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^ Top   #161   05.17.2009

MO family man Heavy Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 10.25 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: Nunya, MO Trucker? 9 Years Age: 35 Posts: 934 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 142 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by truckinusa I was just thinking that best case scenario I make $60,000. I contribute 8% to 401k. They match with 35% of my 8%. That is $4800 for my 8% and $1680 for their contribution. Not much of a retirement from them? It may add up with your contributions. I guess it is better than Schneider which just announced their 401k will be zero! I try to put a minimum of 10k a year in regardless of earnings. My last job used a profit sharing approach with an unknown formula for determining their contribution. I think my best year I got $1,800 from them or less than 2%. As I said earlier an instant 35% return on investment is nothing to sneeze at. I will however concede my annoyance at the one year delay for them to get moving. It is rather like their vacation plan which also doesn't seem to fit a company that only hires experience. I keep coming back to the fact that I work 10-15 less hours a week yet make as much or slightly more than I did before. On another note I will be taking a break from bailing out the Questliner Waterloo drivers/pud pullers to spend some quality time bailing out the Foodliner crowd. Gotta drag a Foodliner trailer from Chicago out to New Hampshire(Which I am sure is lovely this time of year). __________________ Bad spellers of the world...UNTIE!!!

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^ Top   #162   05.17.2009

truckinusa Light Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Day Ago 03.53 AM Member Since: Apr 2009 Location: Frisco, TX Trucker? 10 Years Age: 34 Posts: 96 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked: 10 Times

I got the company propaganda report in the mail with my check. It showed how they are supposedly having a hard time negotiating favorable rates. I know for a fact that I am pulling loads that are paying around $3 a mile. Of course this is only 1 way, but the latest is that they want us to pull loads on the way back. They are ADM loads. I'm sure these are paying at least $2 a mile. These people aren't hurting. They could pay a bit better and contribute to a man's retirement. They do have profit sharing. I'm sure they will cry poor though when the time comes to pay out. There is a 7 year vesting schedule for that.

^ Top   #163   05.18.2009

im6under Road Train Member   Last Seen: 22 Hours Ago 06.39 PM Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: iowa Trucker? 2 Years Age: 45 Posts: 2,068 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 441 Thanked: 393 Times

hillarious to me did another run to the over flow place... scaled in and pulled around the end lining up beside the tank, did my hard right, left, right, to prepare to back up... g.o.a.l. (yes I'm a good boy) start to back up and what do I see in the mirror ???? A guy in a red chemsuit holding a respirator and backing me in the hole !!!! did we stir up a little trouble last week??? yep, gotta wear the suit and respirator and sit here and babysit while the load is emptying... ok, so tell me... how do you know when to shut it all down ??? they're still working on it but for now if it blows out the top its full... good plan... rotflmao !!!! __________________ Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi

^ Top   #164   05.18.2009

MO family man Heavy Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 10.25 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: Nunya, MO Trucker? 9 Years Age: 35 Posts: 934 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 142 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by im6under did another run to the over flow place... scaled in and pulled around the end lining up beside the tank, did my hard right, left, right, to prepare to back up... g.o.a.l. (yes I'm a good boy) start to back up and what do I see in the mirror ???? A guy in a red chemsuit holding a respirator and backing me in the hole !!!! did we stir up a little trouble last week??? yep, gotta wear the suit and respirator and sit here and babysit while the load is emptying... ok, so tell me... how do you know when to shut it all down ??? they're still working on it but for now if it blows out the top its full... good plan... rotflmao !!!! Huh? You scaled in? I pulled to that stop sign and waited for the light to change like a putz. After a few minutes of futility I rolled it up on the scale. Still not a soul around and now I am staring at the sign that says "No getting out on scale". Finally see a guy waving at me from amoung the tanks so I hop out (I am not a good little communist) and he tells me I gotta back off the scale and on around the corner to the unload spot. Seems on my day someone had screwed a different pooch somewhere else in the tank farm. Place was a friggin' joke. I asked about the light and scale when I was leaving and got told "We don't scale aqua loads" __________________ Bad spellers of the world...UNTIE!!!

^ Top   #165   05.19.2009

im6under Road Train Member   Last Seen: 22 Hours Ago 06.39 PM Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: iowa Trucker? 2 Years Age: 45 Posts: 2,068 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 441 Thanked: 393 Times

they didn't used to scale them but that has changed now... and they also don't grab a sample and start pumping... now they take the sample and run it over to the lab guy who swirls it around and says it looks ok and then they come back and start unloading... yep... lab guy just ok's that nothing is floating in the jar... no actual testing. __________________ Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi

^ Top   #166   05.19.2009

MO family man Heavy Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 10.25 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: Nunya, MO Trucker? 9 Years Age: 35 Posts: 934 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 142 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by im6under they didn't used to scale them but that has changed now... and they also don't grab a sample and start pumping... now they take the sample and run it over to the lab guy who swirls it around and says it looks ok and then they come back and start unloading... yep... lab guy just ok's that nothing is floating in the jar... no actual testing. Don't belittle the lab guy. That white coat cost him four semesters at the local community college. __________________ Bad spellers of the world...UNTIE!!!

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^ Top   #167   05.21.2009

im6under Road Train Member   Last Seen: 22 Hours Ago 06.39 PM Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: iowa Trucker? 2 Years Age: 45 Posts: 2,068 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 441 Thanked: 393 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by MO family man Don't belittle the lab guy. That white coat cost him four semesters at the local community college. really? it costs me $20 bucks of drive time everytime I go there now... I wonder who will have more invested in the long run? __________________ Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi

^ Top   #168   05.21.2009

Kinghunter Picture Perfect   Last Seen: 3 Hours Ago 01.44 PM Member Since: Dec 2007 Location: Rockledge FL and Corning NY Trucker? Student Age: 22 Posts: 2,467 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,363 Thanked: 285 Times My Truckers Blog : 4

do they reimburse you???? __________________ Kinghunter: Truck Photographer, Airline Guru and Boat Guru

^ Top   #169   05.21.2009

truckinusa Light Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Day Ago 03.53 AM Member Since: Apr 2009 Location: Frisco, TX Trucker? 10 Years Age: 34 Posts: 96 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked: 10 Times

Quote: Originally Posted by Kinghunter do they reimburse you???? They don't pay for wait time unless it exceeds 2 hours. I'm not sure this is with every company they own, but I bet it is.

^ Top   #170   05.21.2009

MO family man Heavy Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 10.25 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: Nunya, MO Trucker? 9 Years Age: 35 Posts: 934 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 142 Times

You get paid for the unload and the suit up so it isn't a total loss. On another note I took a foodliner load out to NH and didn't find out till the way back that it should pay .44 a mile. Apparently there is a four cent bump for doing another terminals work. Down right decent of them. The unload was a disaster with me being stuck there for 7.5 hours. I had one truck ahead of me an the most unmotivated fellow handling the unload. They were only taking half the tank at a time with a gap of a bit over an hour between each unloading stint. Ah well at least it was a really nice time of year to be out there. __________________ Bad spellers of the world...UNTIE!!!

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