Am I missing something here?

in florida if your running local (100-200) miles intrastate you don't follow the HOS rules.

i never seen a dump trucker with a log bog and they stop those guys a lot due to tires and stuff..

 

If a company works strictly intrastate Federal wage laws don't apply to anyone . I worked for a trailer repair shop in GA that worked mechanics 55 - 60 hours a week straight time .
Actually , they could have been busted if the Department Of Labor knew a customer had our trucks go to AL to pick up products to be painted in our shop and delivered in GA . The evidence was there because they had to get AL permits for each trip .

 

there is no WAY on this earth i would drive for $10. an hr...thats AN INSULT

 

it's the new economy.

we won't do it. but there are tons of rookies since the economy went south that will.

 

God $10 is so ######, teenage warehouse workers get that now. Hell back in '04 when I was 19 I was making $11.50 an hour to work in a warehouse. How the hell can they pay a professional driver so little?

 

There are SO many people who have gotten laid off that think trucking is their only hope in life since "drivers are in high demand!" , the huge influx of wanna be drivers into the industry, willing to work for sub-par wages are what cause companies to be very selfish with their pay. We can only hope the economy gets back to where it was in the early 2000's, but I doubt it, since we will probably have our current president for another 4 years.

 

I hear you man, I work for a smaller company that has 18 drivers at our terminal, 600 drivers nationwide, and we get $12/hour detention, $16/hour for yard work, and if you average our load pay into how long it takes to do a local load, its around $20 an hour. That's what we should ALL be making - MINIMUM!

 

psssstttt mustang......note the first name...GIGGLES....i am not a he, but a she, so therefore i am not a man, but a ma'am...LOL...but i do agree....i called a place last year near dallas, that was hiring local drivers. she told me the pay was $8. an hr, I said, "for a class A, cdl driver?"...she said.."yes"......i said..." no disrespect, but i wont work for that, are you sure thats what the starting pay is for a tractor trailer driver is, you have to to be kidding"....then told her no thank you , thank you, and hung up....

 

But DUDE or DUDETTE as the case may be. . .How do we know which one of you is posting? I mean really? So which is it today, is it Giggles? Or is it Country Boy? And which is which? Does Country Boy actually Giggle? Or is Giggles a TOMBOY who likes to look and act like a Country Boy? I mean this is some DEEP stuff here. . .

 

its always me...he has never posted from this screen name...he has his own.C.B.....no, i wouldnt say he giggles, that would be me...i am a tomboy, but dont look like a countryboy...or act like one, altho on occasion been known to talk like one...does that help?