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I don't really have a dog in the fight since I'm a Hub driver but if I had to be on the XB I'd much rather have it the way it is now at Estes. At least I would know when I would be gone and have a rough estimate of when I'd be back so I could plan things around those times. Being on the XB at ABF was one of the most miserable times of my life.
 
Extra board system is outdated...like you stated only a few drivers wouldn’t like more home time

I like the extra board runs. I’m not driving 100 miles round trip to work. That equals to less time sleeping at home and cost me more money to commute . And let alone the beat down on my cars too.
 
With all the e-dock stuff they've added everywhere and the P&D drivers entering pickups in the peoplenet, there's really no reason to run extraboard the way they do. Figure out the tonnage going each way and set up extra meets. Instead we have drivers passing each other every night. Imagine the hotel savings, not to mention tying up a $100k tractor all day at a hotel.
 
With all the e-dock stuff they've added everywhere and the P&D drivers entering pickups in the peoplenet, there's really no reason to run extraboard the way they do. Figure out the tonnage going each way and set up extra meets. Instead we have drivers passing each other every night. Imagine the hotel savings, not to mention tying up a $100k tractor all day at a hotel.
It would definitely be better utilization of the trucks, everyone likes to have their own Truck but, hey, Most other companies slip seat City and
Schedule turn Driver's trucks. They would save a ton of money much less Motel cost.
 
Since when did going to the hotel mean they won't use your truck? They'll go to the hotel and take it and either bring it back to the wrong hotel or keep it way past your 10.
 
It would definitely be better utilization of the trucks, everyone likes to have their own Truck but, hey, Most other companies slip seat City and
Schedule turn Driver's trucks. They would save a ton of money much less Motel cost.

$35 a room is not hurting the company, compared to using a fleet of sleeps or adding more bunk rooms to all the terminals we have. OD, FedEx, UPS, ABF drivers don’t share a truck. Everyone has an assigned truck. The smaller LTL companies slip seat.
 
$35 a room is not hurting the company, compared to using a fleet of sleeps or adding more bunk rooms to all the terminals we have. OD, FedEx, UPS, ABF drivers don’t share a truck. Everyone has an assigned truck. The smaller LTL companies slip seat.

$35 doesn't sound like a lot, but when you figure (conservatively) 500 drivers a day, that adds up to over 4 million dollars a year.

I know that layovers will always be a part of this, my only point in bringing this up is to say there are definitely some efficiencies to be had if management would use the tools we have more effectively.
 
$35 doesn't sound like a lot, but when you figure (conservatively) 500 drivers a day, that adds up to over 4 million dollars a year.

I know that layovers will always be a part of this, my only point in bringing this up is to say there are definitely some efficiencies to be had if management would use the tools we have more effectively.

Yeah I agree with you 100% on that. Like using people net. We can dispatch ourselves and the system can pick up when we get to the terminals too. But with this big tax break they aren’t worried about some cost
 
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