First year plan cut short

Remenber this one?
Consolidated Freightways locked the gates with no prior notice to drivers.
Teamsters drivers caused lots of problems there.
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Company I was with hired one of the drivers. He didn't stick around long and sued the company that hired him for a back injury. Company gave him $25G and he left with no further argument.

Consolidated Freightways' drivers and dockworkers were unionized, and the new Con-Way companies (Con-way Central Express (CCX), Con-way Western Express (CWX), Con-way Eastern Express (CEX), etc.) were nonunion, creating tense relations with CF's Teamsters.

 

Yeah, put your box all the way down after you unload. Other than learning the different kinds of material and how to work with a paver or a straight spread job it's easy work.

 

The only real pblm with that dump truck job -- later on, it won't count with other carriers as valid big rig experience.

You'll need to pull a trailer at least 48 feet long, for that.

-- L

 

48 feet? In other words a 40 foot side dump or a 36 foot end dump wouldn't qualify? Where does the 48 foot requirement come from?
We have a company near here that pulls nothing but 45 foot reefers and dry vans and has been in business for over thirty years. The drivers that leave them and go to companies with longer trailers don't seem to have any problem finding work.

 

Everything I've seen otherwise wants 48 feet, minimum.

But....apparently the west coast area is something of a different world (duuuhhhh).

Happily, I stand corrected.

Thanks for that post/clarification.

-- L

 

Make sure you’re pretty level when you raise the box. A dump truck isn’t near as bad as an end dump trailer, but you can’t still get yourself in a bind if you’re on an angle and raise the bed.

 

He wants local jobs anyway, so it won’t matter.

 

I’d be at the union hall, asking for help. There may be other Teamster opportunities you don’t know about.