Originally Posted by LadyElite

Rhino being an L/O has had plenty to contend with the payroll department. When he got his T2000 there was a problem (found out about a month later) with the AC condenser because of the hood pressing on it. Sooo they of course charged him for it. After being told they would cover the charges. It took a couple weeks to get these charges put back into his maintenance account. They took it out 4 MORE TIMES! It started out being 377.00 the last time (last week) they took out 700 plus! For the same thing! Rhino just told them put it back and get over it already! I will bring my truck and park it!! Rhino has an excellent FM. He helps him in anything and everything he needs done. That is the only way to make it with Central. If you don't have the gumption to stand up to them and a FM that will go to bat for you. It's totally not worth it. You will get screwed by a few departments.

Originally Posted by cubby_tina

quick run-down....friday p/u at hersheys, pre-loaded, hooked, tried to move tandems forward....nope....tried n tried, then reset brakes...and locking pin wouldn't disengage. called shop, kept following instructions to fix to no avail....ran out of hrs. next a.m. brought trailer into shop, red-flagged by inspection bay. called dispatch (inspector told bob to have dm call to speed up process due to him being under a load) because of priority of load and there were 7 trailers ahead of ours. dispatch informed bob that he couldn't do anything about the wait. took 12 hrs b/4 we had our trailer enter the shop. mech came out after 1 hr and said he can grab the trailer in a bit.....so bob asked, "y wasn't he able to disengage the locking pin??" mech said "oh, good thing u mentioned that, i forgot to ck on it"...hmmmmm. after about another hour the mechanic tells bob that they need to transfer the load to another trailer...okay....finally!!! as they begin the process....almost another hour later....someone comes to the truck and tells bob (as we are sitting and watching them transfer the load over to the new trailer) that they...whoever THEY are....are going to transfer his load to another trailer....HELLLOOOO, i think we already figured that out. okay, as we continue to watch the transfer the Qcom beeps..." please ck your reefer temp, it shows a temp of 20 degrees"....i guess SOMEONE forgot to clue this guy in on the trailer change because he is picking up the broken trailer temp. now the fun stuff....seals have been broken to transfer the load so bob wants paperwork to back up the fact that he just didn't get hungry and the valid means of breaking that seal...after all, he's responsible for the load right?? so he calls dispatch for instructions.....bad idea....their reply "what are you talking about?" by that time i didn't know if bob's face was beet red from the sun we've been sitting in all day or if he was gonna bust a fuse. sooooooo, we get ready to hook up and the new msg...."just tape the seals that came off to the BL", duh....it still doesn't show anywhere on paper that we didn't get hungry and have a field day on chocolates. the next msg that came over the Qcomm put bob over the edge so i helped him with the reply..."old trlr #, this trlr is broken -- new trlr #, temp is 55 and everything works, leaving the yard, if i can help you with anything else let me know." okaaaaay, i was a little sarcastic with that last one BUT i could've told them exactly what i was thinking which was worse. now today, we get a msg on our next load....for one thing, p/u time is b4 our delivery for this load AND with the deadhead miles and the hrs that he's left with now we inform them on these 2 issues. they reply back with "he should do a better job with PTA, and we are making it hard for the planners to do their job".....i let them know, this exactly as sent on Qcomm, "i planned my trip properly--yesterday was a wrench in the plan when the trlr broke and both maint. and dispatch did not work with me to expedite" so, now we have been preset and we need to contact FM for load details.

if the Qcomm doesn't beep at us until tomorrow it'll make for the perfect ending.

OMG....i feel better already.
sorry for the lengthy post....that felt great tho'

Originally Posted by bigrigtruckdriver

I just got thumped for $167 over idle. Granted I was running spent 2 weeks mostly running texas where temps were over 100. After my hometime, breakdown, and over idle BS, I had a whopping $34 paycheck. I refuse to pay them to drive their ####, and I refuse to sweat my ### off while trying to rest.

When I called to #####, their response was, "Nobody says you have to take your break in your truck, you can always get a motel room for the night"

Anyone know what companies equip company trucks with Tri-packs? I know Marten does, and so does Trans-Am.

I am so over Central at this point it's not even funny.

Originally Posted by jess-juju

Yep ya do!

Yeah I found out my Aussie licence meant diddly Squat over here!

Kiro23, Since this is a Central refrigerated thread I dun think anyone here would have a clue about Roehl

Originally Posted by Irishtrucker

Hey i got an Aussie car and bike license when i was there in 2005, hung out ai Melbourne for a few months, just ran out last year, shame as it was good ID for me here as the Irish license is a flimsy piece of paper. I guess they couldn't let us just jump in a truck here as we drive on the wrong side at home LOL.

How was the process for you getting your CDL here after driving at home?

Originally Posted by Kinghunter

I hope you do not owe them money BRTD for the schooling. Good luck finding a company that suits your needs. How much do they charge per hour when idling?

KH

Originally Posted by bigrigtruckdriver

Nope don't owe them a cent. Been with them over a year (nearly 2 now) If I didn't have a really good D/M and getting decent miles this truck would be impaled in someone's rear orrifice.

This company really has tanked, I think part of is I have no desire what so ever to Lease (I don't want to work just to make their truck payment, pay for fuel to move their loads, and pay to fix their truck when it breaks down) They seem to think this is a crazy concept, how could I Not want to make a truck payment?

So for now I am documenting every penny they are charging me for idle, as well as taking pictures of the inside and outside temperature at the time. Also I sleep with a CPAP (for sleep apnea) machine which runs the batteries down, so the ICON has to run the truck to keep them charged, which I have no control over when or how long it runs it for this purpose.

Even as a company driver I would not be opposed to say renting a tri-pack for say $25 or $30 a week for a company truck which I think would be more than fair, as the government is giving rebates on equiping trucks with anti-idle devices so they will actually be making money this way. They will get a good return on investment

I mean come on, get with the program, it just makes good business sense to do it, less idling, less fuel used, less wear and tear on the engine.

But for now I have been advised, smile and let them make the deductions, and document everything.

Originally Posted by jess-juju

Originally Posted by Brickman81

Its my understanding that this has already almost happened down in Phoenix last year & its working its way through the court system.