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Should I switch companies, Part Deaux

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by tucker, Aug 17, 2017.

Should I switch?

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Tucker is awesome

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  1. Aug 17, 2017 #1
    tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    I hate switching jobs,

    Crete is only my third real job
    I hate almost everything about Crete.
    My average miles per week with hometime is about 2,100 at 50 cents a mile.
    I almost never drive nights.
    I almost never deliver near midnight.(maybe twice a year)
    (Deleted that paragraph) sorry.
    Bunches of short loads and a lot of unpaid dock time.
    A lot of zoned (regional) freight where I don't live.
    Away from home 21 days.
    I can idle all I want to keep comfortable.
    Or
    Or
    Or
    Pull a pneumatic trailer
    Slip seat in a day cab (truck makes another run after me, or before me)
    The yard is 4 miles from my home.
    250 miles empty to load and 250 back and deliver at 37 cents per mile.
    15.75 hourly for loading and unloading, (pay starts immediately when I get there) they say about an hour on each end.
    Usually 6 runs per week.
     
    tucker, Aug 17, 2017
    tucker, Aug 17, 2017
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  3. Aug 17, 2017 #2
    Cottonmouth85

    Cottonmouth85 Bad Influence

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    What kind of pneumatic hauling is it?
     
    Cottonmouth85, Aug 17, 2017
    Cottonmouth85, Aug 17, 2017
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  4. Aug 17, 2017 #3
    CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    Crete would be lost without you.
     
    CrappieJunkie, Aug 17, 2017
    CrappieJunkie, Aug 17, 2017
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  5. Aug 17, 2017 #4
    MrEd

    MrEd Road Train Member

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    All I can say is I think driving the same 250 mile stretch every day would become mind numbingly boring in about 3 days. And would make me go totally bonkers in just a few more days.
     
    MrEd, Aug 17, 2017
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  7. Aug 17, 2017 #5
    Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I voted yes & no since we had two choices.
     
    Dave_in_AZ, Aug 17, 2017
    Dave_in_AZ, Aug 17, 2017
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  8. Aug 17, 2017 #6
    Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    You stay out for 3 weeks for 2100 miles a week?

    If your going to do local, why not go to a teamster outfit and make some decent cash, or estes or OD or something?
     
    Dave_in_AZ, Aug 17, 2017
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  9. Aug 17, 2017 #7
    rolls canardly

    rolls canardly Road Train Member

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    Gotta love a wiseguy.
    Was gonna just vote "Tucker is awesome," but I forgot the question?

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    Kinda agree with Mr. Ed in a way,too.
    If you got a different windshield every day - thats got to count for somthing.
     
    rolls canardly, Aug 17, 2017
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  10. Aug 17, 2017 #8
    FlexinTarzan

    FlexinTarzan Medium Load Member

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    ski mask.jpg Or dig out that old "Money Maker" and put it back to work ...
     
    FlexinTarzan, Aug 17, 2017
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  11. Aug 17, 2017 #9
    CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    Crete will always take you back, that said do you think you'd really return?

    If you would never go back to a job, that's a job worth leaving imo
     
    CasanovaCruiser, Aug 17, 2017
    CasanovaCruiser, Aug 17, 2017
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  12. Aug 17, 2017 #10
    ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Is that 0.37 1099 or w-2? Even w-2 it's near the bottom of what I would do...
    Of course maybe once you have some pneumatic experience, you can get a better paying job.
     
    ZVar, Aug 17, 2017
    ZVar, Aug 17, 2017
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