Posted by The tractor vet on January 12, 2013 at 07:36:08 from (75.19.126.114):
In Reply to: Re: OTR DRIVER NEEDED posted by Ron/PA on January 12, 2013 at 04:05:39:
When ihad my own truck after i left the one company due to lack of work as it was not only me that left but 80% of the owner operators left , i went to hauling for several different companys . I hauled road salt and CFC salt to feed mills in western Ohio all the way out to Iowa and Mo. and everyplace in between and the dispatcher was a WOMAN . The salt payed vary well back in the late 70's and back then it was over 2 bucks a mile . BUT the big problem was it was a one way haul. So i started looking for something coming back this way that would fit in a dump trailer. I got hooked up with Chem Haulers and i hauled stainless steel scrap back to Pittsburg from either St.Louise or Chicago and here again the dispatcher was a WOMAN , then oneday out of the blue i get a call from a Woman in Indiana and she wants me to haul sand rock from ohio to Lagro IN. for them . after a long talk about rate we come to and agreement and i am hauling stone for a Woman .Chem haulers had a LOT of women dispatcher and i never had a problem with any of them . Trucking got real bad back in 83 and i decided to get out while i still had a couple bucks left. When i went back to driven in 02 i had a lot of problems with the dispatcher as i would leave with a load and when i got the load off each time when i called him i would get go to the closest truck stop and i'll find ya something and i would set and wait and wait and wait . Then he would send me after a load that was not there . After running to Ok. with a load and getting it off and setting for two days he sends me to Ft. Smith Ar. after a load that was never there in the first place , that is when the owner and i had a real mothern session . From that day on i would give the dispatcher one chance to load me and when he said ah go to a i would hang up on him and find me a load going back the way i came and each time i found a load it was from a WOMAN dispatcher and each time it was a excellent paying oversized going back towards home . AND i also know about imposable loads and heard it all before the old WELL IT IS ONLY THIS FAR ON THE MAP . and it should only take you three hours to go there . Yea IF i had a jet . What took you so long you should have been there hours ago . Why are you setting it is not snowing that bad here as your looking out the window of the truck and ya can't see the grab handle on the hood. for the snow that is coming down.First off dispatchers are idiots they have no clue as to the load , how long it takes to load or road conditions break downs traffic setting waiting to load or waiting to unload . I think that is why i like the dump biz. and the RGN work so well Loading a load on a dump trailer is usually fast and unloading is usually fast , sometimes you have to press the issue . RGN loads are great 99% of the time as they are waitng on you and when you get there you either break the trailer down and DRIVE the load on or there is a crane or large forklift setting the load on you ,99% of the time they will help you with the tarpping of the load or atleast set the big tarps up[ on the load for you . Sometimes they will even help you chain down. when you get where your going they are waiting for you and are ready to go to work of getting the load off . They give you a hand gathering up your chains and binder and help with the big tarps . Nothing like what you get when you pull a box or flat bed.
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