Truck Driving Jobs

san415 · #1 11-11-2006, 12:50 AM

seems like, at least at TMC, loads are hard to come by right now, at least in long haul? Hard to run somewhat legal if you sit a couple days, and they seem to have a hard time utilizing any week-end runs at all. Maybe hire less people and work the ones you have or hire more fleet managers so they can put things together better?

devildice · #2 11-11-2006, 12:56 AM

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Hard to run somewhat legal if you sit a couple days,

:?: :?: sorry for the ignorance, but what do you mean by that :?: :?:

Rawlco · #3 11-11-2006, 01:38 AM

If you sit a couple of days you get a 34 hour restart and should be ready to pound out the miles when you get rolling. If you aren't running legal perhaps that is why you aren't getting loads. Fleet Managers aren't stupid. If they dispatch you on a load that you have to run illegally that exposes them to liability.

I have talked with many many drivers this week and nobody is sitting. Perhaps you are not properly using your macros, or perhaps you annoyed your fleet manager and are getting crap loads. Talk to your FM and find out why you are not getting loads. If you are not giving them proper information the Fleet managers can't do their jobs properly. If you want a long weekend run you need to be on one coast or another, not in the middle of the country. Good luck.

Karnajj · #4 11-11-2006, 02:17 AM

Hate to say it but it seems that a lot of companies are experiencing a shortage of freight. Here at Crete the CEO even went so far as to send us all a Qualcomm about how they are working on the problem. Left the house on Wed morn and come this Mon morn I will only have 1000 miles.
Kinda hard justifying staying out for 4 weeks at a time for that kind of money.

san415 · #5 11-11-2006, 02:18 AM

I don't know... 3 drivers sat 1 day early and one day mid week, All have different fleet managers. 2 in long haul and 1 in line haul. 2 tmc drivers at a place getting a load in Texas, names unknown, said they sat 2 days also. My husband likes his fleet manager very much, and he seems very sorry about the sitting. Perhaps its just the coordinating of the long haul loads? I work at UPS where we say "work slow make more dough". But my husband wants to drive not sit, drivers out there think loads are off and slow.

richey94 · #6 11-11-2006, 02:22 AM

Jeff didn't sit without a load but he was sent home on Thursday, which would of been great had he started on Sunday instead of Monday.

san415 · #7 11-11-2006, 02:26 AM

Hi Brandy, I see you on LOADS alot. At least in Line haul he comes home mine just sits overnight in a truckstop or a stops parking lot.

Crete_drvr · #8 11-11-2006, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Karnajj

Hate to say it but it seems that a lot of companies are experiencing a shortage of freight. Here at Crete the CEO even went so far as to send us all a Qualcomm about how they are working on the problem. Left the house on Wed morn and come this Mon morn I will only have 1000 miles.
Kinda hard justifying staying out for 4 weeks at a time for that kind of money.

That hasnt been my experience at all. and you say I make the company look bad :roll: maybe you're just lazy

GoldiesPlating · #9 11-11-2006, 03:49 AM

TMC is actually experiencing a shortage of DRIVERS, not freight. VERY few drivers ever get laid over and when it does happen, it is very much an exception, not the rule. If a driver has this happening often there's either a problem with HIM or his fleet manager. Either way it should be addressed.

Four reasons why this MAY be happining to your husband:
1) He pissed off his fleet manager. (rare)
2) His fleet manager is not doing his job properly. (possible)
3) Your husband is not "getting it together". This sometimes happens with new drivers. (usual)
4) This one may be WAAAY off base but needs to be considered. (Unless of course you are with him, then ignore the following)
He's being "laid over" by CHOICE and isn't telling you the WHOLE story. I've known drivers who have over the road girl friends and spend a day or two with them while telling their wives they are laid over by the company. OR he's just taking breaks or time off and telling you he's laid over so as not to get yelled at.

Having access to TMC's office personnel and computer access to TMC's office computers, I KNOW first hand how much freight we have and how much we turn down. The freight is there, believe me. If hubby's not getting his share he needs to either talk to his fleet manager or switch fleet managers, or come clean and admit he's at fault an not the company.

yoopr · #10 11-11-2006, 04:31 AM

Never drove for TMC and we're not there yet but coming close to the slow season.
TMC hauls ALOT of loads at a Mill near me.