The future for trucking is sad

may i ask which company u work for?

 

Bull Pucky, not only can e-logs be "fudged" they will be... the difference is that the driver will not be able to 'fudge' them any more... Some pencil pusher, in control, at dispatch will now do the fudging.

 

I assume this means, Lie your arse off...

 

Can you prove this. I ask because, as my employers receiving associate (fork lift operator), I see several drivers a day that have E-logs, and have yet to see one that can be fudged.

 

It is a small electronic device!
Its just a matter of time before someone comes up with a way to (hack) it lol!

 

Can the driver fudge them? No... well not really. They can and do fudge them at dispatch. They can change the line that the driver is on, and delete location data. The difference being, the driver is taken out of the loop. I would certainly deem it a control thing.

One ,must remember that this technology in NOT perfect. My in truck GPS(last week) was showing dispatch that I was sitting 0 MPH at a location I was at 6 hours ago. (I had already delivered a load and was on my way to pick up another one when dispatch called me about it)

 

OK, I gotcha now. Your assuming that dispatch cares enough to learn how to operate this new equipment.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean... but in a sense, they are forced to care. It's is part of the game in our industry.

Let's face it, log it like you do it only works in a perfect world. The world is NOT perfect.

Let's look at a typical start of the week... I'll use a buddy I keep in touch with almost daily.

Dispatch Sunday night
Driver leaves 5:00 monday morning
Drives 90 miles to dock (15 min pre trip... with 1 hr 45min line 3)
Waits in line 50 min for a free dock
Waits 2 hrs for them to start loading (been on line 4 now for 3 hrs)
Driver starts to get heated and calls dispatch asking WTF...
Dispatch tells driver to drop trailer there and Bob to another trailer location across town 25 miles 1 hour 15 min line 3 due to traffic.
Driver finds this trailer is also NOT loaded and has to wait for product to be made for loading... 3.5 hours on line 4
Driver hits begining rush hour at 3:00 leaving town (100 miles out of town = 2 hrs 45 min )

Driver now has 1 hr and 30min left on the 14 hour OOS another 90 miles

So, Log it like you do it gave the driver a total of 305 miles at .38 CPM ($115.90 for the day)

However the driver DID work 14 hours or at a rate of $8.28 per hour.

People that ask if you want fries with that are making better wages!

 

If you can't make more driving a truck than working at McDonald's then you need to learn how to work. I keep hearing some disgruntled drivers complain about the low wages in this industry and how they can make more at McDonald's. My advice is that if that is the case then you should probably go to work for McDonald's.

Even starting out a driver should earn about $30-35,000 his first year. You are not going to make that much working at McDonald's or any other fast food restaurant unless you are a manager. Some drivers think that the carrier should pay them to eat a meal, go to the toilet and take a shower. If you can get ANY employer to do that then more power to you.

This industry is changing. If you can't or don't want to deal with it you can do two things. You can either fight for changes or adapt. It seems a simple choice to me.

 

I made $38,000 last year and I did not pay any federal income tax. In fact, I think the government paid me $4,500 over and above what my employer took out of my check. I know how to work and I'm still well below the poverty line for a family of five.

Very simple indeed... Pretty soon I'll hand over the keys to my truck to an illegal alien who's willing to drive for three and a half cents per mile.