Treated like a leper

Try a different form of trucking, thats what I did. The money still isnt great but I'll take 100K doing specialized OS/OW, explosives, and superdupersecret military stuff anyday over holding a steering wheel while living in truck stops for 30K a year. Think outside the box. Haul the stuff everyone is afraid of, it pays better.

 

I spent almost every Saturday and Sunday for over a decade organizing, loading, securing and tarping LTL step deck and RGN loads for my mother all the while wanting to crawl in that tractor and deliver it myself but I always had to work Monday morning. Getting hired at a company that does this with "no" experience is impossible with out a few years of OTR and then training beyond that.

 

Thank you. Alienating the drivers is ignorant. How long would they be employed if there were no drivers for those trucks?

 

I had a mechanic just like these guys.They don't like their job then plz by all means get the hell out and find another job.I have no time or patience for guys like this.

 

Hey Stone- I agree with you on the 50's era. My runs are dedicated from mass to Fla. Family business. Other than loading and driving they only ask me one thing to do before getting to the loading dock. Take ###### bath, put on sport shirt, casual chinos, trim beard, shine shoes, brush what hair I have left, and top off with aqua valve. Try doing this in a 36" flat top, 379! It must work, people me crazy looks! Mike-Z

 

welcome to an industry where you 'pay your dues', and get nothing in return, for the most part.

it's cheaper for most of these companies to keep hiring new people who don't get paid much, don't rack up much vacation time, and maybe aren't around long enough to earn other benefits. Most of the big companies are happy if you stay 2 years, they've recovered the cost of recruiting and hiring you.

Trucking will only get worse.

I've heard the 'you gotta pay your dues' crap too many times, usually in reference to a crappy job that's not worth it.

I've worked for maybe ten companies in the last 30 years. Only ONE treated the driver well, another one treated an experienced, loyal driver fairly well, until they had a shift in management, then it was the 'cheaper labor per mile is better for the books' philosophy.

I've seen doors and areas in company offices marked 'No Drivers or Dogs'.

 

Buy a truck, get a 5 million dollar PLPD insurance policy, put your name on the door.

 

You read my mind. My brother has been an O.O. for 9 years and loves it. He's leased to a company out of Wyoming that specializes in oversize step deck and RGN. I've spent the past few days talking with him.

 

Be sure you get tank,hazmat (X) you never know who will want you to haul a big can of used whoop ### from a military installation.

 

its Yankees so what do you expect. And city slickers to boot.