Comments By Reaper

I love when typos make things funnier. 9.5mph for 350 miles, you say? That sounds like a long day!

Yeah lol I meant mpg whoops.

Already came and left unfortunately rainy. I arrived Monday evening and left Wednesday morning. Transmission shifts like butter now. Also wheel covers and oil change makes my life so much better. I can easily get 9mph with 42k easy. Highest was 9.5 for 350 miles at one point this trip. Much much better now.

So I had my transmission blow it's synchronizer for 6th gear back in Ohio. Had to drop my load in Illinois. Then head to sprimo. It is very interesting to have to review high in fifth then jump to 7th gear. Glad I had a 8000 pound load to go back to the terminal. Also learned that it takes 11.75 hours to fix the transmission plus a couple other things. 53 parts later and we are good to roll lol. Poor Susanna (my trucks name) she's a trooper.

Hey everyone. Taking my first set of time off. A few things for new drivers and anyone in training to remember when they get their own truck.

Please be nice and respectful to your dispatchers. Every morning I send a message saying good morning (if a Monday or pre/post holiday I make sure I go the extra step and call as well yo wish them a great holiday.) They will really appreciate the consideration.

Keep communication with them as detailed as possible and frequently. However don't do it too frequently. Give them a daily general update, then traffic or weather issues as needed. Again I try to go the extra mile and do the math out for them. I give my dispatcher everything laid out. I have X amount of hours, Y amount of miles to go, my daily updated eta. I also if needed let them know whatever weather issues that might affect me ahead and possible traffic issues to warn them so if a repower is needed, the load will be transferred quickly and promptly.

Check your equipment, pre and post trips and actually document issues. I can't tell you how many issues I've ran into that other drivers or even my previous trainers have left the issues for other drivers to document or even let the tires blow on road rather than get them fixed. Less of a headake for everyone involved.

(If anyone feels you lose time or miles doing this I have still gotten a 3100 mile week after stopping 3 times to fix trailer and tractor issues. No late deliveries.)

Doing these will not only help your image to the dispatcher but will also help you with favors needed in the long run. I got 2 extra days off for my vacation because he said just take them off and he is throwing me a few bucks for them as well.

Tldr version, be a good friendly person, they'll be good back.

SWEET! FREE PACK OF GUM HERE I COME! lol

If I could get loads that picked up in the morning if be Soo happy. Every single load I've gotten has been 7pm or later at night.

Thank you guys for the help and advice.

Thank you guys massive help. What's the exchange rate on the points? Like 100 =1 dollar?

I just started seeing 139 reward points on my app. What are these and how do I use them?

I've been getting loads that pick up in the evening and deliver next morning. Some are 11 hours away running at 60 mph. The reasoning for the 23hours being awake was we drove all night, from 2pm till 1am. Then was dealing with shipper issues. After I drove my full 11 with only 5 minutes left on my drive clock. After that I took an hour nap waiting for receivers to open. I had to wait for my dock to open then I got unloaded. This was 3 hours after. I off duty drove to a loves that was 5 miles away because they had no parking. And now here I am. This is one example of the loads I've been getting. These last 3 nights I've had to burn my 14 because I couldn't stay awake so I'd pull over and sleep. I just talked to my dispatcher and he completely understands and he apologized for giving me only hot loads. He's working to give me loads with more time so I don't have to burn up my clock and I can choose to drive day.