Quality Carriers (bulk tank)

Yeah that was the read I was getting as well. He started saving all that stuff for a reason. Wonder if he was attempting some extortion or something.

 

I've been considering Quality to lease my truck on to. Mainly because they don't have an age restriction. I didn't think the money looked that good though. they say they average $1.70 for all miles but that's only for the OTR and they don't ay anything about the regional numbers

 

I live in FL. and have been invited to orientation I would like some info about QC. All the good and bad etc. They seem to be on the up-n-up But we all know they seem to leave somthings out. Any help would be great Thanks in advance Poppy

 

I thought my company had some ratty looking trailers until I dropped my old 1984 tanker next to a QC tanker at Westmark in Ceres, CA. It had a 3 spoke wheel on the back right, a 5 spoke wheel on the front right, a chrome-steel wheel on the back left, and an aluminium wheel on the front left. It also looked as though it had been rolled and rebuilt a few times. It made my old trailer look real good sittin next to it.

 

I'd sure like to be God and see the GPS trail of all tankers running in the US to see who is actually running legal and if so how much money they are making. My take home last week after statutory per diem was almost 1300. Our shippers and recievers have cut hours and changed hours and generally call at the last minute and say "hey, you gotta get a driver to xyz, illinois in five minutes or they are gonna have to shut down the plant."

So what does my dispatcher do even though he has never driven a mile in a truck in his life? He says "go driver go" and he is never interested in whether any of us have any time left on our logs. Do I like doing this. NO. But do I want to be unemployed in this economy or try to find another company to hire me. No I don't.

HOS rules are a good idea. They are the law. They are a good guideline for personal maximums. But they are not always logical.

So if I drive 4 hours to shipper from home and sit for 8 hours getting loaded am I really gonna sit there for another 2 hours awake and waiting for my total of 10 or worse yet drive 2 hours legally and then shut down for another 10 hours waiting to be legal. Not while I have to pay back my student loans I am not.

A while back I watched the hearings on cable in which the US Congress debated HOS rules and proposed changes. It was obvious the elected leaders understood that GPS black box enforcement of HOS rules would devastate the profitability of the constituents that donated to their campaigns.

A driver should use intelligence and accept personal responsibility for driving outside the law just like when speeding. But, oh wait, nobody does that here right?

BRI

 

If logs are that good, then it would make it really hard for force dispatch a lot of trucks. Does this make the dispatchers "nicer" due to compliance do you think?