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AModelCat · May 2, 2021

tlalokay said: ↑

I got no problem getting myself down the road faster and saving the company a few dollars BUT-

I don't turn wrenches for free unless it's my own vehicle/equipment. And it's been difficult at times getting owners to cough up any change whatsoever for my time under a truck or hood. A service call is a minimum of a few hundred dollars, especially on weekends or overnight. If I can get the truck rolling and make it to a garage, then I'm expecting at least a $50-sized bone to chew at the very least, offer to buy me lunch/dinner.

Most owners are ok with paying $50 a few times, but when you have a truck that breaks down often- due to no fault of your own- then most owners stop feeling generous at all and even opt to pay a service call every now and then instead of paying you your going rate.

That's nonsense and just erodes my good-will at that point. I stop offering to fix trucks at that point and risking my neck crawling under a truck on the side of a road.
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I'd be down to do oil changes, greasing, washing, brakes etc but it'd be hourly rate. I wouldn't do it for free by any means.

My thinking is more a local company that does gravel/construction. Work all week and then come in for an hour or 2 on a Saturday to wash and grease the equipment.

tlalokay · May 2, 2021

Dispatch starts out the phone convo with: "You're the man if you can do this load...I know you can do it..."

tlalokay · May 2, 2021

When you show up to a live load and the forklift driver starts handing you a nail gun, wood blocks and cardboard. Dispatch didn't say anything about driver assist or any additional pay.

tlalokay · May 2, 2021

Every single time you show up as scheduled, even an hour early, to a live load/offload, and the first thing the warehouse clerk says is: "You're late!"

Dave1837 · May 2, 2021

"I'm from corporate and I'm here to help"

bigkev1115 · May 2, 2021

We are a Christian oriented company lol

Arctic_fox · May 2, 2021

"Our new HR lady is the one with the neon pink hair over there"

kemosabi49 · May 2, 2021

Someone had enough info to put in an online application in a guy I know's name. I think it was on Indeed or one of those. He didn't get any emails so they they give up his email address but he was getting phone calls for weeks.
I thought it was a little bit funny, but he didn't see any humor in it..

Kyle G. · May 2, 2021

Anybody else ever get calls or emails from the recruiter of the company they are currently driving for?

TokyoJoe · May 2, 2021

After truck is in the Freightliner dealership for a week: "We couldn't find anything wrong with the def system after we did a regen so we just updated your software"

Multiply this by 4 and this is what happened to my truck over and over a couple months ago.

I think they finally fixed it though.

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