hiatus time- so long gang!

Thats what I keep saying about CR E but nobody believes me man. J K. Just talked to one of your drivers over in Tracy Ca sittin at that cheethole truckstop on Tracy Blvd he be sitting there almost 2 days with no reload...not cool. But why you gotta go cant you post besides the May forum? You got your feelings hurt by other Mays' get over it man. Your having a good experience thats all that matters, same thing where Im at for some reason I get in 3000 miles a week and some of my co workers barely scratch 1500 and I get dirty looks and stupid comments but I don't care. Well if you decide to stay or leave good luck driver.

 

Happens to me too. I don't work for May, I work for England but the same thing happens to me as well when I try to say good things about England. I don't know how many times I've been called a company shill, or cheerleader, DM or recruiter in disguise. Seems to me that too many people that come these forums asking questions need to make their own decisions and stop taking the advice from all the so-called "experts". Even if one does fail, you can't say it was because of all the "I told you so's". More than likely, if you failed, it was because of your OWN doing. I've been leasing with England for 2 years and one month and I don't consider myself as failing. If I was, I would of gotten out of it a long time ago. I've always been the type to not be a quitter and put forth extra effort but that only goes so far before you realize you got yourself into a bad position and that nothing you do will improve. That hasn't happened to me and I highly doubt it will.

 

I just started here at May Trucking and just got my truck (whistling Pete) on Monday in Payette. I om on hometime out of the Brooks terminal until Saturday so I don't know about any sitting yet. I hope to make the best out of any situations that come up. I have already experienced a few while in training so I know they happen. I hope to meet you out there on the road somewhere. My truck # is 4682.

 

Just curious if you would be willing to disclose what your taxable income was at CRE on your 2 year lease ?
How will the 168 hours between restarts affect your income ? I've heard it will reduce income by 15% or more .

 

First and foremost, I don't think this is the proper thread to discuss this.

Second, its a three year lease and I'm just a wee bit over my second year in it.

Third, why do you want me to disclose this information to you? Are you doubting me that I'm not doing as good as I say I am?

Lastly, what do you mean by the 168 hours between restarts?

 

Why would it matter?

If they posted the figures and they were good, most of the people would accuse them of fabricating the information.

The same would be for a tax return. You and others would claim it was false or fabricated.

The same could be said if you posted your financial information.

 

I haven't seen anything that says how well you are doing . We saw one post where a L/O netted less than $275 a week . Some may consider that a success , others not .
As for 168 hours between restarts it begins in July and will greatly affect L/O's that push max hours to survive . http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos-final/qanda.aspx

Operators running to the max using the current restarts to the greatest advantage will have their potential income cut by 15% or more

 

You don't need to do a restart every week to be successful. As a "professional driver" you should be able to figure your hours and make them work for you. There's no reason if you are a good trip planner and don't waste time, you couldn't work off that back 8 days. We only got this 34 hour restart back in 2003. Before then we kept working off our back 8 days, until we took a week off. And we all made money doing it that way. C'mon. The only person stopping you from making money is you.

 

Well, I can assure you we probably aren't doing as well as what your idea is of doing well but for two people teaming with only 2.5 years experience, we feel we're doing just fine.

I take it this was a solo?

We make far more than that on a weekly basis. Usually average a combined net income of around a thousand every week. As I said, its not what most would consider outstanding but keep in mind, we're still new. We run for a starter company. We leased a new truck with the intention of finishing it through. After that, we may move on to another company that pays their drivers more for what they are worth.

Well, I guess because of this its a good reason why we choose not to run typical CRE team miles where we have to rely on restarts all the time.