Truck Driving Jobs

Sevlow · #1 03-12-2007, 09:27 PM

After trying swift, hubby decided to go with Florilli out of West Liberty, IA. It went good for awhile then we ran into some problems with traffic and such, he got sick to while on a delivery and they just made it out to be ALL his fault. They kept asking him to bump the dock while on his ten hr break, When he wouldn't do it, they gave him a service failure. He also got the service failure when he re-powered with somebody in OH. Because the other driver was late.

After sitting in Aurora, IL for 2 days behind a restaurant that has truck parking, I told hubby to call them. They claim that they couldn't trust him anymore to make deliveries because he was late 5 times. WELL only one of them was HIS fault! But they made it out to be all his fault.They had us deadhead to freightliner in Davenport Thursday night. Said they were just going to have a meeting with him.

Well as it turns out they ended up firing him, taking his pay check for drug screen, physical and bus ticket. They left us stranded there at freightliner. Hubby asked well how am I going to get home now, Kurt, the guy who "tried to save his job" said that's not my problem. So we cleaned the truck out and waited till 3pm ct, to see if he got his check like Kurt promised. He called and bitched at him and all he could say was that's not my problem.
So we had to call my parents to wire us $400 to get home on. We are absolutely done with trucking. Tired of the Bull, it was nice to meet you all and you all have been very helpful. It's time for us to move on

Smooth · #2 03-12-2007, 09:37 PM

I thought you were with Wenger ? what happened to that ?

And as far as bumping the dock on your 10 hr break , sometimes there is no way around it , that's trucking .

ronjon619 · #3 03-12-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sevlow

He also got the service failure when he re-powered with somebody in OH. Because the other driver was late.

What is re-powering?

Sevlow · #4 03-12-2007, 09:45 PM

Well wenger was a joke they asked him to back log and such, it's against the law to bump a dock on your ten hr break. We've asked tons of drivers that even owner operators.

Rev.Vassago · #5 03-12-2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sevlow

They kept asking him to bump the dock while on his ten hr break, When he wouldn't do it, they gave him a service failure.

Was he up against his 11 hours? If not, I can see why they gave him a service failure. He would have had to re-start his break, but if he had the hours available, then the company was certianly within their right to demand that the load be delivered.

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They claim that they couldn't trust him anymore to make deliveries because he was late 5 times. WELL only one of them was HIS fault!

I'm confused here. How was he late 5 times, and it wasn't his fault 4 of them?

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Originally Posted by Sevlow

it's against the law to bump a dock on your ten hr break. We've asked tons of drivers that even owner operators.

Yes - it's against the FMCSA rules to be ON DUTY during a 10 hour break. But it is NOT against the rules to cut a 10 hour break short to make a delivery when you have the hours available, and then take the 10 hour break after you have delivered.

Sevlow · #6 03-12-2007, 09:52 PM

Traffic, he was sick, and yes his day was up, when you are on your break, you are on your break. he was late 5 times and only one was his fault. A re-power is when you meet another driver to swap trailers.

Sevlow · #7 03-12-2007, 09:54 PM

Isn't that considered split logging then, if you do that on your break?

Rev.Vassago · #8 03-12-2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sevlow

Traffic, he was sick, and yes his day was up, when you are on your break, you are on your break.

Sorry, but if he had the hours available, then he could have delivered. There is no FMCSA rule that says once you start a 10 hour break, you can't go back on duty if you have the hours available to do so.

Sevlow · #9 03-12-2007, 10:03 PM

It doesn't matter anymore, we are done, after being stranded by a company like this and worrying how we're going to get home, plus having to borrow money from my parents, its just NOT right. I mean being sick is not your fault when it happens while you are out there. I mean REALLY sick, plus being stuck in traffic due to a semi going off the road on I-75 held us up, plus construction for another 2 more hrs. We simply ran out of hours to get it there. So that wasn't his fault, that accounted for 2 of them, plus not bumping the dock when he had no hrs of his day left, the re-power being late. We tried to tell them to about getting a re-power or re-setting the appointment. Dispatch wouldn't do anything and they tell you on the computer, if you feel anything is going to jeopardize load to contact dispatch. Well we kept doing that it's not our fault night time dispatch can't do anything. Hell, even his day dispatcher wouldn't do anything. They basically wanted him to get it there even if it meant going over his 11 hr or 14 hr day. Tell me that is legal!

Rev.Vassago · #10 03-12-2007, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sevlow

Isn't that considered split logging then, if you do that on your break?

If the amount of time already spent in the sleeper is more than 2 hours, then yes - you can split log it. For example, if he had 11 hours driving and 2 hours in the sleeper, he could have done the unload (assuming he took the sleeper berth time at the shipper), and then taken the remaining 8 hours in the sleeper to satisfy the regs. He would have then had 11 hours driving available to him, and 12 hours on the 14 hour clock.

There are many ways to navigate through the regs while maintaining compliance. Something tells me that the company was right in this instance. Just a hunch, and not trying to be mean about it.