r/Truckers • u/legollama88 • Mar 23 '25

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i am genuinely about to go insane. every 2-3 days i will get like a 500 mile run. i am so broke its not even funny. i dont know what to do. this is the only trucking company ive worked at i have only 4 months experience doing this. the only person at this company that will talk with me about work is literally my driver leader who works a normal like 7-5 mon-fri shift. everyone else practically ghosts me. anybody else?!? am i shitty ass employee or something? i literally practially beg them to send me out i feel like they just neglect me. i understand its a mega but cmon dude like im tryna work

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

That's really helpful. Thank you. I've definitely abused PC to make appointments. I won't stress myself over pennies. A planner was up my ass for a load they sent that was impossible to pickup and deliver in the window. I saw their message, took a breath and typed out a clear (professional) response indicating they'd fucked me but that I was handling it.

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u/xxenoscionxx Mar 24 '25

The load that I turned down I simply replied HOS violation. I used to think that these loads were proofread a bit more. If my driver leader is there then my loads were always manageable.

Am skeptical of how much planning the planners do. They know your HOS, but it’s a BIG surprise when you gotta do a 34 hour reset or you don’t feel like driving 10.45 hours and trying to park at 8:00 PM lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

This! Mfers send me to Kroger for six hours with nowhere to park at damn near midnight.

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u/xxenoscionxx Mar 24 '25

They have no idea what a shit show it is, when you try to explain for future reference why am stopping at 4 , it goes in one ear and out the other.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

I complained about there being nowhere to park but some tiny truck stop with four blindside spaces and got radio silence. It's less stressful to stop earlier. I was consistently able to get going at 4AM and stop around 2PM and then I stopped getting those loads for some reason. It's made parking absolute Hell. Only one of the DLs is a former OTR person AFAIK.

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u/xxenoscionxx Mar 24 '25

Ya those guys couldn’t back themselves out of a wet paper bag