She did the right thing

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Nervous about recent companies closing? (Roosevelt) in Roosevelt, UT

 

I think I got carried away with that statement. She's hirable.

 

Pilot is the only truck stop at Kramer Jct. It is Hwy 395 and Hwy 58 North of Adelanto, Ca and just east of Boron. So if it was left at a truck stop in Kramer Jct, it was the Pilot.

 

Wow ...

Too much assuming ...

Here is what I would have done.,

I would have brought back the load, but after i "fueled up the truck" and someone else's for cash. Then I would have brought back the load, put into dock, cleaned the truck out and called a taxi to get to a car rental place. Then I would have gone home.

My state requires prior notice for shutting down or the executives are held accountable, this includes informing employees that they are shutting down, I think the threashold is 200 employees and more.

 

and create a potential 100K plus loss, because you can't be bothered to make a phone call?

Karma. Karma is watching.

If I were to interview this driver, for a position and this were to come up, it would be an automatic "pass".

 

It's called trying to survive! Unless one is actually in that position. Ya can't really say for a iron clad fact, what you'd do. I think she will be alright finding another job. She might have to go thru several no's first. Look when arrow shut down. Do you think every driver stayed with truck and trailer till it ran out of fuel. Or some did what they had to do? I remember plenty of companies saying hey dint worry about it. Come here we will hire you right away.

 

You guys have all the answers.

But realistically speaking. If you're told to park it and go home. You're going home. You won't have any answers. You won't have a clue as to how you're getting there. WITH YOUR STUFF.

I'm sure everyone will have different ideas. But the things that WON'T be on their mind. Is the truck they're driving or the load they're under. They don't care about that.

They just lost their job. And now they've got to figure out how to get back home.

And if they decide to take the truck. They're not worried or even think about the insurance aspect.

They just want to get back home. By any means possible. And probably don't have the money you all think they should have to catch an Uber. Cuz we all know how well some of them megas or what not pay.

I got shut down once. Friday evening. Dot shut down their operating authority. I had a load taking me home though. I took the long way home around the scales and delivered my load monday morning. I wasn't hanging around at a truckstop 400 miles from home. Specially since it's the weekend.

I didn't care that their dot was inactive. INSURANCE. Wasn't even on my mind.
We was all told to park it and wait for things to get straightened out.

ME. I went home. In an illegal operating truck. Delivered monday morning and sat home till Wednesday. We all went back to work.

 

She's not been paid for the last week and already been giving away free labor since she literately started this job. Karma is way in her favor. She can burn some to get home and find a new job and be fine.

Unless you are saying the only way for bad karma to not hit is to continue to be a slave? Remember. it's not like she is getting paid.. Her focus is getting home and there is no karma hit for that.

Her load was abandoned the moment the company phones went dark, she didn't abandon it. Only thing even slightly wrong she did was unhook to save fuel. I'm not even convinced that was wrong of her either.

You can say she could have called the shipper or receiver all you want, and you may even be right. Simple fact is she had already given a week of free labor and her main goal was to get home, find an actual paying job and leave all the people that screwed her behind. You are saying she should give more free labor and possible running illegal (no insurance, not authorized to move the tractor) to save another company a few dollars? A company that helped put her in the situation she was in I might add. Again, insurance is a real thing.

No, her karma is perfectly fine.

 

What kind of trucks are you guys driving, that will not do 1200 miles on full tanks???
Personally, I would not consider myself responsible for anything if this happened to me, but I do not see a reason to leave a loaded trailer, especially if it is refer freight, sitting somewhere.

What I find sadder than a company going under and leaving drivers on the road LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO, when they are shut down for what ever reason, is truckers in general, not the industry, not megas, not any companies.
I have only been out of the otr game down there for a little over 10 years and I promise you if I had to leave a truck for any reason, I would not have needed a plane,train,bus, taxi or rental car to get home, just a truckstop.
If trucking has fell so far that drivers would not give rides to fellow drivers in need, then I am glad I got out of that game when I did, I have a feeling there is still enough old hands still out there that I could still get home right now today, surely we as drivers have not fell that far.
RANT OVER

 

There are lots of trucks that won't do 1200 miles on full tanks.

Not all trucks pack 200 gallons and get 6 mpg.

Truck I'm driving now. Only holds 100 gallons and would need 4 fillups to get me 1200 miles. With a 100k loaded tanker.