CR England
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Yes I have talked to my DM about hometime, and the reason hometime is only for your 34hr reset is because of customer demands. The account can't afford to have drivers off more than for their 34hr reset. CR England has a bunch of dedicated runs but here in the midwest there's only 4 accounts I qualify for because of my domicile. I've looked into the other accounts and they aren't any better than what I currently run.
Dedicated Run:
A driver or carrier who transports cargo between regular, prescribed routes. Normally it means a driver will be dedicated to working for one particular customer like Walmart or Home Depot and they will only haul freight for that customer. You'll often hear drivers say something like, "I'm on the Walmart dedicated account."
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Just an FYI, Drago, I drive on a Swift dedicated account. I am "guaranteed" a 34 over each weekend.
Most weekends there's time added on to cover any delays in the week. I've been lucky enough to work that "cushion" into a Friday afternoon - Sunday night weekend off a few times. If you think you could work that out, I'll post my thinking and how I manage my schedule.
Then again, my DM makes it a point that I'm routed through Memphis for my breaks.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
That's a great way to work it out Errol but I don't get any guarantee as to when I'll get to take my 34hr reset. We run on recaps unless the customer has a delay. Our loads are preloaded so it's drop and hook then head back out. I rarely am routed through OKC since most all out drops are in Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. Every now and again I'll catch a load to Nebraska but my drops run through Arkansas and Missouri before ending in Nebraska. I would appreciate it if you did post a breakdown of how you manage your run. I think I could take some of the methods you use and try to implement them in my planning.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
I added in some of the finer points of my driving-for-miles techniques on page 4 of my How To Get Those Miles topic.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I'm a company driver with Prime and get 4 days even minth. My FM has had me home on time the three months I been solo.. plus he had no problem routing me to prime for a doctor's Appt.
Training was a different story though.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
During the training phase home time was non existent but I've been solo 8 months now. I wish I could get home 4 days a month.
This is from a CRE page about driving options:
The Dedicated division means just that, you are dedicated. As a Dedicated driver, you carry loads for one customer and one customer only. You are dedicated to that customer. This division of CR England has significantly grown over the last few years and is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. With a dedicated trucking job you have predictable miles and more frequent home time opportunities than over the road trucking.
You should find out from your DM or somebody the CRE policies and procedures for requesting your time off.
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
I don't know exactly where you live or call home. My personl advice from experience is to make sure when choosing your next company is that they have a terminal or satellite terminal near your house. This should make getting home a piece of cake. I took this approach and now I'm home almost every other day and still making decent pay.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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Have you talked to your DM about home time? Are there other dedicated options at CR England?
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.