load from hell

I know the feeling and there are places that will take you as a company driver out there. And some train which is always nice. Truth be told sometimes I wish I was a company driver usually a company driver gets screwed before an O/O its opposite in cow hauling.

Its crooked in cow hauling. I can't speak for owning your own trailer and truck or a company driver but I heard stories about the guy I was working for. I never really believed them he treated me right...so I though. I'm still livid over my trip from hell. 23+ hours waiting on a load ain't too bad. Last load I pulled for that guy put me in the red...way in the red.

685 mile deadhead to pick up an 800 mile load, had 1 heifer die on me, pissed the rancher off, 48 hours AFTER I unloaded I get told I'm being charged for being 2 steers short on top of the heifer coming out of my check. 3 people counted my head on including myself, they don't disapper on the trailer. Had 1 load that week was ready to go Monday didn't leave till Thursday night.

Yea there's always guys that get mad at people and complain, kinda have to pick and choose what to believe and what not to believe. Well I shoudlve listened and never shouldve went back. Not all companies are that way, but I'm not the only one that has had this crap pulled on them before.

I've heard some horror stories stuff you'd never think was possible unless you stop and think how screwed up the world really is, but they're not enough to pull me away from cow hauling, even this theasco isn't enough to get me to throw in the towel. There's better people to work for the that need a driver and a truck.

You're going to deal with ######## anywhere you go in this industry, you're going to have slow times, and times when you're frustrated, because they're running you into the ground. Just part of driving a truck. I know with the miles I was running I wasn't making any more than any freight hauler in reality. I know my fuel bill at the end of the week would make the CEO at any big company #### a golden Twinkie if even 1 of his trucks burned that much fuel. That's how it goes though.

Load it like a freight car drive it like a racecar, rubber side down feedlot bound, load in the east head out west drive like hell see who's time is the best, they ain't kidding when they say there ain't no feelin like cowmobilin, there's times when you feel like your wheels ain't touching the ground, and there's times when you think them wheels won't roll. My friends back home think I'm crazy, but I love this job something about it is just right.

Then again they haven't rolled down a highway with the cruise set over what the odometer reads, and looked out the window and seen every star in the sky, never pulled into the truck stop and had the pleasure of listening to the hooves on the aluminum and the sound of mooing while they're getting fuel, never had to throw sawdust in a trailer, or had one of the old timers that used to pull cattle tell you about the way it used to be. Theres a lot that scares people off, but there's so much more that makes it worth staying.

 

Ahh, the roller coaster good/bad cyclic times of trucking. Good to hear it's on a higher point now.

 

I was given a 78 mile run down FL. 2 PO#s. Only one PO# was scheduled for the time and day I showed up. They would only except the one PO, which was 2 pallets. Didn't know if it was in the front of the trl or the rear.
Long story short, I had to go back the next day to get it off my trk.

The he## with being all warm and fuzzy. When it effects my pocket, I let everyone know it! I'm not rude, but I start turning the screws on everybody.

 

I found your issue right there....... "heading towards home" there's your problem.