Recent news of Trucker Shortages

Them schools must be steering wheel holding schools, they made a mistake of letting all us aged farts go, They lost a lot of knowledge doing that, but then everything is going computer controlled and some of break them things fast.

 

I was wondering about the concept of the steering wheel holder.
You hear all these guys talk about wanting the BIG HAMMER so they never have to drop a gear.
That means they would be doing what all day?

 

you really have to like driving to put up with some of the B.S...... im local but the job still has its problems.

-tomorrow is a major holiday. most of the working world is off, some drivers have to work..... i fully understand that im going to have to work..... however the additional compensation for working the holiday doesn't exist, you get NOTHING. work all major holiday for straight pay.

-you dont get hourly compensation and industry wide drivers end up sitting without pay. its quite common. they do have detention pay but then only after two hours sitting in a plant and its only $10, it's less then minimum wage in N.Y. there has been more then a few occasions with guys sitting at a milk plant for 10 hours, that only nets $80

- some companies have sketchy hiring practices and you could end up working with someone with a serious criminal record and never know it. its less then ideal to work for a company that has non-existent hiring standards...... a pulse, a class A, and a tanker endorsement is all that is required. sad.

why do i stay at this company? 1. i like driving 2. the hours work for me. 3. the route works for me i dont do plant deliveries, drop and hook. i take the good with the bad i guess.

the so called driver shortage is often the fault of the way this industry is structured along with pay and benefits. they often times make their own bed.

 

All I can say is that cat is typing words that would make a sailor blush!