Don't see how it's a penalty, something has to be in place so that someone can't just sit at the top of the board and cherry pick till they get the load offer they want.
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Don't see how it's a penalty, something has to be in place so that someone can't just sit at the top of the board and cherry pick till they get the load offer they want.
Seem a little like making mountains out of mole hills.
John and the rest group work hard to get the most amount money for a load. Yet, how do we thank them for that. How do we thank them for being open and honest, spending hours on social media and in person answering our questions. How by writing paragraphs about a penny.
My understanding this was meant as something easy to help, and it's turned into this
Sorry,
Just my 2 cents worth
I don't follow that line of thinking. It would be a penalty if being ask to run a load at a loss, or in a saturated area of trucks, you go behind everyone. Thus, a penalty of run at a loss, or potentially waste a day or three. Don't know anything about mileage caps. First I have heard of it. Maybe something new? We have got knocked I believe for load turndowns under 400. If that is the number?
It is tough on anyone running a business. The tighter the margins get, the more microscopic people will be. That is really for any business. It really isn't a personal thing. At least for me anyway. More of following the numbers.
My turn down rate has increased somewhat. Low rates, hold over freight with lose of bed. Short miles that would put me at the bottom of the pile. Setting a lower rate
has never been part of why I turn down loads. Even if it was .90 per mile, if the load will not work for me then I turn it down. Never worried about reset of hours. I find it funny at times. I'm number one of two, I turn a load down, hours reset, offer goes to number two, if he takes it or turns it down I'm number one again.
Don't read so much into this. Take the load or not. I know with lay over pay I turned down fewer loads. But now, well what have I lost.
has never been part of why I turn down loads. Even if it was .90 per mile, if the load will not work for me then I turn it down. Never worried about reset of hours. I find it funny at times. I'm number one of two, I turn a load down, hours reset, offer goes to number two, if he takes it or turns it down I'm number one again.
Don't read so much into this. Take the load or not. I know with lay over pay I turned down fewer loads. But now, well what have I lost.
Ok let's do this...pretend it never got sent out. You guys do the same as what you are doing. Nothing changed and you just won't get your hours reset sometimes when you turn down a load!
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Uhm, no.
What is it, exactly, that you think I'm all bent out of shape about? You think I'm mad because my hours won't be reset if I turn down a low paying load? Is that what you think? My paragraphs are not about a penny, they are about getting a plain English straightforward answer to some plain English straightforward questions. It's about getting basic information with which to use in making an informed decision.
Astonishing, isn't it? As best as I can figure it, we're gonna get a break when turning down a really low paying load. At what rate that might be, I really don't know. But it's a good thing that we're not getting our hours reset when the rates are really low.
So now it's just an unknown roll of the dice as to whether our hours get reset when turning down a load? Are you firggin' kidding me? We're operating on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle now?
Why is it so hard to type "Your hours will not be reset if the load pays [x] or less."?
Why is it do hard to type "That threshold rate is for loaded [or all] miles."?
That's all that's being asked here, To my mind, these are extraordinarily simple questions which require extraordinarily simply answers. If these questions are too difficult or if I am asking too much, just say so and I'll never speak of it again.
I was kidding turtle. I said I would follow up with detailed answers on Monday. Everyone relax and hopefully have a great Easter.
No, the mileage limits that were quoted for affecting your layover pay. Sorry i should have made that clear and it doesnt pertain to sprinters types since you dont get layover !!
I don't care whether my hours are reset or not. I really don't. I'm fully aware that getting me loaded is in the best interest of Load One. All I'm asking for is clarification to a QC message that made little sense unless you were the one who sent it. I learned a long time ago that if there's something in this business that you don't understand but are expected to be knowledgeable about, to remain ignorant about it is to risk your own peril.
Have you emailed the person who sent the message?
Hopefully now we have clarification on all points !!
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I have not. The timing of this discussion yesterday was such that it would have meant emailing him after 5PM on Friday, which wouldn't yield an answer until Monday, and since John already said he'd get with Ops on Monday for clarification, it made little sense to email him about it.
Seriously? The only thing we've clarified is that mileage limits have nothing to do with the QC message.
For what its worth, The rates i quoted, i am pretty darn sure are correct and that is figured on loaded miles.
I did state that anything @ 1.05 or .60 or above will reset your hours, figured on loaded miles.
We had a turkey in the freezer, so no ham but i will slice it thin for Easter !!!!!!!