Have I lost touch with this industry?

Thanks Speedy. I would imagine it's either a St Bernard or one of those Great Danes that for some reason people in trucks seem to think is a good idea.

 

Your absolutely right FCG, that is what has me stumped? Now don't get me wrong, I think some of this can be attributed to just all of the change in the industry itself, let's face it, we (the industry) have seen and gone through more changes in the last 5 years than the previous 20, I think some guys just said enough, time to retire?

But I also think an old flatbedder that is tired of throwing tarps, (or beating ice off them with a bat, lol) would be good candidate's, BUT, I am not sure how our pay compares with what they make now, that could be an issue.

I thought that maybe I had missed something over the last couple of years behind the desk, so since we are shorthanded I have been on the road for most of the last month, and I will be honest, I had to learn some new things, we no longer fax to TS, we email everything as all the trucks have tablets and wifi, I also had to get used to Prepass and ez tolls also elogs, etc.

I can tell you after the first week, I will promise you this job is easier now with this equipment than it has ever been, no more 60 pound ramps to lug around, everything hydraulic push a button.

If it wasn't for issues at the office, I will just stay out here and do my thing, I have literally been reborn out here! Trucks run 70, have more power than they need, (at 50,000 gross the only thing you have to worry about on the hills is running over somebody.

I guess I am just getting the feeling that the career guys are gone, or O/O's just seems like you have people jumping from job to job and then out of the industry, as I said, I just not sure that many people REALLY LOVE to drive, at least not like I did/do?


Stan

 

That's funny, I moved out here from Pensy 25 years ago!.

I really didn't want this to turn into an employment thread as there is a place for that, if someone is really interested just pm me, I don't want to anger the gods.

But the truth brsims, I really do feel like I don't know what drivers are looking for anymore, I remember when I started if you found a guy to work for that his checks didn't bounce you were ahead of the game!!!

 

Thanks Brian, but I want to know where all of these mega carrier newbies are that are complaining about making 26 cpm, if they have a year and clean, I will train them, at some point they will learn that if you want to advance in life you usually have to sacrifice something.

You made me laugh about the lumpers, a guy would rather sit there at a dock waiting half a day to get unloaded when he could be unloaded and gone in less than an hour, I know which one most of us here would do, LOL

 

I hear ya misterG, doesn't say much about our profession, or for that matter our society any more, #### shame.