Refusing A Load ... A Little Guidance Please

Great stuff, fellas. Thanks to you all for chiming in.

And Brett, thank you for setting up this forum and bringing in pros who actually know the industry. Having a place to read the thoughts of drivers who know what they're talking about is invaluable. The Internet is chock full of negative vibes and "I got screwed" hyperbole. It is easy to think that freight companies are in the business of running people through their training programs just so they can whip them to death and ruin their lives, rather than just trying to make a profit hauling freight in a highly regulated and competitive industry.

Great stuff, fellas. Thanks to you all for chiming in.

And Brett, thank you for setting up this forum and bringing in pros who actually know the industry. Having a place to read the thoughts of drivers who know what they're talking about is invaluable. The Internet is chock full of negative vibes and "I got screwed" hyperbole. It is easy to think that freight companies are in the business of running people through their training programs just so they can whip them to death and ruin their lives, rather than just trying to make a profit hauling freight in a highly regulated and competitive industry.

Yeah, we fight that negativity every day of our existence here. It's why I created this site in the first place, in fact. I couldn't find anything but "negative vibes and 'I got screwed' hyperbole" as you so aptly put it. This is one heck of a tough industry to make a living and it's not a career that very many people will thrive in. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who try, and fail. There are also a lot of people out there right now driving trucks that really aren't cut out for it or simply can't seem to figure out how to get ahead as a driver. So there's no end to the victim mentality and whining and finger pointing it seems, but we're doing all we can to help people know what it takes to be successful out there.

Mike corrects me:

You don't know me, so my comments about helping *them* make money didn't come across the way I meant.

I was conscious of that. Typing letters and words on a screen dehydrates the message from any vocal cues and waving-hand emphasis which make a small "danger" in communicating with printed words only. But I wanted to err on the safer side, as well as making the point for others that will be reading.

And, as Brett has said, you do have a good view of the big picture, with all the hands needed to get a box from Buffalo NY, to Amarillo, TX.

Great stuff, fellas. Thanks to you all for chiming in.

And Brett, thank you for setting up this forum and bringing in pros who actually know the industry. Having a place to read the thoughts of drivers who know what they're talking about is invaluable. The Internet is chock full of negative vibes and "I got screwed" hyperbole. It is easy to think that freight companies are in the business of running people through their training programs just so they can whip them to death and ruin their lives, rather than just trying to make a profit hauling freight in a highly regulated and competitive industry.

Yeah, we fight that negativity every day of our existence here. It's why I created this site in the first place, in fact. I couldn't find anything but "negative vibes and 'I got screwed' hyperbole" as you so aptly put it. This is one heck of a tough industry to make a living and it's not a career that very many people will thrive in. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who try, and fail. There are also a lot of people out there right now driving trucks that really aren't cut out for it or simply can't seem to figure out how to get ahead as a driver. So there's no end to the victim mentality and whining and finger pointing it seems, but we're doing all we can to help people know what it takes to be successful out there.

No matter the industry, there are people who accept mediocrity and are satisfied with just getting by. Then they get jealous the hustlers have more or make more. They complain "Some get preferential treatment....they have their favorites". And that statement is 100% true.

Work smart, do it safely, be early...be a favorite. Make more miles and money. Its not that hard to figure out.

Seriously, with the help of this site, by my third month my FM was saying things to me like " I never worry about you being late....do me this favor cause another driver wouldn't make it" etc.

Recently he and I discussed me becoming a trainer and I asked him what bad habits i have he wouldn't want me to pass on...he said none. Wow, what a complement. And most of all...a statement of trust. He trusts me.to know if I will make it in a given time. He trusts me to tell him if I can't. He trusts me to get the truck fixed and handle issues without him micromanaging me.

So Mike, please understand dispatch is not there to push you but to support you. You are a team. Great communication is a key factor. Bringing your A game is too, but they know rookies will screw up. Dispatch will screw up too.

Good luck

Rainy wrote:

And just cause you ate a rookie does not mean you get the crappy loads

Priceless...

So THAT explains the dungeon!

Scary thing I actually did use the preview button lol

I got it figured out. Rainey gets new people to join Prime; so she can lock them in her dungeon to fatten them up. Then, she eats the Rookies. LoL

I got it figured out. Rainey gets new people to join Prime; so she can lock them in her dungeon to fatten them up. Then, she eats the Rookies. LoL

Exactly!

I don't really care if people come to Prime as long as they find someplace good for them. I'll try my best to help them either way. But I'm.more useful if they are primates lol