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Setup: Block to Pay a Truck Driver based on Load Attributes

In order to set up rate to pay an employee for load-based attributes, you need to ensure that the activity (loading, skidding, felling, trucking, etc.) for which the employee will be paid is identified on the block as an activity that should be paid.  The link Geographic Work Area from the Main Menu  explains how to use the 'Block Setup Wizard' in order to set up a block and attach activities that should be paid.

The critical step involved in attaching activities in the wizard is:

Step 11:  Select the Trucking Activity on the Block

Option 1. Do Not Track Activities, Employees, Equipment on Load Slips

You should select this option if Trucking is the only activity by which you will pay your employees on a load-by-load basis.

Option 2. Track Activities, Employees, Equipment on Load Slips

You should select this option if there are other activities (that is, other than trucking) by which you will pay your employees on a load-by-load basis.

You can pay an employee truck driver under either the 'Track Activities ...' or the 'Do Not Track ...' options in the block setup.

In either case, you will need to check 'Pay Own Operator' for the Trucking activity  in order to pay an employee.  This checkbox tells The Logger's Edge that employees will be entered on load slips as the truck driver (at least for trucks that are owned by your company).  The Logger's Edge will expect an entry for the driver for the block on each load slip where the truck is owned by your company, and will expect a payment contract for the employees in order to pay the Trucking activity.

You must check the Trucking activity on each and every block for which you want to pay drivers by the load.