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Great advice on this site about attitude IF people will take it.
Thanks again guys
Now if I can get away from those nasty live loads.........
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Excellent point Chris.
I have an article I wrote called Rookie Drivers: Time Management Tips And Mileage Goals which will give new drivers some help with the topic.
Another big factor in managing your time and getting the best mileage you can every week is to learn the logbook rules inside and out, top to bottom. A lot of drivers don't know the rules as well as they should and miss out on opportunities to save logbook hours or add flexibility to their schedule.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
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Much like many jobs when you first start out driving time management is a HUGE factor. There are soooo many things that you cannot control you must learn to concentrate on the little things you can.
Started out averaging 2400 miles a week.(not bad) Then it just clicked and shot up to 2800-3000. Delivering and unloading two vans of furniture a week makes a dispatcher some nice coin so he took notice I guess.
Dispatcher:
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.