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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by rcelmo, Jun 29, 2021.

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  1. Jun 30, 2021 #41
    rcelmo

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    While I agree.....how does a company expect to hire better drivers when they refuse to
    buy decent trucks? I started driving back when we had real trucks.............now I have the option
    to earn basically the same wage without driving a truck...........why would I give up being home
    every night with a great family life just to drive a POS truck?
     
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  3. Jun 30, 2021 #42
    Rubber duck kw

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    Would you go drive their trucks for the pay they're offering now if they had a nice truck, whether your version of a nice truck is an old 359 or a new Volvo, for you to drive? Honestly the new people they're hiring these days should be better drivers, it should be people who want to drive truck, not those who can't find a job doing whatever else they'd rather do. It's not like there are thousands of people a week being laid off and looking at ending up on the streets in a couple months, or weeks, or driving truck. That's just my hillbilly logic though, I could be all sorts of wrong.
     
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  4. Jun 30, 2021 #43
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    You can always buy your own truck. Then you will understand. If you can draw the same amount of money that you could earn by working then do whatever your conscience allows.
     
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  5. Jun 30, 2021 #44
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    Things have changed the older I get. When I first started it was all about the money.

    Now I care more about driving a nice truck.....working for a decent company. Partly because
    I have worked for companies that paid better but had horrible "lack of maintenance" programs.
     
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  7. Jul 1, 2021 #45
    GreenPete359

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    Over here you can get $15-$16/hr working fast food. Heck the Coast Guard base is offering $18/hr for a dish washer.

    Every business i drive by has a help wanted sign out front. Restaurants, retail stores, contractors of all types, gas stations, etc…. Heck the local Ford dealer has a help wanted sign glued to the back of their parts delivery van.
     
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    Also, millions of people, mostly women, quit their jobs to be home with the kids since that's where school is now.
     
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  9. Jul 1, 2021 #47
    rcelmo

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    I don't have kids..............but several fellow workers do. It is unreal what child daycare
    costs.
     
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  10. Jul 1, 2021 #48
    rcelmo

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    I meant that if I can work a non-driving job and make the same as a driving job.......I have
    worked my whole life. Never been paid for not working.


    To me the choice is pretty simple.....If I can pay my bills by doing manual labor and
    be home every night.............than a Trucking Company is going to have to step up a little.
     
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  11. Jul 2, 2021 #49
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    The unions have been trying to kill off the US auto industry for decades. If this happens, they may finally get their wish.
     
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