1yr exp/1st yr otr 😳 Dealing with the time demand

1048019

{"text":"I would like you seasoned guys to give some advice on how to handle the demand on your time. \n\nLets say you start your day at 0900 to drop a load at 1000. You pick up another load at 1500 that has stop 1 8hrs away scheduled at 0800 the next day and stop 99 2hrs from that scheduled for 1100. Leaving the shipper  at 1600 you still have to stop for fuel.\n\nDo you refuse the load? If so, will dispatch deal with you differently for refusing?","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true,"externalShare":false}

1068905

{"replyTo":"","text":"if you don't think you can, refuse. If they tell you just try your best, try your best. Stay legal.","replyToPid":0}

686228

{"replyTo":"","text":"Does your company push safety first? Are you penalized for late loads? \nExpect dispatchers,  whom most don't have cdl's, to misjudge timing.  They think you can get in-and-out on a fuel stop in15 minutes.  They don't realize all the waiting we have to do in construction, fuel islands and at customer's docks. Call the customer yourself,  be polite notify them you are ruining late.  Be suprised how far a lil heads up will get you once you arrive. \nDo your best,  don't speed and be safe.","replyToPid":0}

1048019

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686228 发表于 2021-01-28 18:59:18 Does your company push safety first? Are you penalized for late loads? \nExpect dispatchers,  whom most don't have cdl's, to misjudge timing.  They think you can get in-and-out on a fuel stop in15 minutes.  They don't realize all the waiting we have to do in construction, fuel islands and at customer's docks. Call the customer yourself,  be polite notify them you are ruining late.  Be suprised how far a lil heads up will get you once you arrive. \nDo your best,  don't speed and be safe.

","text":"my dispatcher doesn't push safety first by any means. Recently I arrived a couple hours late to a drop and had to wait an entire week to get another appointment! And I told dispatch that I couldn't make the time. He just said, \"it's fine.\" I'm willing to bet he's never driven a truck.","replyToPid":415397}