Recent content by jj214

Been doing this since 1990, if it were not for Caterpillar runs, I would have very few runs in the past few months. I turn down dozens of runs based on excessive DH miles. I will eat the miles for a decent express ctr. at the end. Will not take cheap runs to Decatur or other dead centers. It...

I did review this with my CR, I was told the policy has changed, and there will be no dry run pay unless the customer is charged. I did receive -75, but was tied up for 20 min. not a huge deal, but I wanted others to know what the "new" policy will be.

In this instance I was 14 miles from the shipper. In the past, if a run had a number assigned, you would get dry run pay. You often had to ask for it, you sometimes had to take it up another level but if a run number was assigned, dry run pay was paid. I was told the procedure has changed, from...

Today I accepted a run offer, was almost instantly told not to head to the shipper right away. After 20 min. was told run was cancelled. Run number was assigned, I requested dry run pay. Was called by a coordinador and informed the rules had changed and if the customer was not charged, no dry...

I have started my 23rd year with FDCC/Roberts. I have seen the business change over the years as more competition entered the arena. I have never understood why someone would think you could make a decent living driving a van. I began expediting because I had a pension and could afford to have...

In another life I had an employee complain to me that I did not respect his 20 years of experience. My response was " you do not have 20 years experience, you have one year repeated 19 times".

24 years, 2 as company ST driver, 22 as O/O in a van. Retired at age 44, was informed by the Mother of my children, that she married me for better or worse, but not for lunch. Started with greyhound, they went on strike, then on to expediting. Will probably do it till I am unable to pass the...

Waiting for the Clink to light up reminds me of the tube tv's, maybe these are tube models.

I am not a frequent poster, nor do I spend a lot of time complaining. Today once again, I received a run offer that I accepted. I am in Elk Grove Village with -75. Within 10 min. of accepting the load, which did not pick-up for several hours, I was told the load cancelled. No dry run pay, which...

I crossed from Detroit to Windsor on 9/11, just as I pulled into the customs compound, the radio announced the bridge was closed. I delivered to Alliston and returned the next day. Truck traffic was backed up on the 401 for at least 5 miles. Canadian red cross brought out coffee and food. I was...

My interest is always piqued when I see 114 comments to a posting. Reading all of them reminded me of the childhood game of passing the secret, where you whisper something to the person next to you and they repeat it down the line and you are amazed at how it gets twisted by the time it gets to...

You cannot always believe the label. The following is from Dole's website. Dole's Worldwide Packaged Food Division operates three canneries in Asia: two in Thailand and one in the Philippines. These canneries supply NORTH AMERICA, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. These canneries...

1999 with Roberts: Clink was optional? Having the Clink put you ahead of those without. You were a homebody and foreign power would go ahead of you. Home on Fri., the only one there, by Mon. morning you were 6th in line? DH to Chicago on Mon. morning in order to get out, otherwise sit at...

The BeeSessers. Tells you about the time he told the trooper "if you're going to write a ticket, get going, I got places to go. Has had numerous dispatchers fired Has told the shipper to get moving or I will I had to stop hanging around the truck stops to avoid this type. Maybe I just look...