TMC

Does TMC have an idle policy ,And if so what equipment have they added to those Black/Chrome Peterbilts to meet the drivers need for heat an ac without idiling the tractor when attempting to meet the idle policy ,Any ? Or do they expect the drivers to get along without heat/ac ,And just write up drivers ,and eventually terminate the drivers that idle for comfort ?


I researched TMC ,and after speaking to many TMC drivers ...IN PERSON...I felt they were scraping the bottom in ethics and driver treatment .

 

I, also, did some extensive research, actually, working for them for 1.5 years. I never got wrote up of excessive idling, but my last idle percentage was 4.78. In all honesty, I tolerate both the hot and cold extremely well. I am from Texas so I didn't have to worry too much about the cold, although I will say I was in every storm to blow through the midwest last year. There were several days that I never turned off the truck due to TMC's idle policy once the temperature drops below 16 degrees. If it wasn't 15 degrees, and I wasn't cold, I didn't idle.

For me, heat is much worse. If it is 80 degrees and below when I go to bed, I am fine. Above that and I am uncomfortable.

Did I ever feel abused, no. I had the option of idling, I chose not to. Money was more important than some sense of entitlement.

I don't work for TMC now, so I can't say what the current policy, stated or unstated is. Before I quit, it was keep it at 30% or lower and you were fine. Even drivers with 50% just got a talking to by their FM's.

I have been in truck stops where it was a pleasent temperature and numerous trucks were idling. Yeah, I know, everyone has a different comfort zone.

Reminds me of a picture I saw of some of our soldiers in a war zone. Vehicles were passing by on the road, mud up to their axels. The soldiers just pulled out their sleeping bags and lay in the mud, thankful to get even a moments rest.

Quit crying and be thankful you have a job.

 

The living conditions of a Soldier is of no basis for the living conditions of an OTR driver ,And attempting to make a comparison is laughable .

 

Really!?

Do you find it laughable that soldiers live in those conditions, or that someone finds it easier to deal with a situation because he realizes someone else has it worse?

Just wondering?

 

That question shows you have reading comprehension skills on par with a 1st grader .


The hardships/living conditions experienced by enlisted military personnel at war is not a basis inwhich I base weather or not I'm being treated fairly by my employer as a civillian living in the states ...And if a company has to make a comparison of life on their truck VS life on the front line sleeping in a ditch inorder to make their expectations and treatment of the driver/employee seem fair....YES I FIND THIS IS A LAUGHABLE .

 

maybe its the alcohol talking then but I am one of those enlisted military on the front lines (although not at the moment).

Hence why I felt it necessary to respond

 

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just so we can protect your right to bash us and take your freedom forgranted

 

Did they start issuing crack pipes in basic ?...Just asking b/c you seem to be rambling on enraged over statements that were never made in my posts .

 

Seems like anyone who has ever served in the Military understands. Yet you don't, go figure.

 

"I wana be an Airbourne Ranger"...Live the life of blood, and danger.

They issued me a big spoon to eat with...I used it for my heroin.

I like the way TMC made you an E-2..... They are a military truck company....Hu-Raa