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Local Driver Bonus Program

Local P&D P/U and Del procedures

Loading Heavy on a day cab SOP

Local Driver Bonus Program

A monthly incentive program is used to recognize all local company drivers that demonstrate professionalism, good safety habits, and productivity. To qualify for the incentive bonus, each driver must follow the rules outlined below.

*Drivers that fail to meet ANY of the criteria included in the rules will be disqualified from the program.

Drivers Must:

  • Be a full-time driver to qualify for the bonus (no casual drivers or other categories will qualify).
  • Drive in a professional manner and avoid incidents or claims of any kind.
  • Demonstrate courteous and respectful behavior towards customers, employees, and the general public (all complaints will be investigated).
  • Have perfect attendance.
  • Use the radio and company communication devices properly.
  • Keep and maintain equipment in good operating conditions as required by D.O.T. regulations (equipment must remain clean to project a good image, and you must keep boat tails open at all times).
  • No hours of service violations or any out-of-service orders.
  • No incidents, citations, and/or negative roadside inspections.

The following MPG requirements apply to trucks with a sleeper and APU less than 15% long idle:

  • Over 9 MPG: $200
  • Over 8.5 MPG: $100
  • Over 8 MPG: $75

Penske day cab with no APU

  • Over 7 MPG: $75
  • Over 7.5 MPG: $100
  • Over 8 MPG: $200

With no more than 15% idle.

This bonus occurs on a monthly basis and is paid on the 4th week of the following month.

Local P&D Pick-Up and Delivery Procedures

Cleared through the Safety Department with your permit book, your CDL, and medical card to get a gate pass.

  • In El Paso, you must present the gate pass (complete with the seal number, if the trailer is loaded) to get out of P & D. This is where you will be dispatched, the loaded call will be completed (if the trailer is loaded), and you will be given the “BOL” for your current load.
  • In Nashville, you must present the gate pass to the security guard at the yard’s gate to receive the BOL for your current load.
  1. If you are only stopping in El Paso for fuel, please note that you will be required to get another gate pass prior to leaving the yard.
  2. We highly recommend that you get your gate pass BEFORE you hook up to the trailer you will be pulling.
  3. Your gate pass is only good for an hour at both locations.

For El Paso Local P&D, if you do not have a gate pass, you will be forced to turn your truck around and go back to obtain your gate pass. You will then need to get back in line to re-enter Local P&D to be given the BOL for your load.

Loading Heavy on a Day Cab

Objective:

In this form, it will be explained how to get as close to the maximum weight limits of an OTR truck while loading freight on a day cab. To do this, we need to lock the 5th wheel in place all the way to the front of the cab to get as close as we can to simulate the weight of a Sleeper truck.

Setting the 5th Wheel:

To begin, we need to slide the 5th wheel on all our day-cabs as far forward as we can and lock them into place. If your local trucks have access to an MVT shop, swing them through the shop or lanes so they can get it done for the drivers. In remote areas, we will need to walk the local driver through how to set the 5th wheels all the way forward and remove the small airline attached to it so it cannot be moved anymore.

*Note: You may load anything with the 5th wheel in this position so it can stay in place for heavy and normal weight truckloads.

Locking the 5th Wheel in Place:

  • First, the truck needs to be hooked to a trailer with the airlines disconnected from the trailer.
  • Next, once you have built up air pressure, have the local driver hit the “5th wheel slide” button on the dash. When this is done, the 5th wheel lock will release.
  • Then, back the truck up slightly so the fifth wheel slides all the way forward.

See the picture below with the 5th wheel all the way forward. The two locking pins are in the 2 most forward openings and the 5th wheel meets up to the front plate.

Loading Heavy on a Day Cab

After, have the driver turn the 5th wheel slide switch off so it can lock into place.

Once the 5th wheel is locked in place, we will instruct the local drivers to remove the airlines from the 5th wheel so it cannot be moved anymore.

Loading Heavy on a Day Cab

In this section, the weight differences from the local trucks to the sleeper trucks will be explained. Our International day-cabs are roughly 4,000 lbs lighter than our Sleeper trucks. Below is the reference and logic we used to weigh our trucks while bobtail and with a trailer loaded at 44,900 lbs.

 

Truck Day Cab – L09 With Trailer OTR – 3197P With Trailer
Fuel level 3/4 3/4
Steers 9,180 lbs 11,080 lbs 11,720 lbs 12,980 lbs
Drives 7,500 lbs 30,700 lbs 8,800 lbs 32,480 lbs
Tandems 33,160 lbs 33,160 lbs
Driver 220 lbs 220 lbs
Total 16,680 lbs 74,940 lbs 20,520 lbs 78,620 lbs

Loading Heavy on a Day Cab

After, have the driver turn the 5th wheel slide switch off so it can lock into place.

Once the 5th wheel is locked in place, we will instruct the local drivers to remove the airlines from the 5th wheel so it cannot be moved anymore.

Loading Heavy on a Day Cab

In this section, the weight differences from the local trucks to the sleeper trucks will be explained. Our International day-cabs are roughly 4,000 lbs lighter than our Sleeper trucks. Below is the reference and logic we used to weigh our trucks while bobtail and with a trailer loaded at 44,900 lbs.

 

Truck Day Cab – L09 With Trailer OTR – 3197P With Trailer
Fuel level 3/4 3/4
Steers 9,180 lbs 11,080 lbs 11,720 lbs 12,980 lbs
Drives 7,500 lbs 30,700 lbs 8,800 lbs 32,480 lbs
Tandems 33,160 lbs 33,160 lbs
Driver 220 lbs 220 lbs
Total 16,680 lbs 74,940 lbs 20,520 lbs 78,620 lbs

Explaining the Differences

With the exact same trailer, we can come up with the logic below:

Steers

Drives

Total

1900 lbs lighter

1780 lbs lighter

3680 lbs lighter

 

Items to check off:

  1. We need to make sure the day cab is at ¾ tank of fuel or higher.
  2. If the load is destined for California, be sure to set the tandems to the 40′ mark.
  3. Once a day cab is loaded, we need to keep the total gross weight under 75,000 lbs.
    • We are leaving extra weight to make sure we are not overweight on a sleeper.
  4. The drives cannot exceed 32,000 lbs.