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Whatever company youre with!!

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by atlasshruggery, Jun 19, 2015.

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  1. Jun 25, 2015 #41
    runion25

    runion25 Light Load Member

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    Yes you can if your a car hauler
     
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  3. Jun 25, 2015 #42
    379exhd

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    Or if you actually "log legally" I can run out of my 70 just washing waxing and polishing my tractor...and I can run out of my 70 in 4 days doing that........
     
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  4. Jun 26, 2015 #43
    atlasshruggery

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    If I run a trucking company, I'm giving the miles to the most effecient drivers.
    If someone doesn't want to work weekends, there are a lot of companies that will accommodate you.
    However to drag out every minute spent in a dock, or cleaning your cab, is terribly innefecient. Every job is a competition. taking 70 hours to run 2500 when other guys are running 3500 in that time isn't endearing you to the people who control your money.
    Most of all its dishonest. If you are upfront with your prospective employer, and tell them, that's one thing. However I'm guessing an applicant who says I will run out my clock intentionally for the purpose of home time, will have a long search.
    Sure legally you have that right, but that doesn't make it right. Its funny how truckers are considered the most conservative group around.
    Yet I can't go into a shipper without hearing half the drivers talk of how someone is going to use government regulations to get their way. Even better are the old guys who just love the regulation era. When they got paid more, because the government doled out favor to certain companies.
    I believe in dealing honestly with companies, on a personal level. If I don't like how a company wants me to run, I just won't work there.
     
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  5. Jun 26, 2015 #44
    Pedigreed Bulldog

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    ...so you're saying it is dishonest to log it as I do it (as the regulations require), and that it would be more honest to falsify the RODS by logging "on duty not driving" time as "off duty"?

    Perhaps you should consult a dictionary as to the meaning of the words you toss around.
     
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  7. Jun 27, 2015 #45
    atlasshruggery

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    I don't know your situation. I am speaking in generalities. For most OTR drivers the vast majority of their non break/non drive time is simply sitting in a dock. According to the rules as I understand them, that should be logged as on duty.
    My point is that just because the government puts a new regulation in place, doesn't make it honest. Sitting in your sleeper is not on duty to me.
    The dishonest, or immoral part in that, is not being forthcoming with your employer about it. If you want to log every minute, fine, more miles for me. I have seen a lot of guys tell the prospective employer how hard they run, and that'd just not the case.
     
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  8. Jun 27, 2015 #46
    brsims

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    Originalbigfoot, I don't think you are getting PedigreedBulldog's point. Some of us crusty ol farts have figured out the truth of this industry. Work less, get paid more. I'm at the tail end of my first 2500+ week in over a year, and my tailfeathers are dragging in the dirt! Yeah, I made a bit of extra bank for the week, but I could easily make the same money with less work during the week last year when rates were a bit stronger.

    You get .50/mi. Yay, good for you and all that. I average close to .70/mi all miles for the year thus far, and my carrier's rates seem to be on the rebound. Meaning I might bump that average up to around .80/mi before the year is out. All without working myself to exhaustion.

    You want to run 4,000 miles per week, go for it. But don't think you are better than those of is who prefer better pay for work performed over more work for for crap pay. And try to get out of your truck once in a while. Yer gettin' cranky.
     
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  9. Jun 27, 2015 #47
    atlasshruggery

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    What do you haul to get 70 cents? I'm not doubting you, just wondering.
    Also, at 70 cents a mile, the cops would have to set up road blocks to get me to stop.
     
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  10. Jun 27, 2015 #48
    Vilhiem

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    Even then, just flick on the CB and ask how to get around it! :p

    I'd run like a bat outta hell for that kind of money.
     
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  11. Jun 27, 2015 #49
    just_the

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    I just left Schneider, I loved the people I worked with, and they def. kept miles on me, but I couldn't afford to waste 5-10 hours a week running around looking for mt trailers or dealing w/ other driver's bs dvirs.
     
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  12. Jun 28, 2015 #50
    brsims

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    Average of .70/mile all miles driven? I drag a flatbed, and run northeast/great lakes regional taking the short runs all the mileage drivers turn their nose up at. I've had days where I dropped three loads and only ran about 200 miles.

    It ain't about the miles driven, it's the money earned. I've talked to plenty of mileage paid drivers who refuse to see the profit potential of running for percentage. They tell me "I don't drive for free!" Well, neither do I. Granted, I don't get paid to move the truck empty from the last delivery to the next pick up, but when you look at how much more I make on a weekly basis over a mileage paid driver running the same lanes and freight, the profits of percentage pay get real obvious real quick!

    The down side is having to chain, strap, and tarp in extreme weather on occassion. Lawks and lordy lordy, I actually have to grunt and sweat about twenty hours per week, if that.
     
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