chain pay?

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  1. jon69

    jon69 Medium Load Member

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    Any of you guys get chain pay and if so how much?

    Chain pay meaning pay for chaining up and driving on instead of pulling off and shutting down.
     
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    I've never gotten it. With any company.
     
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    Did you know that there are drivers that believe that since they represent their company, the company should pay them to shower?
     
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    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    I wish you were joking. But I know better.
     
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    That's a new one to me...
    Paid to shower....lol

    Chain pay? Come on just get it done already. If you decide to sit there and the chain law is up for 2 days I suppose you want to be paid for being unproductive as well. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, with the new generation thinking they deserve to be paid simply for existing. Never ceases to amaze.
     
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    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    If that's what it takes, it might not be an all bad thing.
     
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    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Heck I had to get out of bed and get dressed shouldn't I get paid for that.
     
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    Print off shower receipt. Sell it to some guy like me that parks at flying j but very rarely fuels there. Collect maybe $5. Continue to stink it up.

    I usually get them for free. Hehehehehe
     
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    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I just added 176 miles to my trip, because I figured I'd chain / unchain no less than 4, and maybe even 10 times, as that last storm went right over my direct route, and I'd been right under its full fury for 2 days.

    SO, 3 hours driving, $90 fuel seemed like a bargain to me.
     
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    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Hell I got back into driving after being out for 10 yrs. Went to swift cause it was easier I never even thought they should pay me to chain. But now I drive for myself that ship has sailed. Now if I could only find someone to pay for my chains. Thanks to CalTrans I ruin at least one every trip over Donner and I run that 4 times a week back and forth.
     
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