Layed Over...

I've only met one trucker on the road so far down in Edinburg tx at the loves truck stop who worked for Jacobson trans. he was a grizzly older fella who only said that he was an o/o with the company and he left cause they gave him no home time....then he mentioned the large amount of refer loads coming out of Mexico that he was tied into now....

Paul, two things to help figure out what's going on. What is the name of your trucking company, and what system do yo use to get dispatches and send in your ETAs & stuff?

Sorry, I went back and saw the Jacobsen thing. But how do yo and dispatch/DM communicate?

Also, you are payed when the company gets the completed bills, not on your ETA or whatever.

Sorry, I went back and saw the Jacobsen thing. But how do yo and dispatch/DM communicate?

Also, you are payed when the company gets the completed bills, not on your ETA or whatever.

Omnitracs(Qualcomm) type Elog and communication device in the truck..

To be honest I'm not sure bout the pay schedule....during orient.. We were told Friday's were payday and I have set up direct deposit....no deposit yet...I was given 200.00$ after 2 days of orientation on an efs check....I've run 3278 miles since 8.7.15 (first load) till 8.18.15(last load) again that's with 18+ hrs of sitting around between loads

I was just thinkin bout it I have probably burned up 3/4 of a 207gal usable capacity load of diesel on this brand new 16 Mack m8 13 speed they gave me idling.....in today's economy that's a damn shame....

Got a macro a min ago "we hvnt forgot about u, wrkn on a load" that's was the response to mine of "good morning been siting 21+ hrs in Macon GA will provide PTA and daily ETAs from now on..."

Sorry, I went back and saw the Jacobsen thing. But how do yo and dispatch/DM communicate?

Also, you are payed when the company gets the completed bills, not on your ETA or whatever.

Omnitracs(Qualcomm) type Elog and communication device in the truck..

To be honest I'm not sure bout the pay schedule....during orient.. We were told Friday's were payday and I have set up direct deposit....no deposit yet...I was given 200.00$ after 2 days of orientation on an efs check....I've run 3278 miles since 8.7.15 (first load) till 8.18.15(last load) again that's with 18+ hrs of sitting around between loads

I'm not including my 10hr reset in these times. That's hrs after my 10 hr reset...

First of all to clarify for those who don't know:

ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
PTA - Potential Time of Availability (for the next dispatch)

See, this is the kind of thing everyone deals with in the beginning. You have to figure out how your company does things in the offices. Now you mentioned that you haven't been setting a PTA. That's normally critical for the load planners. Giving them an ETA to the consignee lets everyone know when you'll arrive but says nothing about when you'll be available. You might arrive at 1:00 pm but you know you'll have to take a 10 hour break before you're available so your PTA would be 11:00 pm.

Start putting in PTA's for like an hour or two after your arrival time if you'll be available to drive right away. If anything happens along the way to change your schedule then update both the ETA and PTA. And don't worry, the reason they call it "Potential" Time of Availability is because they realize there are a lot of factors that go into exactly when you'll be available. So they're looking for a decent estimate, not an exact number down to the minute.

Give that a shot. Also speak with your dispatcher and find out how loads are assigned. Let your dispatcher know you've spoken with other drivers and you know the freight is available but you're not sure what you're doing wrong. Heck, maybe it's not you at all. Who knows at this point? But you certainly don't want to accuse them of doing anything wrong as a brand new driver, ya know what I mean. So play it cool.

First of all to clarify for those who don't know:

ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
PTA - Potential Time of Availability (for the next dispatch)

See, this is the kind of thing everyone deals with in the beginning. You have to figure out how your company does things in the offices. Now you mentioned that you haven't been setting a PTA. That's normally critical for the load planners. Giving them an ETA to the consignee lets everyone know when you'll arrive but says nothing about when you'll be available. You might arrive at 1:00 pm but you know you'll have to take a 10 hour break before you're available so your PTA would be 11:00 pm.

Start putting in PTA's for like an hour or two after your arrival time if you'll be available to drive right away. If anything happens along the way to change your schedule then update both the ETA and PTA. And don't worry, the reason they call it "Potential" Time of Availability is because they realize there are a lot of factors that go into exactly when you'll be available. So they're looking for a decent estimate, not an exact number down to the minute.

Give that a shot. Also speak with your dispatcher and find out how loads are assigned. Let your dispatcher know you've spoken with other drivers and you know the freight is available but you're not sure what you're doing wrong. Heck, maybe it's not you at all. Who knows at this point? But you certainly don't want to accuse them of doing anything wrong as a brand new driver, ya know what I mean. So play it cool.

10.4 that good buddy 😋😋 Been real nice on QC and extra nice on the phone calls my temp dispatcher just advised me my reg girl will be back Monday 😅😅😅 Cool as cucumbers over here brother!!

Paul, are you trying to pad your posting count?