsford). Btw, fudging logs sounds like an easy fix, but shippers and receivers will write the date and time on your bills when it messes you up the most. <- Murphy's Law, driver's edition. Edit: And then you've got the toll roads problem to deal with.
#13
11-29-2011, 07:45 AM
Yup. The only place that ever helped me was post-trip inspections and once in awhile for buying fuel at the end of the day, but yeah, grab every break ya can.
#14
11-29-2011, 04:35 PM
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Falls, Washington, United States
Posts: 38
I do a minor post trip...But before I start out the day I do do a good pre trip, I check everything, even get out the tire gauge. I see so many others just wake up and go with out checking a damn thing...guess those are the ones leaving the tire pieces on the side of the road, or on the side of the road with the hood open and can't figure out why it broke down because the oil was too low...I do check my tires along the way as well, caught a tire that was on it's way down because of a loose valve stem....fixed it and aired back up...didn't lose a tire because of it....my post trip....I do check out my tires and then do my paperwork...too damn tired to much else...
Remeber to check your fluids before you start out...oh...dont forget....you need rubber to go down the road as well.....
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11-29-2011, 07:56 PM
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