RUMOR- Slip seating at meet points?

[linedrver]

Has anyone heard about plan to stop paying for drop and hooks at meet points and start making driver's slip seat?Rumor came out of clt last night.

[Brother Trucker]

That would make it pointless to have assigned tractors then. There are some runs that slipseat at the meet point if the origin driver is laying down and the driver at the meet point is domiciled at the meet point. The driver makes a turn and returns to his/her domicile and the origin driver returns to his/her home terminal.

[Jack Knife]

the way Randy C tries to cheat drivers out of there time he probably started it so he could steal some more money from drivers.

[speedball]

It's an old trick to get out of paying drop & hook time. They'll say you can keep your assigned tractor ONLY if you drop & hook on your own time, knowing you will do it just to keep your tractor. Some terminals in the past had you pre-hooked to a different tractor/trailer when doing a via. That way when you punch in, they can say you're ready to go immediately. You transfer your gear to a different unit on your own time AND lose the tractor you came in with. No clock time what-so-ever.

[speedball]

That would make it pointless to have assigned tractors then. There are some runs that slipseat at the meet point if the origin driver is laying down and the driver at the meet point is domiciled at the meet point. The driver makes a turn and returns to his/her domicile and the origin driver returns to his/her home terminal.

That's the point, to make it pointless.................where ever possible. Eliminate the drop & hook time paid multiplied times the hundreds each night. Do the math. Top brass don't care about making drivers happy with "assigned tractors". The bottom line is "the bottom line".

[Skeeter]

That's the point, to make it pointless.................where ever possible. Eliminate the drop & hook time paid multiplied times the hundreds each night. Do the math. Top brass don't care about making drivers happy with "assigned tractors". The bottom line is "the bottom line".

I really don't know how that would save time or money. You still have to do a pre-trip. I wouldn't slip seat with another driver without checking the equipment out.... Still should take at least 15 minutes.

[Jack Knife]

I really don't know how that would save time or money. You still have to do a pre-trip. I wouldn't slip seat with another driver without checking the equipment out.... Still should take at least 15 minutes.

you don't get paid for pretrip, so it would save the D&H pay

[Boltseal]

By the time you pack up all your stiff, and then transfer and re-setup everything, it's going to take up more time. Another issue would be the pre trip inspection, if the meet driver’s tractor does not meet your expectations, what do you do then?

[prunepicker]

Some of us were talking about that last night. We decided that we would just go through if we had safty issues. Then if they won't pay the drop, they can pay the motel.

[speedball]

By the time you pack up all your stiff, and then transfer and re-setup everything, it's going to take up more time. Another issue would be the pre trip inspection, if the meet driver’s tractor does not meet your expectations, what do you do then?

That's what I'm sayin'. That's when push comes to shove, everybody will be glad to just do the D&H for free. Company wins !!