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old mover 11-27-2011 01:36 PM

Help!!!!!
 
I need some actual help here. I have ran into a major issue. I have been running hard and fast for this company, and now they want me to do the imposible, granted I run with loose leaf logs. My drop is in Chicago at 9am eastern time 11/28...then pick up in Channahon IL. at 1400hrs same day...drop that load in Ripon WI. at midnight...then pick up in Abbotsford WI. at 9am and have it back to Burnaby BC in 3 days...somehow I dont think it's possible without some "fixing" of the logs book. HELP!!!! I need to know from those of you that do know that have been around for years....please....

MichiganDriver 11-27-2011 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by old mover (Post 505567)
I need some actual help here. I have ran into a major issue. I have been running hard and fast for this company, and now they want me to do the imposible, granted I run with loose leaf logs. My drop is in Chicago at 9am eastern time 11/28...then pick up in Channahon IL. at 1400hrs same day...drop that load in Ripon WI. at midnight...then pick up in Abbotsford WI. at 9am and have it back to Burnaby BC in 3 days...somehow I dont think it's possible without some "fixing" of the logs book. HELP!!!! I need to know from those of you that do know that have been around for years....please....

???

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.

Orangetxguy 11-27-2011 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by MichiganDriver (Post 505574)
???

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.

Not just toll roads anymore. Now he has to deal with patrol cars with plate registration cameras (saw that on NGC the other day!), cameras along the roadway system (especially in Illinois) and cameras at the scales.

Malaki86 11-27-2011 08:36 PM

And fuel receipts, cell phone usage, you name it, they can find out when/where you've been. Just tell your company "No".

Mr. Ford95 11-27-2011 10:02 PM

Get on the QC and inform them that it can't be done legally.

Roadhog 11-27-2011 10:43 PM

stinkin' dispatchers :roll3:

any fines you get, your boss won't pay for them either.

Malaki86 11-27-2011 10:52 PM


Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95 (Post 505577)
Get on the QC and inform them that it can't be done legally.

Yup - if you have Qualcomm's in your truck, they'll save your tail as long as it's in writing.

VPIDarkAngel 11-28-2011 02:27 AM


Originally Posted by Roadhog (Post 505578)
any fines you get, your boss won't pay for them either.

Well, some companies DO pay for overweight fines. including the $16xxx Gilmberton Bridge fiasco a few years ago. That doesn't make it right, though.

Malaki86 11-28-2011 02:33 AM

Doesn't matter if the company pays the fines or not. The driver is the one stuck with the info on their CSA as well as the MVR. Hell, I have 2 overweight violations from Maryland (under 500lbs each) on my damn MVR.

Mr. Ford95 11-28-2011 09:33 AM

Hope he didn't accept those loads then get on here asking for help...........telling them that it can't be done legally after you've already accepted the dispatch tends to make things go worse for the driver. Even if it's forced dispatch, speak up right away and say it can't be done legally. If your still having problems then a call to Safety can help you out.


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