and team driver #3

danthewolf00 · May 14, 2011

is gone just got called to tell me he got a job in pittsburg and will not be coming back to team with me.

now i can pester e-1 over the miles given over the last 3 weeks.

chefdennis · May 15, 2011

I would think that teaming in a sprinter with a NON-family member (like a husband / wife or significant other) would create a situation that would continually mean new drivers on a regular basis..

cheri1122 · May 15, 2011

danthewolf00 said:
is gone just got called to tell me he got a job in pittsburg and will not be coming back to team with me. now i can pester e-1 over the miles given over the last 3 weeks.

Sure you can, but will it solve the problem? And if it doesn't [my guess], what will?

Jefferson3000 · May 15, 2011

danthewolf00 said:
is gone just got called to tell me he got a job in pittsburg and will not be coming back to team with me. now i can pester e-1 over the miles given over the last 3 weeks.

All E-1 will say to you is that they can't offer what they don't have. We've seen a drop since April, even in the straight truck realm. So has everyone I've spoken to. Now I am sure that some driver will pop on now and tell you how they've been running awesome for the last two weeks (yes, you can have better than average weeks), but for the most part, it's just not as good as the first quarter.

As you do not need to log, I would think that a solo in a sprinter would be happier than a team any day. The only loads you are really missing on are a few DoD loads that require constant supervision of the vehicle.

Jack_Berry · May 15, 2011

well the difference is that e-1 limits solos to 750 miles a day.

OntarioVanMan · May 16, 2011

Jack_Berry said:
well the difference is that e-1 limits solos to 750 miles a day.

aww yes.. "The Flex Rule" I know much about it....

Jefferson3000 · May 16, 2011

Jack_Berry said:
well the difference is that e-1 limits solos to 750 miles a day.

Well THAT stinks.

xiggi · May 16, 2011

Trying to put a non same household team in a sprinter is a recipe for failure. I admire those husband and wife teams that are successful teams. It takes just the right chemistry to be a happy team in a small vehicle.

The Enemy · May 16, 2011

xiggi said:
Trying to put a non same household team in a sprinter is a recipe for failure. I admire those husband and wife teams that are successful teams. It takes just the right chemistry to be a happy team in a small vehicle.

It does take the right husband & wife of bf/gf to live and work out of a cargo van/ Sprinter. Jenny and I have done it for over 3 years and even though it was a litte tough at first we just adressed the problems as they came along and always came up with a solution.

scottm4211 · May 16, 2011

The Enemy said:
It does take the right husband & wife of bf/gf to live and work out of a cargo van/ Sprinter. Jenny and I have done it for over 3 years and even though it was a litte tough at first we just adressed the problems as they came along and always came up with a solution.

So that's what that dog house you're pulling is for...

blizzard2014 · May 16, 2011

Jenny makes him sleep in the back with the freight when he is in the dog house! lol. I wish me and my EX could have teamed in a van, we might still be together today if i'd have gotten her out on the road with me. But i'm not sure DOT would have allowed me to chain her to the bumper at night! J/K!

OntarioVanMan · May 16, 2011

Isn't teaming with a spouse covered under the Geneva Convention? As a war crime?

The Enemy · May 16, 2011

You guys crack me up. About the extent of my punishment when I make her mad is she won't talk to me for about an hour.

chefdennis · May 16, 2011

Yea so she won't talk to you for an hour!! BUT, I think i read a "Sticker" on your Sprinter that explains the "making up'....

scottm4211 · May 16, 2011

The Enemy said:
You guys crack me up. About the extent of my punishment when I make her mad is she won't talk to me for about an hour.

I gotta try that with my wife. It'd feel more like a reward.

jujubeans · May 16, 2011

OntarioVanMan said:
Isn't teaming with a spouse covered under the Geneva Convention? As a war crime?

I still HAVE that map book ya know!

In all reality, I miss being on the road with you! But it wears off pretty quickly once I'm back in...*LOL*

Jenny · May 16, 2011

My not talking to him lasts more like 5 minutes, before I go in the back, and draw some silly picture and give it to him, or a card out of our old tripak envelopes, or make some strange voice and talk to him.

The Enemy · May 16, 2011

chefdennis said:
Yea so she won't talk to you for an hour!! BUT, I think i read a "Sticker" on your Sprinter that explains the "making up'....

What "Sticker" would that be?

jujubeans · May 16, 2011

Jenny said:
My not talking to him lasts more like 5 minutes, before I go in the back, and draw some silly picture and give it to him, or a card out of our old tripak envelopes, or make some strange voice and talk to him.

I agree...it's real hard not to talk to your hubby in such a small home...and you can't always take a walk...the sprinter might be moving!

scottm4211 · May 16, 2011

jujubeans said:
I agree...it's real hard not to talk to your hubby in such a small home...and you can't always take a walk...the sprinter might be moving!

"Honey let me get the door for you..."