Congratulations to Thomas Downward for being selected Driver of the Month for the Central Region for September. Thomas was hired back on July 11 and currently serves on the Toyota Owensboro Account. While Thomas has only been here 4 months, he came to JB Hunt with years of experience. In his short tenure, Thomas has been a valuable contributor to the account and has been safe and professional at all times. Congratulations to Thomas on this well deserved award!
Below is the write-up from the Toyota Team:
Thomas may be
new to JB Hunt Team Toyota; however, he is not new to the transportation
industry. For a driver being new to JB Hunt he does an exceptional job in
safety, performance and professionalism. Thomas average MPG is well over 8
every single week. I asked curiously how he was able to meet that goal and he
said he accelerates as if there is an egg between his shoe and the accelerator.
Thomas drew out a picture and always shoots to get 10 miles in every gallon. He
cares so much about saving money on fuel even though he isn’t paying for the
fuel. Thomas is selfless. He has had the top MPG every week in a fleet that has
over 80 drivers, Thomas is consistent. Thomas said he typically sets his ACC at
57-58 (58 Has better MPG) and lets all of traffic just pass him up. He said
eventually they will be so far ahead you won’t see the same vehicles.
Thomas has
not had ONE SINGLE headway event/ distance alert. Thomas is so careful in his
trip planning with his hours of service points, getting as much information
from the customer as possible and doing his own geographical research, there is
no way he would ever put himself in a situation to where he would ever fall too
closely.
Thomas has
not ever misdelivered a frame he double checks all of his paperwork just as
thoroughly as he does his truck, trailer and forklift during his inspections.
Thomas
deserves to be the driver of the month because he does not cut corners, he
always takes his time and absolutely gets the big picture.
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