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Good for OOIDA-A step in the right direction

I've been trying to figure this one out, too. How to distinguish myself from all the other drivers that are on my dispatcher's board.

I'm just wondering how much flexibility they actually have. Seems that when you become available (arrive at a con/are empty), you get freight that's available (ready to be picked up) and is close to you.

I'm going to take a dispatcher out to lunch next week when I'm on home time (been out since Christmas) to get a peek at the screens they use and how they do what they do.

I've been really curious about this.

I finally got a good load Friday and decided to stay totally focused (drive a smooth straight line, have a gentle hand on the tiller). 10.5 hours later (lost .25 for VI, .25 for fueling up), I had driven 725 miles on a Werner truck (electronic logging, governed at 65 mph).

I thought if I put up some numbers, someone would notice.

I think a lot of it may be simply being in the right geographic area at the right time in the right status.

I know that I work with an office that tries to help everyone that calls !!! :D We appreciate truckers!!!

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Imagine that! OOIDA suing a trucking company! :roll:

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Hello to all :)

I can not comment for or against the law-suit at all. But I can add a comment or two about Landstar.

I do not wish to hi-jack this thread at all, so feel free to start a 'Landstar' thread if you like.

I've been at Landstar for 18+ years now. I had to get off the road some 5+ yrs ago due to health issues, and now I dispatch in a very pro-driver Landstar Agency in Ohio.

My brother has been happily with Landstar for some 11 yrs (so far).

Landstar is the largest Owner-Operator Company in the US.

Landstar has some 9000+ BCOs (Business Capacity Owners).

If Landstar was such a bad place to be, why are some many GREAT Owner Operators still at Landstar?

I do apologize, this thread is about dispatchers and the poor ways drivers are treated by them (in most cases). And this is WHY I quit being a company driver cause I couldn't stand dispatchers either!

But, there are other choices, and I, and others that post here have found a choice we all love.

Mowman said:


Um.... could you run that math by me again?? If it was 10.5 hours "later" and you took half an hour for fueling and VI, then in 10 hours it would seem you could only drive about 650 miles in a truck governed at 65 mph.

If you drove for 10.5 hours, and ALSO had .5 hours for line 4 activities, you STILL couldn't cover 725 miles.... at least not legally, and especially in a 65 mph governed truck.

In fact, if you drove your whole 11 hours in a truck governed at 65 mph, you'd only get 715 miles.

If you're trying to make a good impression on Werner, with a governed truck and paperless logs / EOBR..... I wouldn't think you'd want to cover 725 miles in any ONE driving period.

Maybe, I'm confused??? :? :? :?

i wonder if the bonehead citing the article realizes that it is dated 3 years ago. I could see it being somewhat relevant if it was even close to a current issue.

Typical of the abused wife syndrome.. they stay and take the abuse because deep down, they feel they deserve it and a certain percentage LIKE IT!!