JBS Carriers Greeley Colorado

Is that dams or dames?

 

Or in some cases, it's those #### dames!

 

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being a trainer is not always easy some students you get may think they know it all before they step into your truck then you butt heads,cant just walk away when your traveling down the road.

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That is so true with the ones I had to try and train..

 

I'm up here in Greeley,CO 2nd day of orientation with JBS we will finish on wednesday then guys with experince get there truck guys like me get to go with there trainer. Still very happy that I picked JBS cause we finished at 3pm yesterday and 4pm today. when I called my friend who is in orientation with stevens was still at the yard there at 7:30 pm last night.

 

This is the part about meat plants I hate. I'm 2 hrs and 15 min past my drop dead time. Why are they incapable of meeting their own windows?? Will admit that this doesn't happen to often but still..... Sitting at JBS's plant in Worthington, MN.

 

Are you alleging that JBS is knowing working illegals? If so can you support that claim? If so please contact INS and give them your information!

However, if you were just being an obnoxious racist, because of the color of the person's skin, or their primary language feel free to keep that to yourself.

Some of those "Mexicans" may just be here legally.

 

What you are saying here is quite true, but the meat packing industry is rife with illegals looking for employment. Lets face it... a lot of those positions are not a job that most folks would consider "primo." Would you really want to work on a kill floor?

Greeley is what is known as a "sanctuary city..." so is Denver. The political reality is that illegals are routinely released by the police for any and all things that don't require a felony arrest. There are plenty of employers along the front range who won't ask a lot of questions when it comes to I9 documentation, because they know they can pay seriously substandard wages - and get away with it. OTOH, the folks who are "benefitting" from this - the undocumentos aren't going to complain about labor practices that would be considered illegal in the wider community. There is also a healthy black market in forged identity credentials as well... every few years it seems as though someone either is arrested within the motor vehicle department for providing false identities, or there are thefts of blank license/id forms.

That's just the reality of life in front-range Colorado - no racism, its just the way things are.

 

Really?......when JBS took posesion of the greeley plant over 500 workers where let go because SWIFT could not provide documents...they have now gone to the e-varify system ...yes some have false or forged documents but you can't blame an employer for that as long as they do there do process....also it was swift, conagra,and befor that monfort that where regularly raided by INS...now ICE.....I personaly have not heard of any major cases of id fraud in CO in many years...its the industry not JBS.....go to Liberal KS.....or garden city or dodge city and tell me what you find

 

You don't follow the news much then, do ya?

 

3500 is easy to do on e-logs. It takes time management, diligence, and a strong work ethic on the system to do it but it can be done. Im an owner op and am leased onto a reefer company out of the midwest and I've personally done 3700'ish in a 70 on elogs. I was beat at the end of the week, and I ran out of hours in 7 days but it is possible. At my last company I was a tester for elogs (im a techie) a year ago and was told by safety that IF DONE RIGHT, a driver can get 4150 miles before the system will prevent dispatches to the driver. I've never had that many miles on elogs to test that theory (and don't seem that plausible if you ask me) but my number is a testament that it can be done. It's not often that it is as I prefer to run around 28-3200 but it has happened once or twice.

Using Harley's miles (and rounding up or down as appropriate)...

3500 mi / 54 mph average = 65 driving hours, or 6.5 days. 6 pre/post trips and say 5 fuel ups = 69.25 hours.

Totally possible with a STRONG work ethic and proper planning. Harleymax could have the mindset that I do.. if i'm gonna be out here im going to run. My PTA is always set to best optimize hours. If I unload and have 8 hours left to drive, my PTA is set for within 3 hours after my appointment time. I'll always set my PTA like that unless I have less than 2 hours or my 14 is almost out, then i'll set it out until the next day.. BUT message my DM asking if they have anything I can START rolling towards. That at least gets them thinking about me and 9 times out of 10 I get something. Thats where proper planning and proper communication comes in.. that and best using your hours. Thats the ONLY way to make elogs work in your favor to get those kind of numbers. I also believe firmly in leaving the left door closed.. which is why I have a reputation of being reliable and on time at my company. If i'm at the least not on time i'm always early! I say, Keep on truckin' Harley!



This is a great thread. My wife works at the main JBS building off of US34 scheduling appointments for outside carriers and she loves the company. With the price of fuel i've thought about hanging up my truck keys and becoming a company driver again, with JBS being one of 3 companies i'm eyeballing... JBS being one because we live 3 miles from the carriers building on 85. Nothing like having a terminal or headquarters near where you live! I just don't like the no rider/no pet policy. My boy loves to come out with me during the summers, and I have an old dog thats stubborn in his ways my wife isn't fond of and prefers I take him!