Hey "y'all" it's October

jelliott · Oct 22, 2014

Talk about a stick In the eye. I was walking around the edge of the parking lot as they were putting down the new asphalt to get to the back building and I looked up and....bam...stick in the eye. Well ended up in the ER with a pretty nice scratch on my cornea. Now that is not a comfortable experience. Doing a little better tonight. My neighbor is an opthamolagist and he came over. Put some different drops in and a contact lens to cover the scratch. It helped a lot. Still not good but wow was it a bad day.

Windsor · Oct 22, 2014

jelliott said:
Talk about a stick In the eye. I was walking around the edge of the parking lot as they were putting down the new asphalt to get to the back building and I looked up and....bam...stick in the eye. Well ended up in the ER with a pretty nice scratch on my cornea. Now that is not a comfortable experience. Doing a little better tonight. My neighbor is an opthamolagist and he came over. Put some different drops in and a contact lens to cover the scratch. It helped a lot. Still not good but wow was it a bad day.

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scottm4211 · Oct 22, 2014

jjoerger · Oct 22, 2014

Hello everyone,
I am now officially a member of Load 1. Truck #3215. Should have happened a week ago but I had to take care of some personal issues. Will change my signature line once I'm on my laptop and figure out how to do it.

xiggi · Oct 22, 2014

jelliott said:
You are correct not the other driver.

So your saying the guy who dispatch gets 3 loads in a week can get 4 layover days but if dispatch doesn't get you a single load you only get 2. That's adding insult to injury.

Dynamite 1 · Oct 22, 2014

I was under the impression we pod'd out, from that time as long as no turn downs/200 from home we claimed 2 days layover then waited 24 hrs then claimed 2 more and the cycle repeated in that fashion. Is there a difference between the policy for different units ???

guido4475 · Oct 22, 2014

xiggi said:
So your saying the guy who dispatch gets 3 loads in a week can get 4 layover days but if dispatch doesn't get you a single load you only get 2. That's adding insult to injury.

I see what you're saying, but, at the same time, I am like, let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. Be happy with what we get to begin with...Who else does this?....

guido4475 · Oct 22, 2014

Dynamite 1 said:
I was under the impression we pod'd out, from that time as long as no turn downs/200 from home we claimed 2 days layover then waited 24 hrs then claimed 2 more and the cycle repeated in that fashion. Is there a difference between the policy for different units ???

You're the 3rd person I have read/heard this from. I never heard of that till today, even though I have been told I discussed this before. Which I swear was not the case. But what do I know?

Wolfeman68 · Oct 22, 2014

Dynamite 1 said:
I was under the impression we pod'd out, from that time as long as no turn downs/200 from home we claimed 2 days layover then waited 24 hrs then claimed 2 more and the cycle repeated in that fashion. Is there a difference between the policy for different units ???

No, it's always been a max of two days layover. The only difference between units is the 10 hour reset straights and tractors have to do. If additional layovers were paid, it was probably a mistake.

guido4475 · Oct 22, 2014

jelliott said:
Talk about a stick In the eye. I was walking around the edge of the parking lot as they were putting down the new asphalt to get to the back building and I looked up and....bam...stick in the eye. Well ended up in the ER with a pretty nice scratch on my cornea. Now that is not a comfortable experience. Doing a little better tonight. My neighbor is an opthamolagist and he came over. Put some different drops in and a contact lens to cover the scratch. It helped a lot. Still not good but wow was it a bad day.

I can relate as well and am glad it is almost over also. I hope you get better soon.

guido4475 · Oct 22, 2014

Wolfeman68 said:
No, it's always been a max of two days layover. The only difference between units is the 10 hour reset straights and tractors have to do. If additional layovers were paid, it was probably a mistake.

The driver who made me aware of this to begin with says he always got paid for the way he is claiming the layover pay. I asked him twice. That is why I questioned it to begin with on here.

SWTexas1 · Oct 22, 2014

jelliott said:
Talk about a stick In the eye. I was walking around the edge of the parking lot as they were putting down the new asphalt to get to the back building and I looked up and....bam...stick in the eye. Well ended up in the ER with a pretty nice scratch on my cornea. Now that is not a comfortable experience. Doing a little better tonight. My neighbor is an opthamolagist and he came over. Put some different drops in and a contact lens to cover the scratch. It helped a lot. Still not good but wow was it a bad day.

That does make for a bad day, hope you feel better soon.

xiggi · Oct 22, 2014

guido4475 said:
I see what you're saying, but, at the same time, I am like, let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. Be happy with what we get to begin with...Who else does this?....

No one's looking a gift horse in the mouth at all. I was eligible for two layover days last week and didn't claim either one. I think most drivers are very fair about it just like the company tries to be.

Honestly it's a little hard to track what layover days we do get paid for because they often seem to be behind in crediting them.

The best solution to the discussion, a loaded truck every day.

OntarioVanMan · Oct 23, 2014

spent the afternoon in Toledo at Waynes...all new pulleys and tensioner plus belt just for giggles and a new alternator while he had the belt off or was that the other way around?.....LOL.....clutch WAS seized as suspected....Then over to Verizon as phone was freezing up/locking up....seems to happen with the 5S model spent until 830pm at the store downloading the upgrade and then till now downloading and reloading all my apps...which HAS to be done thru wifi only if downloading from your ICloud backup.....what joy....

OntarioVanMan · Oct 23, 2014

xiggi said:
No one's looking a gift horse in the mouth at all. I was eligible for two layover days last week and didn't claim either one. I think most drivers are very fair about it just like the company tries to be.

Honestly it's a little hard to track what layover days we do get paid for because they often seem to be behind in crediting them.

The best solution to the discussion, a loaded truck every day.

I have no problem with that.....FV always shows the date they fell on...I leave them on my QC till paid and then delete them...

RoadTime · Oct 23, 2014

Empty in St. Marys PA.

Sorry to hear about your eye John

danthewolf00 · Oct 23, 2014

John put a cold washcloth over the eye to keep blood vesals from swelling and becareful of bright lights.

danthewolf00 · Oct 23, 2014

Moved from kc to indy.

xiggi · Oct 23, 2014

OntarioVanMan said:
I have no problem with that.....FV always shows the date they fell on...I leave them on my QC till paid and then delete them...

Good idea.

Windsor · Oct 23, 2014

I only turn in probably about half the layover days I'm eligible for. Not sure why really, I just don't think about it for some reason. Maybe I'll go back and figure out all the days I didn't turn in and turn them all in at once, think they'll pay me?