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Qualifying driver screw up.
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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4243686" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>Okay. Well, it's company policy that you take a lunch break, so that's not gonna affect your overallowed, e.g., you're still 1 hour from scratch. Your sup would've just told you to take your lunch while waiting on the pickup, haha. One thing that will help you get closer to scratch is taking your lunch earlier and spending some of it sorting your truck. Do you know the bid driver or experienced cover drivers? Always the best people to ask for route-specific advice. The methods can only take you so far.</p><p></p><p>When qualifying -- I know it's impossible to judge precisely -- it's good to bring it in right at the planned mileage. The good ol time study expects you to be done faster if you drive 5 less miles than the plan. But if you drive 5 more, it allows no extra time. The trick is: on many routes you have to find ways of breaking trace to save mileage because you'll add mileage breaking for NDAs, savers, businesses, pickups. Sometimes the dispatching is just plain bad, other times it's just unrealistic. And god forbid you make a wrong turn in the wrong place haha. If you're not keeping track of your planned miles v actual, definitely start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 4243686, member: 76643"] Okay. Well, it's company policy that you take a lunch break, so that's not gonna affect your overallowed, e.g., you're still 1 hour from scratch. Your sup would've just told you to take your lunch while waiting on the pickup, haha. One thing that will help you get closer to scratch is taking your lunch earlier and spending some of it sorting your truck. Do you know the bid driver or experienced cover drivers? Always the best people to ask for route-specific advice. The methods can only take you so far. When qualifying -- I know it's impossible to judge precisely -- it's good to bring it in right at the planned mileage. The good ol time study expects you to be done faster if you drive 5 less miles than the plan. But if you drive 5 more, it allows no extra time. The trick is: on many routes you have to find ways of breaking trace to save mileage because you'll add mileage breaking for NDAs, savers, businesses, pickups. Sometimes the dispatching is just plain bad, other times it's just unrealistic. And god forbid you make a wrong turn in the wrong place haha. If you're not keeping track of your planned miles v actual, definitely start. [/QUOTE]
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