Snark Monkey
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One of the big things is putting the pickup time on the freight bill so they know if it is an after hours pick up.
Then why have a hand-held to put in bills and time?
One of the big things is putting the pickup time on the freight bill so they know if it is an after hours pick up.
For the billing dept overseas.Then why have a hand-held to put in bills and time?
First in first out is company SOP. All fac's should be doing it. You should never do anything before punching in. You get hurt, your in deep.As mentioned here, cut times are now being pushed. Take off your briefs fellas, let's see how long this lasts!
For you guys that go on long runs I wonder if they will start doing the first-in first-out stuff.
I actually think management wants to run this how it's suppose to be and see if there is a trend in you guys needing to be picked up, etc..
I know you guys do what you have to do to get it done in 14 in the funny book but in the not too future you won't be able to do that and it's better to get it resolved sooner than later for everyone especially before our ole' friend Frosty comes back around.
I should also add that there are many a drivers that get their truck and dolly before touching the clock and starting their hours. You won't be able to giveaway that 30+ minutes everyday like you do now, atleast not easily. You shouldn't even be doing it now! You could be getting paid! You are to be clocked in while getting your dolly and pre-tripping.
First in first out is company SOP. All fac's should be doing it. You should never do anything before punching in. You get hurt, your in deep.
Yep. They tried getting out of paying us at the border too. " it's built into your mileage pay." We asked for a breakdown of the mileage pay. No one could ever get us one.There was a time period in the late 80's and early 90's that they said your pre-trip and post-trip was a part of your mileage pay and we gave up a minimum of 15 minutes for all original hooks and final drops and 8 minutes on vias, we put it on 265 and deducted the time from your hook and drop time. I went and dug up an old 265 from1991 to see if my memory was right. Now that really stunk way back then before social media come out just another time I lost out on a lot of money due me. Anyone else remembers that silliness??
Your manager can edit your e-log but it come with a price. They must note why the change is being made and it also logs who made the changes. Now that next day you have to certified your log and you are saying it is true and correct just like signing your log book at the end of the day if its not you don't cert it. As big on safety we are around here I sure they will not give the little local FOS the power to edit your logs. The last company I worked for only 2 people other than the head of safety were allowed to edit your log.First in, first out, now thats funny. At least at the last FAC I ran to , it depended on if you had boobs or a vagina or if your domiciled supervisor wanted his golden kids back so they could work outbound before their run the next night. Otherwise it was hit the dock sucker, with just enough time to hook and make it back.
And we have been guilty of coming in off the clock, finding the tractor, grabbing a dolly and cleaning windows for free. Like the above poster said, if you get hurt, you are up a creek with no paddle. And it wont fly with e-logs. Though you can move the truck for about 30 miles now under personal conveyance.
And managers can edit your logs anyway, so this e-logs thing still leaves room for cheating, unless there is an electronic trail that cannot be modified
And it wont fly with e-logs. Though you can move the truck for about 30 miles now under personal conveyance.
As soon as you dispatch now, it automatically logs you into the vnomics.As long as you aren't logged into the Vnomics, you can move the truck as much as you want.
As soon as you dispatch now, it automatically logs you into the vnomics.
As soon as you dispatch now, it automatically logs you into the vnomics.
There's also a box you can check for "In yard movement" that lets you move around the yard and stay on duty not driving. It's legal as long as you're on private property.
That being said, it's still stupid to get your dolly before going on the clock...
What do you gain by getting your dolly before you hook? Just takes a little longer when you hook...Which would still start the clock which is exactly what should happen, IMO. The guys go get their dolly off-the-clock so they don't have to start their 14 hour clock until they punch to go hook.
Unless the EOBR has parameters set where you can go x mph and it stay on off-duty or x feet and stay off-duty. Some OTR companies are like that.
I started making them come pick me up. I shut it down 5 miles from the terminal one time because the idiot at the FAC wouldn't let me leave in time, even after being told twice what time i needed to leave by. Eventually when he went to the bathroom I took 2 loads and left on my own. You have to take their stupid numbers game and use it against them to get anything done.
What do you gain by getting your dolly before you hook? Just takes a little longer when you hook...
Oh, LH drivers will try all sorts of nonsense to save a handful of seconds- especially when they're dropping out. Going the wrong way on the yard, only hooking up the red line, cranking up the landing gear about an inch and a half.
When you see a guy cruising around the terminal playing chicken with other drivers without trailer lights, spewing air from the service line lying on the catwalk and throwing sparks from the landing gear, I can only imagine what else they don't have time to do.
Most of us have our dolly parked with our tractor.What do you gain by getting your dolly before you hook? Just takes a little longer when you hook...
Which would still start the clock which is exactly what should happen, IMO. The guys go get their dolly off-the-clock so they don't have to start their 14 hour clock until they punch to go hook.
Unless the EOBR has parameters set where you can go x mph and it stay on off-duty or x feet and stay off-duty. Some OTR companies are like that.