One area of savings they kept mentioning during the conference call was the tech budget. Our current budget was 225 million and it's mostly...
I ran nights for 5 years and it was always tough on the weekends and Monday night. I always stayed up on Saturday so I could have a normal Sunday...
Not true. I've received ot after 8 per day of 40 per week for 12+ years as a dsr. True that you can refuse delivery or turn around on bad roads if...
A lot of it is how you're loaded which you don't always have control over. My ideal set would be about an 18 up front with a 9 in the back with...
Yeah, I'll confirm it.. That's top rate now here in the Northeast. Not sure what the starting pay is but it's now 3 years to get there instead of...
Been there done that. In 09 I was in a 95 aeromax running PA 2 lane on line-haul. No jake, no air, no real heat, and a spring ride suspension. I...
Holy smokes. I think we have about 160 drivers. The driver I meet everyday out of Charlotte said they have like 250 drivers plus dock workers.. I...
The 3 years to top scale will really help you a lot - especially on line-haul.
Got it done it 6.75 log time today. Punched to start hooking my set at 923 am and punched off from dropping out and fueling at 417 pm. They told...
It's not a bad place to work. When you gain some seniority it can be a lot better. It's improving for the first time since about 2004 also. It's...
At my terminal, trucks are assigned to night line-haul runs and the senior guy picks first from what's available on that run. Once you bid a truck...
My base run takes 7 total hours first punch to last give or take 10 minutes. When it's up to me, I do that every day. A good day for this under...
Been here 11 plus years now and I'm not going anywhere. A lot of the griping is legit but some positive changes have been made for the first time...
It's a moot point anymore. I don't believe support was ever near what was publicized by the pro union side. Harlingen, Texas voted no and...
I've often wondered why more companies don't use twins. It's 57 feet of trailer instead of 53. Some private fleets in my area are starting to try...
Manchester, NH voted no by a big margin. The SoCal terminal that voted yes was the small one ULX - USB is the big one that hasn't voted yet. Miami...
A couple other barns have enough support that it will come to a vote. ULX which is downtown Los Angeles, Miami, Manchester, NH, LHG which is...
That's about exactly what I'm working right now and can't wait to change it to 8 pm till 5 am. Traffic blows and I bid a short day line so I get...
Philly up through the Boston area. Not sure how far north or west but it's basically the 95 corridor in the northeast.
For everything holy they finally turned our trucks back up. Never thought I'd see the day.