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Originally Posted by jvnd1953
I hear you dewercs2, I'm still waiting for my truck repairs. Supposedly Mon or Tues. That will be 2 weeks waiting. Ridiculous. Luckily I did that recovery while waiting even if it was a disaster. Made about 300 more than sitting in the shop. Next time I will "breakdown" on the road under a load. Arrow seems to make and change the rules as they go along and the drivers suffer. If this company doesn't get some management that knows what to do we will all be forced to look for another company. Recent runs have been from Terrell, Tx to Broken Arrow, Ok. (300 mi) and a run with a recovered truck from Cartersville, Ga. to Laredo, Tx. (1200 mi). Then from Laredo to Garland, Tx. (420 mi). I then took a double drop trailer from the Dallas yard to the Tulsa yard (300 mi). I get back and they had completed the PM at least on my truck. I then find out it's the last day for my DM at Arrow. He quit to become an O/O. I kind of laughed at your plan sort of coming back to bite you in the butt. That was what that truck recovery was. Don't volunteer is my new motto for Arrow. I'll give 100% still which is more than we get from management. Hometime for me was supposed to be this week. As it looks now, It won't even be next week. I can't complain too much though. It's usually within a week of my request. Drive and be safe
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I had Jury duty tuesday and was released later that day. While in the Jury Room I was bored and texted my boss who sent me a Qualcom message that had just been sent out. She told me that deadhead pay for Regional Drivers had been eliminated and this was per the VP of Operations. :eek2: I was released later that day.
Wednesday I was given a load to bounce up to Adelanto and hook to a preloaded trailer
with pipe. I arrived and drove through a few rows of concrete pipe to the trailer. I was given the option to grab a aluminum or steel trailer which had 3 large diameter 46 ft of pipe on the deck. I dropped and hooked as I was walking around the front of the tractor I hear a hiss. I look at the left front steer and find a 3in piece of cement with a wire in it. The dang thing was stuck to the sidewall and I was leaking air.
issedoff:
issedoff::crossbones: I took a picture and texted it to my DM and made the call to breakdown to start the hold process before the call was answered.
Well, I figured I was done for since I have been hearing that tires have been taking upto 18hrs to pay for.:hellno::hellno:
issedoff:
I was strapped down and headed to the office and made to wait as this shipping cleark tried to finish paperwork for other loads before he could get to me. After 20 minutes I was given the paperwork and started to head out the gate. As I did so a tire company truck drove in and I stopped the driver to see if he knew if Arrow might have an account with them. He didn't know.
I pulled out the gate and spoke to breakdown about 30 minutes later. I gave them the name of the company and told to wait. About 30 minutes later the same tire truck rolled up and started to switch out the tire. 15 mins later I signed a workorder and received a QC that I was loosing the load and was to deadhead to Calexico and hook to a trailer there. I replied that I was done and just about to roll out now. The big concern was it would take awhile to pay for it. I said nope, I was told ok to leave. I got rolling 2 seconds later to so the QC would show it.
My load finaled in Paso Robles at a military base with a 7am appointment. I stopped for the night in Lost Hills at the Pilot.
Made the drop in the morning and since I didn't know of a truckstop near Paso Robles I DH back to Lost Hills to wait till about 330pm when I recived a load from Santa Maria to Laredo, TX.
that loads at 1130am friday. hmmm.... Map book comes out and look at the routing the company has given me. 101 to the 5 to 134 to 210 to 10. If I load at 1130 and get out in 1 hr and head to LA I'm in the middle of LA friday rush hour traffic....hmmm...
Bounced to Santa Maria and loaded to spools of wire weighing 34550. I arrived at 1045 and was allowed to load 10 mins later. Threw 8 chains, paperwork and enter the information in the QC. I was rolling by noon. Was told to not run this to Laredo but bring to Phoenix and drop the trailer. I would be hooking to another trailer and running back to CA for the weekend home....Time to make a decesion... I headed north 7mi and jumped on 166 headed east to 33 to 99/5. Ran up the Grapevine and cut across on 138 towards the 14. Headed towards the 15 through the scale to the 215 to 210 to the 10. No traffic at all ! Heard on the radio that it was jamed on the freeways I was routed to take. Made my fuel stop at TA in Coachella and then ran up to Churaco Summit with .75 left on my 11.
Made Phoenix at 930 dropped the trailer and pulled my chains, grabbed the other trailer, fixed a light and mud flap. I was strapped down and was home by 630 last night.
Just enough time to reset and head out monday morning.
I have heard that jobs might pop here in a month or two. Do I have a plan of course.... But the time is not right for me to leave. I'm working and getting the bills paid.
