July 2015 Where ya at? Where ya going?

[akkshole]

It's the first time I've hit that. When I bought the van the former owner was getting 13. I tuned it up and changed to K&N air filter and it jumped to 15. This 22 was a test at 63Mph.

My 2010 E350 w 5.4 is due for tune up and getting the K & N filter soon. Also have Nokian tires. (The better tires have added .5 to 1 mpg). I get 15 to 16.5, may try the 63 mph if I get a run where I won't get ran over.

 

[fastman_1]

My 2010 E350 w 5.4 is due for tune up and getting the K & N filter soon. Also have Nokian tires. (The better tires have added .5 to 1 mpg). I get 15 to 16.5, may try the 63 mph if I get a run where I won't get ran over.

That was a run across the Ohio Turnpike.

 

[Windsor]

You can't expect your dispatcher to be on the computer 24/7. No one can live on the load boards 24 hours a day, they will get burned out. Some of my drivers expect me to be here on Saturday and Sunday after working 12 hours a day 5 days a week. I have to remind them that I have a life just like they have a life. Drivers get to hang out all day doing fun stuff while waiting for their phone to ring. Working in operations is a lot of work and answering the phones 12 hours a day dealing with all of the different driver stories and brokers can be mentally taxing. If I was in Murray's place, I would have husband dispatching for 12 hours and then wife dispatching for 12 hours. Everyone needs down time, even dispatchers!

Baby!

 

[Treadmill]

Everybody come on over and play in the August thread.

 

[paullud]

You can't expect your dispatcher to be on the computer 24/7. No one can live on the load boards 24 hours a day, they will get burned out. Some of my drivers expect me to be here on Saturday and Sunday after working 12 hours a day 5 days a week. I have to remind them that I have a life just like they have a life. Drivers get to hang out all day doing fun stuff while waiting for their phone to ring. Working in operations is a lot of work and answering the phones 12 hours a day dealing with all of the different driver stories and brokers can be mentally taxing. If I was in Murray's place, I would have husband dispatching for 12 hours and then wife dispatching for 12 hours. Everyone needs down time, even dispatchers!

I think people expect their company to be searching 24/7, not just one person. If a dispatcher wants all of the fun a driver gets to have then they should sign up. Instead of being on duty 12 hours a day for 5 days a week they can switch to all day every day,not see their families every night, and deal with the other headaches on the road. What was that about mentally taxing?