Why is trucking such a low paying industry?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by snowbird_89, Feb 15, 2013.

  1. WRIGHTRACING

    WRIGHTRACING Heavy Load Member

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    The shortage will lower once more people get fired from raising of minimum wage...Meanwhile we'll still get paid less that what we're worth.
     
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  3. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    To replace drivers that crashed after chaining up .
     
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  4. sedain

    sedain Medium Load Member

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    as long as youre still within hos. 2 jobs isnt two log books obviously.
     
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  5. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    Not true on the not 2 log books . Each carrier may require using their corporate books . One book would be have to be used for each but the info must be duplicated .
    Now if you worked for a carrier that had e-logs full time and worked part time for a carrier that used paper logs how would the e-logs handle that .
    I'll ask XRS (formerly Xata ) and update with a response .
     
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  6. WRIGHTRACING

    WRIGHTRACING Heavy Load Member

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    I run elogs...you can go back and update the elogs all you want, you just can't take away from the driving line once you drove it.

    Now as far as how do you log from your elog to your paper log, just have to line it up as close as you can get it.
     
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  7. God Bless America

    God Bless America Bobtail Member

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    Why is that funny? People are trying to make a decent living and you are mocking them? SHAME on you!!! Besides, if you become an owner operator you can easily make 1k every week while your moving. You gotta have a game plan son.
     
  8. WRIGHTRACING

    WRIGHTRACING Heavy Load Member

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    Who are you talking to?
     
  9. WRIGHTRACING

    WRIGHTRACING Heavy Load Member

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    Who are you talking to?
     
  10. Surfer Joe

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    Is it possible that the Lobbyists that work for all the big Corporations have bought off ALL the members of the Federal government and have given those members explicit instructions to allow illegal immigration? Did you know that until 2009, there were up to a MILLION (thats right, a million) illegal immigrants a year crossing our southern border, while the border patrol was told to look the other way? Oh, and companies were not prosecuted for hiring them. Remember, "These people are just doing jobs that no one else wants to do". Obama actually said that. Guess who is building all our houses now, for 9 bucks an hour? Funny though, you never hear that coming from many officials at the local or even state level.
     
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  11. Ghost Ryder

    Ghost Ryder Road Train Member

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    Have you seen the majority of the drivers on the road?






























    Enough said. We are our own worst enemy.
     
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