Guest book questions.

Hi everyone.
I received the following as a post in my guest book and Nigel brings up some interesting points.

Great Blogs for non truckers who are intrested in our profession but do you not think so of you blogs could put others of from coming to Canada?
Hi, I set up this blog for the purpose of keeping friends and family up to date with where I am and what I am doing. As time went on a lot of people interested in coming to Canada started to read it and ask me questions which I always try to answer honestly. I have had my ups and downs with H&R but never thought it was going to be a bed of roses and I am sure I am no different from anyone else. Hand on heart, I hope this blog has helped people in making their decision as to wether Canada is for them or not.

Ive been here 2 years now and im with Bison and i have only once had to wait overnight for reload details normally i get reload before tipping outbound load.
Ive heard reports on H+R that you are either working flat out or doing nothing it also seems that they did not give you much instruction on the HOS+weights etc i had to spend 3 days in a classroom learning it with bison.
Whilst I have been here the work has been pretty consistent and my pay cheque backs this up. Of course there will be quiet times, I may have to run Canada for longer than I would like and I might moan, but hey, thats life.
I totally agree with the point you make on reloads. the problem seems to only be in Canada. Lately I have had to refuse a lot of loads as I did not have enough time to make delivery. I know that the system of despatching has changed again recently and maybe this is causing the excessive waiting around times and having to run to the limits to meet delivery times or possibly its in the planning.
I cannot agree with you about not receiving adequate instruction on Hours of Service and weight limits ect... as well as learning about them whist in driving school I also attended a 3 day classroom course which covered a whole host of topics including the above. Also at the end of every month Bruce Peel (The Oracle) opens his classroom doors and any driver who is unsure or has any questions is welcome to attend and have there query answered, plus he is also available to call if you cannot make the meeting time

Please dont take this a a critisising i think you site is great.
Safe Driving
Nigel
Thanks for the kind words Nigel. You brought up some good points which gave me something to write about as nothing much has happened this last week.
Best wishes and good luck.