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I am usually offered options on loads, and at the very least, I am asked if a I can do a run. I have never had a problem when I turned down a run due to hours. I will meet them halfway sometimes by picking up a load and getting it to an area where I can relay it off to another truck, get in a break, and by then they have another load in the area to grab.
It does take a team effort, but forced dispatch is not a "evil" to live with. If it done right, it really isn't hardly noticable. If drivers are abused, it is time to move on.
This is a very good point Copperhead makes...and a good attitude he has about the 'team work' part.Originally Posted by Copperhead
The company, Mike Brooks, Inc, that I have been with for a little over 8 years has a "forced dispatch" policy, but we have a batch of dispatchers that have a brain as well.I am usually offered options on loads, and at the very least, I am asked if a I can do a run. I have never had a problem when I turned down a run due to hours. I will meet them halfway sometimes by picking up a load and getting it to an area where I can relay it off to another truck, get in a break, and by then they have another load in the area to grab.
It does take a team effort, but forced dispatch is not a "evil" to live with. If it done right, it really isn't hardly noticable. If drivers are abused, it is time to move on.
I've experienced both Forced Dispatch and now the No Forced Dispatch companies...
both have advantages/disadvantages
Let's take hometime:
here at a NO Forced Dispatch operation- If I need a load to get me home, the company has to "ask/beg" the driver ...If, he wouldn't mind giving up his load--to get me home." If it's a good run, or lets say I live on the Left Coast....I could be SOL- he might not "want" to give up that load.
Do you see here- an advantage to Forced Dispatch.