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  1. 04.09.2012 #1
    Jackofalltrades1977
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    Trans Am Drivers

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    I'm trying to do a recovery of an abandoned truck at a KW place in Lakeland, Fl. We made our drop at 0800 in Riviera Beach and the rest of the day has been a complete waste.

    We're not awesome enough to rate our own sub-forum, so we'll use this one.
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    I'm heading to Lakeland tomorrow to deliver to the Colorado Beef at noon as part of a long run that started at Schulyer NE. I'm staying at the Flying J in Dade City. Then I book on out of here(assuming I accept the load) towards Amarillo TX, but my 70 hour clock is going to make that run a b***h.
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    Why anybody would abandon a truck is beyond me.
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    TA has to recover trucks all the time. With all these new drivers, finding out that the lease doesn't work for them, they just abadon the trucks, not realising that they are screwing themselves. If they have no clue as to how to run a business, and they have no clue as to what the trucking life is like......... its a disaster in the making. I myself, got to do a recovery in Florida. Think that was the best paycheck I ever had. lol
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    Our recovery got scrapped so we picked up some Coke in Auburndale, Fl and are headed to Cheyenne, WY in the morning via Rockwall for a T call.

    I've heard people are quitting because of the e-logs and just abandoning the trucks.
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    That's the easiest way to not get another driving job! They put that on your dac.and future employers will not look twice at you.,
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    sitting in moberly mo heading back to marshalltown iowa then over to york pa so i am nowhere heading no where been no where
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    florida appears to be the center of truck abandons i got one there when i was training. i really havnt seen anything to bash the company over my DM gets me good loads she backed out some on this one but i am short hours and just had a 3780 mile week these guys that abandon trucks already knew they were in the deep end of the pool with no life ring




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    Quote Originally Posted by Panhandle flash View Post
    TA has to recover trucks all the time. With all these new drivers, finding out that the lease doesn't work for them, they just abadon the trucks, not realising that they are screwing themselves. If they have no clue as to how to run a business, and they have no clue as to what the trucking life is like......... its a disaster in the making. I myself, got to do a recovery in Florida. Think that was the best paycheck I ever had. lol
    It is about as dumb of a decision as you can make. I will tell you though I don't know how the lease guys at Trans Am make it. Their pay is .16 per mile less than the lease i am in at ACT and there are some guys that can't make it work here.
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    My coach makes about 65k a year as a L/O and loves it. He did it right out of school and his worst check was his first one, about 380.
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