Poly Trucking What you need to know !

Loaners are at the various Plants Wisconsin150
( not sure about xxx-Tex)

Call your dispatchers and they should be able to name
what truck #'s are available at the location nearest you.
Divert ...and get a good loaner . Stop babysitting their
POS International trucks.

I've grabbed loaners out of UPN/GP/and almost once in NV
...a loaner is a loaner is a loaner

A car with an average MPG will need 13.02 gallons of gas to cover the route between Phoenix, AZ and Henderson, NV.

The estimated cost of gas to go from Phoenix to Henderson is $30.35.

Rental are cheap .... its only 290 miles from PHX to Henderson

 

Hot day A/C went out on loaner on way back from Salt Lake but made her in and transferred #### over to another truck at Poly West. From the short time I have been back it seems we have picked up a lot of different type back haul and places. Got a BH from SLC picking up in Kingman, AZ and heading to New Cany, Texas. Pretty fair run. Deliver Monday 0400 and who knows from there.

 

Good job battling the heat..
Is that other driver still in the hotel waiting for his AC to get fixed?

 

They take your 5 highest annual incomes when calculating what you'll get

 

Not true. it was that way years ago, Bur now they use the weighted average of your highest 30 or 35 years. Check the SS site for latest info.

 

If it's changed it changed in the last 3 or 4 yrs.

 

Think you're talking about me?

I sat in Phoenix for a week for international to fix it. They finally said nothing wrong with it.

I then drove it to Henderson then oregon. Coming out of Oregon it went out again.

So I just drove at night and stayed in hotels during the day. Finally got it to International dealer in Laredo. It took them about a week to fix it. It's worked ever since.

I ran up over $1,700 in hotel charges

Plus i wasn't making money while truck in shop.

Yes I had to pay out of pocket but was reimbursed within a week of turning the receipts in.

 

They better start planning on raising it to .52/mile on those posters because I'm noticing signs on other trucks that are now paying .50/mile.

 

CPM (or money in general) should never be the only thing "pulling" you to a company. It's a proven fact that money alone is not a very good retention tool. You'll always be happier if you seek out a balance. We all have to eat. I get that. But, we also need to be as stress free as possible. I know I could probably make more money somewhere else, but I make $55-$60k a year where I am and that's fine by me. My truck rarely breaks and when it does, it's fixed. Had to get a fuel filter replaced yesterday. Rolled into our terminal at 1655 (shop goes home at 1700). I said "Do I need to come back in the am?". They said "No, go ahead and bring over and we'll get it now".

Also, everyone from the owner (talked with him this morning) down is friendly and willing to help you out anytime.

All that means more to me than making more money and having to put up with endless b.s.

 

Poly thread seems to have died....anybody still working here?