twt - truck maintance

We are new to the industry (almost 1 year) and my husbands truck needed maintance and they routed him in to his home garage/base and now the rumor is he isn't going to get paid for his time off the road because he is home, which is looking like 2 1/2 weeks to fix the truck...if he had to have the work done on the road he would have gotten paid for down time and even a motel.

He can't get a hold of anyone to get the final word on this because they are on vacation. Does anyone have any bright ideas on this?

I don't get it.
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He has been home 1 1/2 weeks and saying the truck won't be ready until the 10th and now they are talking about finding him a truck.

Ya, twt is pretty small in comparison but they have other trucks. I don't think they originally thought it would take this long...but is this common to not pay? My husband didn't ask to come home to get it fixed he told them his check engine light was on and they scheduled a load into here.

I just feel like they are taking advantage at our expense. That equals a $0 paycheck...that could get us kicked out of our house...

Just scary times for everyone.
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Thanks for the insight...wouldn't it be nice to find a company that is as loyal, honest and hard working as they demand of their employees...I know...wake up lady this isn't even close to heaven is it?

TWT is good too, they do keep my husband moving...he sits very little between loads. When you are hanging by a thread and you see it fraying out on the ends panic can creep up on you.

Thanks again.
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Check engine light was on and the air conditioner was working part of the time. They first they thought they would have him on the road by Friday then Tuesday then the following Tuesday kind of thing. No extra trucks for him to go on the road in....something about they had the send truck somewhere else or parts in from somewhere else. He hit a retread the week before that did something to the brakes but I think that was fixed then and there...they had been tweaking the truck here and there with the air conditioner and check engine light....I hope they got to the root of the problem now. He has had enough down town for the rest of the year...he had been trying to stay on the road all but 2 days a month which always turns into 3 or 4 waiting for the load back out. They always get him home a day late so we are on to that now if there is something specific he needs to be home for we ask for the day before then start calling in for a load a day before he is really ready to go back. It is a good company and nice people but that doesn't pay the rent when the truck isn't on the the road. I will ask him when he gets up if they have told him specifically what they are fixing. He might have told me but all I heard was blah blah blah, sometimes I don't have the energy to understand it all. I understand that in two weeks there will not be a pay check...I get that.