Week 3 - The Lie

Week Ending 9/2/06

Loads Delivered: 3

Total Miles: 2146
* Loaded: 1403
* Empty: 743

Gross Pay: $788.80
* Mileage Pay: $643.80
* Accessorial: $145.00

Hours Logged: 70.5
* Driving: 53
* On-Duty: 17.5

$/Hour $11.47

Off-Duty - Not Logged: 8.5
* @ Customer: 0.75
* In Laurinburg: 2.5 (over 10-hour sleeper)
* Waiting Assignment: 5.25

All Hours: 79

Actual $/Hour: $10.24
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Load 1:

Deadhead: Ravencliff, WV Thursday, August 24, 2006
Shipper: Laurinburg, NC Thursday, August 24, 2006
Consignee: Indianapolis, IN Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Commodity: Glass

No problems other than previously mentioned wait in LRBG.
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Load 2:

Deadhead: Indianapolis, IN Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Shipper: Ottawa, IL Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Consignee: Antwerp, OH Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Commodity: Glass
This was a short trip and went smoothly.
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Load 3:

Deadhead: Antwerp, OH Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Shipper: Ottawa, IL Thursday, August 31, 2006
Consignee: Etobicoke, ON Friday, September 01, 2006
Commodity: Glass


I received the Work Assignment for this load at 21:16, with a scheduled time at shipper, (230 miles away) of 18:30 the same day. Pay miles for this load were 772, but actual (using a mapping program) were 844. I was only given 17 hours to load, drive 844 miles and deal with Canada border crossing. In addition, I had to stop at the Gary yard for repairs to coolant system. Even though the border crossing went relatively smoothly, I was still 3 hours late for delivery.

When delivery was complete, I waited 5 hours in Etobicoke before finally receiving work assignment. It was right at 5:00 EST, and I was instructed to DH to Laurinburg. I advised Dave that I only had 15.5 hours left on 70, and LRBG was a 17 hour drive. He told me to get out of Canada and take 34-reset.

This was Labor Day weekend. Home was a 15 hour drive, so I requested to DH home to take 34. Extended (Drew) told me that he had checked with Dave who would not approve. Ollie’s Gal checked into the possibility of meeting me in Wytheville - a 3 hour drive for her, and roughly 12 hours from Etobicoke, but that weekend the area was hosting an annual event, the worlds largest flea market, and hotels had been booked up for close to a year. She made calls to Little Rock, and was finally routed to Tom in Green Bay, who looked at all of the macros and information and granted permission for me to be go home for the weekend.

Later, when I confronted Dave about his refusal to allow me to go home, he denied that he had given Extended those instructions. Either Extended Shift lied, or Dave did. Either way, I now felt the need to keep documentation. That is when Ollie’s Gal added a field for Notes to the program that allows me to track macros, as well.

This incident prompted me to send an email to Steve (VP Logistics), requesting removal from Dave’s board. He forwarded to Dave C., Director of Operations for the Specialized Division, and I was removed from Dave’s board a week later.

I had 69 hours logged when I arrived home for reset.

Arrive Home: Saturday, September 02, 2006
Leave Home: Monday, September 04, 2006
Hours Home: 35.75
Days Home: 1.49