Would you quit if forced on eLogs?

My thanks for fixing that light or mud flap or whatever is in the form of money. As in, since I didn't waste an hour waiting for the shop, I can get rid of the load sooner and move on to the next one. It's purely for my own convenience that I replace them myself. I would do the top ones too, if I had a way to reach them.

 

Whomever wastes a shops time and your company's money by not changing a simple light bulb to keep yourself legal is a serious jackwagon that needs a different job. You are also the lazy b******s that dont like the icky paper logs because it makes you have to think and do something for a couple of minutes. Geeeezus !!! I bet you park in the fuel lane to shower once a month whether you need it or not. Wnder why you dont get a raise? Its because of dumbstuff like that and now they also have to pay for e logs because you are lazy and dumb.

 

I'm not happy about it! But its coming, bill reads all cmv,
Not fleets 50 or over or bad actors. I want every one to learn them
before it mails you tickets! There is a learning curve.

 

You can also tell who the "lease" o/o are and the real independants..... keeping the tires moving does not mean revenue, proper load choice and bidding the proper rate DOES.

I make more than most do in a week and I work 40hrs.

70hrs a week is just not called for unless you are hauling them $1.25 mile loads.

MILES MILES MILES does not mean MONEY MONEY MONEY

 

Only thing I have the shop do to my company owned trailers are tire work, since I have no way to repair a tire while on the road, everything else I take care of myself. I just replaced all 4 drums and pads on one of my trailers and my company paid me $75hr for my labor!!!

 

True. But I like to build up as much as I can so the winter months I don't have to run as hard. I have not hauled anything below $1.80 since I used to pull for Frontier Transport. Since I have been pulling a flat I usually pull for no cheaper than $ 2.00/mile. I work my 65-70 hrs a week and average my $2.60/mile and when winter comes I take time off. I might run a load or two a week and go home and be happy with the ol lady. I only avg right around 2000 miles a week as I don't run cheap freight so I make my miles worth it.

 

I always do what I can to make repairs on this truck. A while back I had to put in a new taillamp connector on the tractor when I noticed my taillamp was out. One of the terminals broke inside the female connector. Took me all of 20 min to drop my trailer, pull forward and do the surgery. Cost me nothing as I had all the tools and parts needed. I treat this truck like I own it because I want to get my own truck someday and lease on to this company.. I've gotten a better idea of what its like to be an owner operator in the 6 months I've worked for this small carrier than the 2 years at Stevens.

 

So why would an electronic log cause you to not be able to make money if you are running 2,000 miles a week and making $2.60 a mile??? I am confused.

And why does 2,000 miles take you 65-70hrs a week?? I know you are running a flatbed, so you have loading times and such so that has to be harder, but I do 2,700 miles in 4 days (44hrs) and it's all on EOBR every single week.

As for the winter months, I can understand that. i can not take off winter as I have a dedicated customer and I am the only driver for this account, so I have to run in the winter just as much as I do in the summer. i am just saving up enough to pay off my house and then I will be working 2 days a week and home every night hopefully.

 

Out of every driver on the road, i doubt 10% carries tools with them. I won't leave the house without a full set of sockets, wrenches, a screwdriver kit, wire cutters, a spool of 10ga wire and a few rolls of electrical tape and zip ties...it's a must!!

 

I have been in a few situations where the e-logs would force me to sit on the edge of the interstate for my 10hr break. With alot of states blocking off where scales used to be and where rest areas where at one time there are times when there is no where to pull off safe. E-logs will then be blamed for the accidents from vehicles hitting the trucks parked on the side of the interstate trying to obey the new bull**** law being enforced. Alot of my loads go thru Chitown and traffic can be a ***** at times so I loose some time coming thru. Sometimes I run these like a dedicated run and traffic and weather on different days throw your hos out of whack but on paper I can easily fix the problems that are costing me time that I shouldn't be loosing.

And why does 2,000 miles take you 65-70hrs a week?? I know you are running a flatbed, so you have loading times and such so that has to be harder, but I do 2,700 miles in 4 days (44hrs) and it's all on EOBR every single week.

I try not to speed to often even though My truck is spec'd for o/o. When I run some of my loads I have alot of LTL and multiple pickup times so I have to tear down and load partial loads and then build my wagon back and sit and then in an hour or so go back and load another part of the load and while doing so all of this is counting towards my 14. So this is why I technically rack up alot of hours on my 70.
The part on paying off ur house sure does sound good. Hope u plan to do alot of fishing when the time comes you can get by with running 2 days a week.