Talk about a crackdown on idle time
 

I got a qualcomm message 5min ago from my Werner dispatch. Said call dispatch asap. So i phone him up. my ears have been raped.

He told me my idle % of feb was 57% and march was 61%. He said if I do not get my idle % down they will route me to a terminal and fire me. He said over 40% of the drivers are getting this notice. Told me if you go above 51% idle 2 months in a row you will get a review and might be terminated.

What crock of bullcrap is this?

They had better look into and APU i would think then.

With a policy like that, come the middle of August, they won't have more than 3 or 4 drivers left.

If you are idling over 50% of the time then you do need to find where the key is and turn it to the left to the off position. I like to keep my batteries up especially in the winter when batteries seem not to hold over night to help keep my up to 14 days worth of food in my cooler in safe condition. I was never over 40% winter or summer.

Let's also not forget that if you can even come close to idling 50%, that means that your company definitely isn't keeping you busy. My truck never shuts down, but my highest idle time was about 35%.

It's Werner's problem, not yours. As someone else said, you are spending just as much time sitting as you are running. I would return the truck and say see ya!

And then go find a real job.

Mike

How many miles are you running?

Like the others have said, a high idle rate like that usually means not that much in terms of miles.

APU's on Werner's trucks - :shock: :lol:

My general rule was, above 85 or below 50 --- i idle.

One thing that will kill your idle percentage is taking a reset in the truck.

Personally though I wish these companies would stop expecting drivers to live in conditions that would get a person arrested if you did it to a dog and start installing APU's on trucks.

With fuel over $4 per gallon the things would pay for themselves within 6 months.

Be happy they dont charge you for idle time like May does

Does sitting in traffic have any bearing on your idle time, or can they tell the difference?