Do ya believe it?

[Opel2010]

On Tuesday my dispatch called me for a run from Detroit to Smyrna, TN. I turned it down. Yesterday, Friday, I was talking with the same dispatch, and she told me how much I missed by turning down that run... ok, let's start it. Another driver took that run, he delivered in Smyrna, then he had a p/u somewhere in TN going to Laredo. From Laredo he went to Dallas, loaded of course. From Dallas to Nogales. So, by Friday noon he was empty already and waiting for another load! All of 'em from Tuesday noon to Friday noon. Do ya believe it? I don't.

 

[Slo-Ride]

If they said so it gotta be true doesnt it?
I dont run down there much but thats gotta be what somewhere in the line of 50 hours of drive time? Id be happy I didnt do it either.
I would have done the Tn then turn down the rest of the trip.
Maybe good money but I dont wanna work that hard just steady.

 

[ATeam]

Even if it is true what your dispatcher said, there is no guarantee that it would work out the same way if that Detroit to TN load was offered again. You could just as easily get marooned in TN or Laredo. When it comes to load acceptance, you can only make decisions in the present with the information you have at the time. What might have happened is impossible to know.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

One decision either way can change the whole picture....that is the uncertainty this biz has....the "what if" and the "Ifa, woulda, coulda" factor.

I suppose the dispatch just felt the urge to rub it in....nice....not!

 

[zorry]

Once I turn something down I put it out of my mind.
The second guessing will drive you crazy.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

The same happens when you spend 2 days in an area and DH out...and dispatch calls to tell you they had a sweet load that I missed because I moved....DUH!!

They felt they had to tell me this because?....

 

[bubblehead]

On Tuesday my dispatch called me for a run from Detroit to Smyrna, TN. I turned it down. Yesterday, Friday, I was talking with the same dispatch, and she told me how much I missed by turning down that run... ok, let's start it. Another driver took that run, he delivered in Smyrna, then he had a p/u somewhere in TN going to Laredo. From Laredo he went to Dallas, loaded of course. From Dallas to Nogales. So, by Friday noon he was empty already and waiting for another load! All of 'em from Tuesday noon to Friday noon. Do ya believe it? I
don't.

This is demonstrative of a person with zero class. There was no productive reason for telling you about the events that followed after you had turned down that load...what was the dispatcher trying to accomplish? Even if true, the information served no useful purpose. Dismiss it for what it is and move on to the next load. Hope you do well and not let them take you down.

 

[beachbum]

My question to you would be, did you get a better load after that turn down or did you sit for a day or two more before loading. Not enough info in your post to see if you were right or wrong on the turn down.

On Tuesday my dispatch called me for a run from Detroit to Smyrna, TN. I turned it down. Yesterday, Friday, I was talking with the same dispatch, and she told me how much I missed by turning down that run... ok, let's start it. Another driver took that run, he delivered in Smyrna, then he had a p/u somewhere in TN going to Laredo. From Laredo he went to Dallas, loaded of course. From Dallas to Nogales. So, by Friday noon he was empty already and waiting for another load! All of 'em from Tuesday noon to Friday noon. Do ya believe it? I don't.

 

[Turtle]

Once I turn something down I put it out of my mind.
The second guessing will drive you crazy.

There are roughly one million loads a day that I miss out on for one reason or another. I can't worry about those. Although, that one load out of Seattle to Chicago when I was sitting in Memphis still chaps my butt a little. <snort>

 

[Slo-Ride]

My question to you would be, did you get a better load after that turn down or did you sit for a day or two more before loading. Not enough info in your post to see if you were right or wrong on the turn down.

Plenty of info..Stated in second sentence. Something in the lines of, I turned it down.
Dispatch moves on,,, Driver moves on.

 

[Wolverine]

On Tuesday my dispatch called me for a run from Detroit to Smyrna, TN. I turned it down. Yesterday, Friday, I was talking with the same dispatch, and she told me how much I missed by turning down that run... ok, let's start it. Another driver took that run, he delivered in Smyrna, then he had a p/u somewhere in TN going to Laredo. From Laredo he went to Dallas, loaded of course. From Dallas to Nogales. So, by Friday noon he was empty already and waiting for another load! All of 'em from Tuesday noon to Friday noon. Do ya believe it? I don't.

Yes, I believe it, but that's sort of a low way of the dispatcher seeking some sort of retribution by rebuking you for not taking the original.

Once upon a time I heard of a carrier called Fedex Custom Critical that never (so I'm told) tries to dredge up prior scenarios to make a driver feel worse than he or she already feels for missing/refusing what might have been an excellent opportunity.

When I was new to the industry I used to berate my co-driver for encouraging me to make what I thought at the time was a poor decision. I was totally convinced that a poor decision acted like dominoes, leading to one bad thing after another until I was in doldrums it was hard to pull out of.

After a lot of soul-searching I decided to lighten up a bit and allow life to work itself out without me being in control of everything I encountered. So what if I miss The Perfect Load? - another is bound to come along eventually.

 

[21cExp]

On Tuesday my dispatch called me for a run from Detroit to Smyrna...
...

Do ya believe it? I don't.

If all you're asking is if it can believed, well, it certainly could happen, but is not very likely, or safe, especially for a solo driver. Even if the "somewhere in TN going to Laredo" picked up right where he just dropped in Smyrna, these runs add up to 3,076 miles in 72 hrs.

Even at the often bid team speed of 47mph, that means over 65 hrs, leaving less than 7 hrs personal rest time over three days. You could, of course, increase that personal rest time by several hours over that many miles by running steady at 62 and being as efficient as possible with fuel and pit stops. Even that takes for granted you will have no delays en route with construction, accidents, detours, city driving, picking up at shippers, etc.

Me, I like to always build in enough time to go get a haircut, go shopping w/my girlfriend and grab a steak dinner somewhere nice, maybe take in a movie, take my dog for a long walk in the park, go for a swim and work out, and read the paper...

 

[Opel2010]

Once I turn something down I put it out of my mind.
The second guessing will drive you crazy.

It's not driving me crazy at all. I just don't believe it. The time was too short to drive so many miles. We're talking here about less than three days. Unless the guy was speeding, reeeeal speeding.

 

[Opel2010]

My question to you would be, did you get a better load after that turn down or did you sit for a day or two more before loading. Not enough info in your post to see if you were right or wrong on the turn down.

I'm not crying for turning down that load. I just don't believe dispatch's story. About me, I left home Thursday early in the morning, did three good runs (almost 2000 mi), and last night I got back home.

 

[davekc]

You know the old saying......"when a dispatchers lips are moving". Probaby figures in to this story.

 

[ATeam]

It's not driving me crazy at all. I just don't believe it. The time was too short to drive so many miles. We're talking here about less than three days. Unless the guy was speeding, reeeeal speeding.

Since the dispatcher did not do so, maybe you, as a safety-conscious contractor who cares about his company and fellow drivers, should call safety and report that they have a dispatcher who seems to be pushing a driver beyond safe limits.

 

[underdog777]

remember in texas speed limits can reach 80 so it is way possible. I did 765 miles in 11 hours yesterday because the con was closing . and if I didnt want to baby sit the load till mon I had to do it