I said, cool, if he can't do it, I'll take it. She texted me 10 minutes later: he took the run. Good, because I spent the day getting stuff done and in a little over 7 hours from now, I have to get up and get off to the plant to get loaded and take it to a place in Alabama. From my estimation, it's a 2 day run. And at the rate I'm going, I can see where 80k plus per year is easily obtainable. I'm ready for a permanent truck, tho. Well, I'm ready to get through the 90 day probation period first.
If they find me acceptable, then I want my own, brand new truck and put in a refrigerator, microwave and a coffee pot. Or at least a refrigerator and a coffee pot. I don't have to have a microwave but it would be nice for reheating leftovers that I could take with me and store in the refrigerator. I would be taking the truck home at that point. I might bring the current one home anyway, I didn't do it this time, either because I wanted to - get home. My car goes much faster than that truck, lol.
And, tomorrow, I will be in anticipation of the new ELD - Electronic Logging Device - rule, of which my rental truck doesn't have. I can be cited for not having one. I can do nothing about that. Well, I could go buy my own, but I think the company should fork out the money for a "temporary" device that would deal with the issue. Just have to make sure my log book is in order, which I'm going over tonight.
Well wait just a minute. They actually have a smart phone app for it. No kidding. I am downloading one now as I type this. If this works, it's better than having just a paper log. And there it is. An electronic log on my smart phone. Should have figured. Not telling the company, no need to. They should have dealt with this. The rental company should also have something on board to deal with this nonsense.
But if I get pulled over and checked, there it is, magic. If they don't accept it, see ya in court. Tho supposedly they are going to give leeway until April. We'll see about that, DOT officials act like gods. They think they can dictate the world to truck drivers. Which is why so many are opting out of trucking, this shit here will do away with a lot of drivers. Yes, you can bend the rules. Nobody cares. If you are wide awake, alert and focused, nobody gives a damn about government regulations. They lord themselves over us because they can. And because one truck driver somewhere had a horrific accident, so the entire industry should pay for it.
Whatever. It's just driving. How many of you can get pulled over and have your vehicle put out of service because of bs? Or get ticketed because something in your paperwork isn't right? This shit was nonexistent in the 80's. Even the 90's not so much. I'm tired of it, but it's my line of work and I have nothing else. So I have to deal with it.
Oh well. Much more I want to write about, I simply don't have time. I need to look over my log book and make sure everything is good, fill out paperwork for tomorrow's run and go to bed.
