Do they really think that you're supposed to take every load they offer?
Why does panther put you on a pro before you even accept?!
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That is their wish but not expected....
but you will get hit with a refusal if it does not meet one of the refusal guidelines..
To lock you on to that load so another dispatcher doesn't see that you are available should a different load come up concurrently. This makes sense. The question you should be asking is why does dispatch leave you locked on that load minutes, hours even days after you refuse it.
they dont leave us tied up.. they have 5 mins and then I am calling to get it off
That is the million dollar question. Seems that the computer could pull it from the truck automatically say after five minutes after the refusal is sent. That would eliminate the call.
Ah....it seems so simple yet so far away.
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Don't be too hasty, sometimes this can be used to your advantage.
cannedmeat27
Expert Expediter
Doesn't make sense to put you on a load that you haven't accepted yet.
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zorry
Veteran Expediter
Huh ? I don't think Fedex puts 5 people on a load when they send it to 5 at a time .
Sure it does, and if I may quote myself and hope I don't go blind:
Panther only sends a load to one truck at a time.
still does not make sense...dispatch can put you into the RED...as it shows on their screens it puts you on "reserve" for a preset time whilst bid is ongoing....hence you may lose other opps while on this reserve because others won't bid...it is kind of all or nothing...
This situation sounds similiar to the infamous ETA Lock the Fed has placed on my DR unit from time to time. Although very pleased with the dispatch system Custom Critical utilizes, that little "wart", as Leo likes to call problems, rubs me the wrong way.
I certainly saw the logic behind such a lock and thus tolerated it until I called after one particularly long lock on a surface load and found out the load had been covered hours earlier and the dispatcher responsible for that load (and the resultant lock) had gone home almost as long ago. By this time he or she was probably home with the remote and a cold one - not knowing, and caring less, that I was out there grinding my teeth while I sensed other Opportunities were passing me by, especially in a busy Express Center.
Although I'm ALWAYS polite with dispatchers, I now raise a stink when I'm knowingly confronted with an ETA lock for a Surface Load. I say "knowingly" because there is no notification you're locked; and unless a driver is proactive about checking there is no way to know.
Contractor Coordinators have been fairly helpful in having them removed, so I suppose it's a minor inconvenience - especially since I have subjected myself to the dispatch policies of Panther, Tri-State and Express-1...all in the distant past.
I certainly saw the logic behind such a lock and thus tolerated it until I called after one particularly long lock on a surface load and found out the load had been covered hours earlier and the dispatcher responsible for that load (and the resultant lock) had gone home almost as long ago. By this time he or she was probably home with the remote and a cold one - not knowing, and caring less, that I was out there grinding my teeth while I sensed other Opportunities were passing me by, especially in a busy Express Center.
Although I'm ALWAYS polite with dispatchers, I now raise a stink when I'm knowingly confronted with an ETA lock for a Surface Load. I say "knowingly" because there is no notification you're locked; and unless a driver is proactive about checking there is no way to know.
Contractor Coordinators have been fairly helpful in having them removed, so I suppose it's a minor inconvenience - especially since I have subjected myself to the dispatch policies of Panther, Tri-State and Express-1...all in the distant past.
Can't really see any way around it...the "reserve"....they don't want to double or triple book a truck. Another dispatcher might be 2 rooms away.
I think you're missing the point. It's more about my DR unit being penalized for refusing to accept a load which is well below the price threshold/breakeven point at which my expensive truck should be forced to move.
The "...way around it.." is to offer a reasonable price in the first place - or simply leave my White Glove, Reefer truck out of the mix. If the load is so terribly important to the Fed to have covered, then they should make an offer worthy of my truck history and drivers' time.
The Extranet claims my "Average Per Loaded Mile" revenue is sometimes a multiple of what CC wants me to haul surface freight for. It's nothing short of silly to lock a truck with as many features as mine has for the sake of the proverbial "cheap freight" that everyone is always b:tching about!
Thing is Monty they bid on a load for you....what happens 3 different dispatchers bid on 3 different loads and win them and no one else is even close to cover the other 2
I guess it only makes sense if you are faced with the problem - which you apparently are not.
At one time I felt a move to Landstar would be the natural progression for anyone with a fair amount of experience and ambitious enough to schmooze those responsible for providing load offers.
I discovered I'm getting lazy in my old age and am content with being spoon-fed what are normally great offers without putting any work into the process - simply reviewing the offers and choosing where, when and how much I want to drive for. The grass is green enough in my pasture fornow....I hope it's equally green in yours!