My problems

Brickman called it dead on. If the outfit pissed you off enough to quit the first time, why'd you go back? There are too many companies out there to be sticking needles in your eyes. Unless, that is, you enjoy bad treatment. And you've quit twice and gone back twice. It never gets better....that is the lesson learned. Will the third time be the charm?

You need to get the seat fixed if you're gonna stay on. Bouncing on those rubber bumpers all day, day in and day out will eventually give you concussion-like symptoms. Those little collisions you're having with the floor will add up to something big later.

You also need to make sure you have a carbon monoxide detector in your cab if you stick with this mickey-mouse outfit. If a board is what he's using to help solve your seat problem, then care for the rigs is playing second fiddle. If you have any exhaust leaks, you need to know before you start having slurred speech, memory problems, and the other #### low-level CO poisoning will cause you. Of course, bouncing up and down in a worn-out seat will bring on these symptoms, too.

 

From the sound of things, you've got the experience. And you've got something additional, time in service/job. Companies like to see lengthy employment histories with one employer, even if you quit and come back.

You should have no problem finding a job with ANY company.

The only thing that may cause you problems, the fact that you do not "get out"...IE 48 state driver. Even that is easily overcome if you just look around. Many companies offer regional runs now. Many more will offer them in the future.

One of the most secure feelings you can get, is being employed by a company who maintains their equipment without fail, and without question.

 

I used to feel that way when I drove for one small company I worked for. It was all the bouncing I was doin' on a worn-out seat. I took a lot nose-heavy reefer runs, and when you have about 33,500 on the backbone of the rig with only about 20K on the wagon wheels, the front end will bounce over bumps. It'll bounce a lot if you have the fifth wheel too far forward for the load, too. It won't bounce much, but without a good seat, I felt it, and so will you. Sometimes I felt like I'd played in an NFL game after a long run in a bouncy seat.

Later I drove a truck for that outfit that had a small leak in the exhaust near the turbocharger. I got on the rig, drove for about three weeks, and had started having all kinds of problems. I got the leak fixed, but I had some symptoms for over two years after getting off the truck. Do NOT fool around with carbon monoxide. Some idiots will tell you the BS line "diesels don't make CO." Yeah, whatever. If the owner of your outfit tells you this, make a beeline to an RV shop and get a detector. The DOT ports have big wands that are used to sniff for that ####, so I guess you could get them to look at your rig out on the road if you're feeling badly enough.

Get a new seat and get a carbon monoxide detector. Each load you take will be used by consumers in only a few weeks, maybe even a few days. Some of these problems you're having because you delivered this crap may stay with you for years.

 

Mr. Tall, good luck on your move. There are better outfits all over the place out there. When I left my little stink-pot company, I started feeling better overall, although I had headaches for months afterwards when I left 'em the final time. I never really quit this company except when I walked the last time. This outfit was my "summer job" I did between semesters. It was the same story every August. I felt worn out on my last day in August and felt great ten days later. The following May, it started all over again. The summer I got the fumes was different, though. That took a while to get over.