Time to stand up drivers!

Timeforchange · Jul 12, 2018

Hurst said: ↑

First,.. as an O/O,.. I provide a service that my customers pay for. My reputation and future ability to serve my customers depends on my ability to provide a reliable and problem free experience.

Seems to me your problem is with the rail yard and you some how feel the entire operation, including the rail yard, revolves around you and your truck.

Personally there is a reason containers dont pay very much and it usually reflects back to the quality of trucks and drivers who choose to move them.

Your lack of professional etiquette is what got you banned. What you failed to realize is that trucking is a dog eat dog, service oriented, cut throat business. You are obviously not significant or vital to their operation and they let you go.

Instead of fuming and pointing fingers. The professional and mature thing to do here is to evaluate and analyze where you went wrong and make corrective steps to better yourself.

Hurst
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My truck was banned from the yard because I chose not to allow them to needlessly keep me waiting for them to come lift the box. And yes, we are the customer when we enter those rails and should be treated as such! And yes, my issue is with the rails, we are treated w zero respect and our time has no value to them, if that is something that you've been conditioned to accept as part of the job, enjoy the treatment cuz it's only gonna get worse

Timeforchange · Jul 12, 2018

runningman0661 said: ↑

Here’s a thought, quit pulling container freight. Rail and ports have always been $t work, paying garbage wages. There is plenty of freight to be moved in this country.
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I enjoy doing what I do and am very good at it, most of the local/home every night work that is available is not what I'm interested in doing My point is, there's no reason we as commercial drivers and truck owners should be treated with such disregard for our time, without us the rail yards could not stay open. I have no issues with following yard rules or waiting for a reasonable amount of time while operators are working, but when the whole yard is shut down while on break and trucks are getting more and more backed up, and the equipment is in horrendous condition and operators refuse to pull new chassis, this I am fed up with!

Atlanta trucker · Jul 12, 2018

Timeforchange said: ↑

My truck was banned from the yard because I chose not to allow them to needlessly keep me waiting for them to come lift the box. And yes, we are the customer when we enter those rails and should be treated as such! And yes, my issue is with the rails, we are treated w zero respect and our time has no value to them, if that is something that you've been conditioned to accept as part of the job, enjoy the treatment cuz it's only gonna get worse
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Problem was solved ... you where banned from the yard. You said you did not like wasting your precious time sitting at that yard so they fixed your problem by banning you , that is what capitalism does , IT FIXES PROBLEMS that humans have.
You now can use your precious time doing something more valuable.

Timeforchange · Jul 12, 2018

Atlanta trucker said: ↑

Problem was solved ... you where banned from the yard. You said you did not like wasting your precious time sitting at that yard so they fixed your problem by banning you , that is what capitalism does , IT FIXES PROBLEMS that humans have.
You now can use your precious time doing something more valuable.
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Sounds the same a response from an hourly union driver! If you're getting paid for your time it's not being wasted. And these guys responding with the "you should have waited, it's the industry"! It doesn't have to be, we all dint get paid by the hr and again, THERE'S NO #### REASON WE SHOULD BE WAITING FOR A LIFT OR ANYTHING ELSE WHILE EVERY #### OPERATOR IN THE RAIL IS TAKING AN HR BREAK!

Oldironfan · Jul 12, 2018

Ive already said I am leaving OTR in a month. My problem starts at ELOGS. So sure I'm in.

Tb0n3 · Jul 12, 2018

Oldironfan said: ↑

Ive already said I am leaving OTR in a month. My problem starts at ELOGS. So sure I'm in.
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Some people just aren't cut out for it.

Johny41 · Jul 12, 2018

I would first stand up for parking crisis, i read this numbers in the article bellow , national average 1 out of 10 trucks has a place to park for mandatory breaks along the highways.

"The Root of the Problem
A central cause for the severe shortage of adequate truck parking is the more than 3 million truckers on U.S. roads and highways. Currently, there is only parking for 300,000 trucks according to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Only 36,000 of those parking spots are at rest areas and the remainder are located at truck stops."

Truck Parking Shortage Reaches Critical Status - Geotab Blog

In USA about 350-400,000 commercial trucks were sold over past 12 months, new trucks sales are topping record numbers 40,000/month ; I went to see some new hwy trucks last week here in Ontario Canada , but ,like never before, there are no new Volvos or Freightlinears available to pick up right away from dealer, have to wait 5-6 moths for a new truck.
US Heavy Truck Sales

Tb0n3 · Jul 12, 2018

Johny41 said: ↑

I would first stand up for parking crisis, i read this numbers in the article bellow , national average 1 out of 10 trucks has a place to park for mandatory breaks along the highways.

"The Root of the Problem
A central cause for the severe shortage of adequate truck parking is the more than 3 million truckers on U.S. roads and highways. Currently, there is only parking for 300,000 trucks according to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Only 36,000 of those parking spots are at rest areas and the remainder are located at truck stops."

Truck Parking Shortage Reaches Critical Status - Geotab Blog
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Those numbers only matter if every single truck driver is OTR. Most are local, construction, LTL, straight truck, you name it. Sure there's a shortage, but only in the most popular lanes.

ACO476 · Jul 12, 2018

The OP just doesn't get it.

To the OP: You are NOT the customer. YOU are providing a service to your customer and they are paying YOU for that service. You screwed this up and they decided not to be your customer anymore. I'd have banned you too.

Good luck in your future endeavors. I have a feeling you're going to need a lot of it...

driverdriver · Jul 12, 2018

I can't talk right now , my mouth is full.

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