Paddletrucker, You are doing what I have learned: Make more money from the miles you run. Some don't understand how to do this so they don't believe it can be done. They seem to be stuck on more miles=more money. Gross money means nothing to me. Net money is what I'm after. Some have run illegal so long to get those high gross dollars that is all they know. O/O's there is a better way.
EOBR Electronic Logs - Good or Bad
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by SLCTrucker, Apr 13, 2010.
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Skunk_Truck_2590 Thanks this.
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As soon as EBOR are required in all trucks, some scum corporate exec. will have a way to wipe out a drivers hours at a click of a mouse so that driver will have the available hours to pick up or deliver a "hot" load. That driver will be pressured into delivering that load or be fired. The sweet part for the company is they now control all the records so the driver doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Just wait until a driver (heaven forbid) is involved in a fatal accident. The Company (whom controls the records) will now do everything they can to make the driver solely responsible. They'll have the paperwork(EBOR's) to "prove" it. EBOR are not about safety, they're all about control and liability.Skunk_Truck_2590 Thanks this. -
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JustSonny and Skunk_Truck_2590 Thank this.
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That's what I figured. I was sitting here thinking that maybe there was something I missed along the way being some loop hole in the system on how to get more cash out of them.
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Paddletrucker Medium Load Member
To more completely answer your question, though, I still have to insert my opinion. RUN COMPLIANT. Take care of that CSA2010 score. Pay attention to what's on your DAC, or USIS report. DIspute it if you have to.
Make yourself very desirable as a driver to the best company. Market yourself to the best paying companies. Demonstrate how you can be productive while being compliant. I know it's one million times easier said than done, but that's the way it is. It's also one of many reasons why I own a truck and don't drive someone else's.
I sometimes run with a driver who was hired by UPS as a feeder driver right off the street. 67 cents per mile. Paid hourly (20+ bucks) when not driving. Overtime after 8 hours daily, NOT after 40 hours for the week. Union membership and benefits. Nice retirement. Home every day. Pretty sweet deal, even if it is driving a Mack day cab, pulling doubles. Especially when you consider most UPS guys start loading trucks and then spend 20 years or so delivering packages running their tail ends off.
I told him one time that I didn't know that UPS did that. He told me that they occasionally do, if the runs are not bid on by guys in packages. He happened to be looking for a job, seriously looking. UPS needed a driver. He applied and got it. Of course, he had a spotless record, and came highly recommended by previous employers.
I wonder how many guys applied for that job who were passed over because of logbook tickets and out of service orders? After I bought my truck, I was looking for a place to lease on to. An old man told me to start interviewing the companies, rather than the other way around. Most good company drivers I know who make good money have the same opinion. They know what their expertise are worth and they want to be compensated accordingly.
That is one of the reasons I think it's so important to run compliant and take care of that MVR, CSA 2010 score, and USIS (DAC) report. The other reason is that I don't want to chance having to share a jail cell over a logbook. Think it can't or doesn't happen?
http://www.truckstopusa.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2783
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2002/April02/042902/042902-07.html
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I think there are lots of guys, and I'm not saying that it's what you're doing here, that simply use these hypothetical situations as an excuse to not even try to run compliant.Tazz Thanks this.
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