CR England Newbie-Starts $80,000 per Year

i just read my landline magazine about the lease deals and just roughly how much money you would lose with englands lease deal lol

 

How much have you got?

 

Wow I didnt know it had changed that much do the really all have satellite tracking now. So big brother knows where we are all the time now. bummer how 1984 makes you wonder doesn't it
and now it feels like somebody's watching me :smt020

 

I really would have checked the other salaries before i would have believed the $80,000 to start! That sounds to good to be true since i started with CR England when i first started! Best of luck to ya driver!

 

How much the Big truck truckin' industry has changed depends on the measuring stick used when taking a measurement. For those just starting out in this industry, the "changes" seem to be minor and can easily go unnoticed by those who don't have a comparison to go by.

For those with oh, ........... say, 30 years involvement in this industry, who have access to a more precise and accurate measuring stick, the changes that have occurred during that time span are many. Some of the changes have been subtle, hardly noticeable minor differences, while other changes have been quite drastic and obvious as they necessitate changing familiar procedures that have been generally accepted based on performance, effectiveness, simplification, logic and/or common sense, to seemingly nonsensical and more restrictive performance hindering methods, often dreamed up by "experts" with limited, or no, actual experience as a Big truck trucker.

Their updated and revised "improvements" are often implemented for reasons other than what's stated. If the stated reason(s) is/are claimed to be in the interest of "safety", it's safe to assume that following the Money Trail will reveal another, truer, story of the full intent of the change(s). As can be imagined, the new improved "changes" that result in the exchange of money from a Big truck truck driver's pocket to some government agency in charge of implementing said change(s), with no other noticeable changes besides a lighter wallet, aren't well received by those drivers who are well seasoned enough to enable them to see right through the smoke and mirrors intended to deflect attention away from actuality. For those just starting out in this industry, that decoy actually works, as a relative newBee has no yesterday to compare to today, so they just accept new and "improved" changes as the norm --- business as usual. Which is likely one of the reasons why a fleet of newBees seems to be preferable to a fleet of seasoned Big truck truck drivers, and a complete 180 from back in the day when companies paid extra as an incentive to retain those with experience. Now-a-daze, experience seems to be a hindrance to being hired, and not worthy of consideration for higher pay.

Whereas, in the past, the better Big truck truckin' companies actually sought out those who demonstrated an ability to think for themselves, the opposite is the case now that all of the new "improvements" have been implemented.
Dirty Deeds And They're Done Dirt Cheap.

Oh SweLL!
Now I can't get that song outta my head,
---- and I don't even know who sang it.
I hate it when that happens.

That some new and claimed improved "changes" actually are an improvement over what pre-existed is possible. However, it's also possible that the new and improved change(s) will result in creating new situations requiring additional new improvement modifications, which may or may not fix the unbroken original method that they're attempting to "improve" as they try to reinvent the wheel that, when turning, means a driver is earning.

As is (too) often the case these daze, what's new and claimed to be "improved", can be more accurately defined as impeding, restricting, and/or preventing a Big truck truck driver's earning potential to keep up with inflation.

Another ploy to "improve" this industry is claimed to be in the best interest of all the inhabitants living on the third rock from the Sun --- Mother Earth, --- now recognized for her changing climates, changing, --- no doubt as she has for eons before creatures with opposing digits, called "thumbs" , called Earth, "home". But, if anyone can git-'er-dun, it'd be the ones who brought what all you got. Big trucks bring practically everything, so why not expect them to bring change(s)?

Along those lines, in an attempt to improve the health of Americans, Big truck truck drivers are being subjected to new and "improved" methods of achieving that goal by altering their daily work related duties and requirements. The catch is that doing so can create situations requiring delicate balancing betwixt efficiency, safety, convenience, and earning potential, as new and "improved" rules and regulations conflict with the compliance of other new and "improved" improvements already implemented.
Back to the drawing board,........................................... :smt069l

It should be pointed out that, now that the big concern is over health issues for Americans, and, even though the efforts being made to improve the health of Americans include new and "improved" practices in the daily routines of Big truck truck drivers, ....... those same Big truck truck drivers aren't included in the concern about health issues for Americans.
Actually, the new and "improved" revisions of revised new rules create unhealthy conditions for those who drive Big trucks, --- that those who champion good health would advise avoiding, and who themselves, would consider such to be akin to third-world conditions.

