All CKV has to do to keep drivers, is to look back 10 or more years when drivers were standing inline waiting to be hired, stacks of applications from EXPERIENCED drivers, what were they doing right!
I hope EVERYONE in CKV is having a NICE weekend, as I just walked in the door, and I have to deliver my load tomorrow morning!
Monday. Deliver Petco ORL @ 0400...P/U Yuengling Beer in Tampa for Eagle Dist KNX
Tuesday Deliver Beer load in KNX, Bounce over to CKV, rent a car and visit my mother, who I haven't seen in 7 months!
Wednesday..DOT physical, Fixen to have lunch with my mother....Noooo driver your have to pickup in Gordonsville Tn (Graphic Packaging)..need trl less than 9 yrs old...guess who has all the good trailers...THE FRICKIN Finnishing School people, argued with them to get a trailer..
Thursday. Delivered load in Jackson Oh, drop in dock, hook to MT...want to guess how many MT's are in the gravel lot....5..Get dispatch to P/U in Troy Oh at 2230 to delvr in Alpharetta Ga 1000 Fri...get over to Flying J 13 m iles from Troy...go to bed, 5 hrs later, Disregard load, P/U in Findlay on Friday morning, get dressed go to Findlay Oh...go back to bed!
Fri...Over 1000 miles from home..P/U load, head for KNX,stop @ LEX as I'm 1/4 fuel, fill up..get dispatch to P/U Louden Tn take to Ful..2 min later Load Disregard...after dropping at KNX, Mt to CKV, wait on 45k load to ORL....HUH? I can't pull a 45k with a Prostar..After dropping at KNX check with shop to see if they can mt one of my tanks...NOPE... pump is broke..entoute to CKV ...try calling CKV shop to see if they can do it...no answer, leave msg that i'll be there at 1825, could they ask someone to stay a extra hr or so to help me out....No reply!....
Sat...get up at 0400, find trl and paperwork,,,45K load...sneak over to Pilot...put it on CAT Scale..80940Lbs, I'm at 7/8 fuel, CKV shop doesn't come in until 0700 my time. Head down to CHA, they have pump, but I'll have to pump the fuel down myself...1.75 hrs later, depart CHA, get to 1st GA scale, get brought in.sat on scale for about 4 min while they decide to ticket me or not, go green light, stopped in Dalton put 25 gallons on, stopped in Ful to recheck load on scale, sale is WAY OFF, just like CHA's, put 20 gal on,get to Forsyth scale, closed, stop in MAC to get fuel, pump shut off, head for Cordele Ga, pull into pilot, low fuel light on, put 30 gal on, get to Valdosta scale, closed, get to 1st Fl scale, GREEN LIGHT, stop and get 30 gal in Lake City Fla, 155 miles from ORL, have to 10 brk in Ocala Fl,75 miles from ORL, because of all the screwing around.
Sun..Get up, head for ORL, get to last Fla Scale...Green Light! on to ORL. leaving out Monday and getting home on Sunday and having to leave on Monday is getting to be a COMMON OCCURANCE thru out the company on the T/L side....And they wonder why drivers are leaving? How about the drivers who have only 900s miles on the books by Weds nite and maybe 1500-1700 for the week by Friday or Saturday, and see Outside Carriers pulling OUR TRAILERS with LTL on them heading out or coming in...wonder why they are leaving...Or going to PRELOAD a trailer for someone, bring it back to the yard and drop it, burning up your hrs, and you STILL don't have a dispatch for your outbound....wonder why they are leaving? Deliver your load in the morning after taking a 10hr break, work 2 hrs, then have to take another 10 hr break because you have a 400-650 mile LTL that nite...don't get sleeply driver or even think about being late!.....I could go on and on, but I'll let it go for now...I AM NOT HAPPY...The ONLY reason I'm still here is that I'm over 62 and fixen to retire, restarting at another company is NOT a option anymore!
BTW ..NEAL STREET...FIX AND CALIBRATE THE SCALES AT THE SERVICE CENTERS!