so, you think your safe with the elog and hos.

Because so many allow it and are unwilling to fight for their freedom powers to be need taken back a bunch of notches and not just in trucking.

 

Just wait till some vendictive gets upset and all the megas drivers have 0 hrs according to that black box. Hmmm

 

Just get in Goose-Step with your government being run by Big $$$... YEP, that's the "proper" attitude for compliant citizens.

 

I like Todd Spencer's quip about the megas and the ATA wanting to "level the playing field".........think Hiroshima: because THAT'S the kind of "level" they are aiming for!!

 

Exactly! They only want to gain FURTHER advantages, not level the playing field... their overhead is ALREADY less than 50% of mine based on fuel costs, equipment discounts (they pay about 60 cents on the dollar for new equipment), not having to insure (legitimately) each piece of equipment and driver in their fleets, tire discounts, repairs @ $25 per hour shop rates, etc... I've been at this 16 years, 14 as an O/O... I've done L/P, Lease-on and now, independent with 6 other O/O's leased onto my numbers... the only debt I carry is 1/2 of the purchase price of my 3 new trailers, financed @ 6% ... My business model works FOR ME... it may not work for anyone else... I don't really care. I DO care about the gummint telling ME I've got to do things THIER way at increased cost to me so the mega carrier execs can buy a bigger yacht!

 

The megas are "leveling the playing field", so to speak. Small companies and O/O's offer something the megas can't. SERVICE. knowledgable drivers. And getting it there quicker.

 

Yep... and if the A.T.A. gets it's way, we'll all be forced to govern our trucks at 62 or less... just to further "level the playing field" taking THAT small advantage away from us as well... I've NEVER competed on price... In 16 years, I've only had ONE late delivery of 3 hours and that was due to massive blizzards enroute ... One or 2 you can plan for, but FOUR in a row over 2 days was just unbelievable! That's what happens when you start in Boston and end in Salem, OR!

 

I thought the same thing too!

 

Dude you really are a problem as I see it to this industry in fact a corporate lap dog! Of you'll remember our dear Annie decided to make the rules more complex which required the use of the e logs and what has been ignored is a rumor that she owns a small fleet herself which should be grounds for her dismissal as conflict of interest.

 

Try making a note AFTER you have had an accident in the middle of rush hour traffic.