As it is, the cost of better health for Americans (who qualify to be included on that list) comes at a heavy cost, paid for by Big truck truck drivers who are now subjected to laws demanding that they must adhere to and obey any new and "improved" stipulations imposed, even if those laws create unhealthy conditions for the Big truck truck drivers themselves.

Which isn't as drastic as it first appears on the surface.
You see, Big truck truck drivers are expendable, and the best part about that is that there are plenty more where they came from who are willing to take their place. Additionally, Big truck truck drivers make excellent Ginny Pigs and/or lab rats suitable for clinical studies. And, as an added bonus, those drivers of Big trucks who are able to communicate intelligently can talk to the lab technicians who study them.
They'll be able to tell the tech's where it hurts.
Probably in their buttox and head. The buttox 'cause of all the sittin' required by their vocation, and the head as a result of having to deal with a ding-bat dispatcher, or the D.O.T. at the Banning Scales out thar in the southern portion of the Land-0-Fruits&Nutz. 10-4?

So, as the saying goes, If you've got it, a Big truck brought it, will remain a truism. EVERYthing, including y'all's better health, --- comes to y'all by way of a Big truck and those who drive 'em. Roll on, Big wheels. Keep on rollin' on. :smt043
Rollin', Rollin', Rollin',............
What's not to like about that? :smt047

No, not "all" have satellite tracking. Owner/Operators probably aren't anxious to install a tattle-tale device for others, so inclined, to keep track of their every move, or where/when they stopped movement.
But the larger Big truck truckin' companies consider satellite tracking a way to be more productive and cut costs as a result, not to mention the brownie points awarded by the government that seems to have quite an interest in any ability to keep track of whatever they deem necessary to keep track of.

With costs reduced, a company can either realize bigger profits, or undercut freight rates to a point so low that smaller Big truck truckin' companies can't compete, --- unless a customer requires top-notch service provided by well qualified Big truck truck operators who know what they're doin' and pride themselves in doin' it that way every time. Those customers aren't likely to find that caliber of service from the bigger truckin' companies who only require that their drivers have a faint pulse and the ability to fog a mirror when held under their nose, to be assigned a Big truck and turned loose for the general motoring public to contend with.

Well, ............ not exactly where we are all the time, at least not with the aid of satellite tracking as an only means. But, now-a-daze, our cell phones could provide that information. And I'm seein' more and more cameras mounted on poles along the highways and at intersections in the cities and towns which, combined with private security cameras at various businesses, could indicate that the day when not only Big Brother can know our every move, but also his sister and her cousin's uncle's brother's nephew.
Welcome to the future.

Now that it's arrived, I predict we'll be reminiscing about the good-ol-daze and confused, a lot more often.

Wonder can lead to worry, --- and worry to fear.
What comes after fear?
I'm not sure.
I haven't gotten past fear yet, ....... but I anticipate finding out what's next, --- after fear, --- soon enough.
I suspect it'll either be the end, or a new "improved" beginning.

Would you believe I'm watchin' you read this post?

Was that a flash of stage fright I detected? :smt037
Relax, amigo.
Just look straight into the monitor, smile, say "hi folks", and imagine all of us in the audience are naked. Then hit us with your best performance.
I'll handle the sound board and mixer with cables jacked to a digital recorder. Later, we'll sit down, do a re-mix, master it, and hopefully find a producer with deep pockets.
Run that idea past your manager, see what he/she says/thinks.
You do have a manager, ........... right?

 

im not sure what you mean?

 

WELL oreintaion is over i START MY 30 DAY OTR TRAINING with another you guessed it newbie that has been on the road 60 days so this newibes to train me ?? wtf oh well at least I am sticking it out here at CR England more to come !!!

 

yes and she says I'm the best no mater what! Course she handles everything I cant do anything but sing and drive

 

I'm not inclined to disagree with managers, so it'll go on record, ---- you're the best no matter what.

All that's left to say at this point is,
Welcome to The Trucker's Report.

 

I'm here to confess -----
C.R. England is not as bad as I've been reporting.
NopE!
It's much worse.

Hang in thar, Cowboy.
You can get through this.
And, afterward, you'll look back at this experience, smile, and feel victorious and vindicated because you've survived the best the worst has to offer, and lived to tell us about it.
If there ain't a medal for that, by golly, there oughta be.