Try smaller companies like whole sale lumber and building materials or local freight transfer,they usually treat their drivers better
TMC Transportation, Inc. - Des Moines, Ia.
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that last post is such a joke, the long b/s story about the 4 month employee who was over worked lol give me a break. the way freight is so slow now there is no one over worked. tmc dont push 5 loads a week, there is not enough to do that, i cant stand all the crying from drivers who are not really truckers and want to bash tmc because they cant cut it!
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thank you bangngears. thats exactly why i posted what i did acouple posts ago.
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Wasn't that post from ####y from like 2001?
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tmc is sending a rep to a private school I am at, I agree that the 5-load question will not be on my mind.
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I said a long time ago that although this ####y person wasn't 100% wrong, he probably could've "played the game" a little bit better, and made it easier on himself.
Sadly, "playing the game" isn't something that you can be taught in truck driving school. It took me about a year to get used to it, but once i did i made great money and was happy there.
I was never asked to run hot. Yes, your -goal- should be 5 loads per week (if you're regional) this is a business where you are paid based on the amount of work that you do.. Why the hell wouldn't you want to run 5 loads a week?
The thing is, even though that's a "Goal" they aren't going to push you unless you aren't doing it due to your own faults, mostly they only look at your average REVENUE to the truck, and not the amount of loads you needed to haul that week to get it.
The point is, i see both sides of the story here, and don't see any need to pick on anyone personally just because they had what they consider to be a bad experience. I understand speaking your peace, though, and i understand that even though the post is correct, it's also coming from a new guy who hadn't learned how to "play the game" yet.
Don't let anyone push you around. Don't run hot, don't run overweight, if your fleet manager expects you too, tell him no, if it becomes an issue, call safety.. Don't take loads where you know you will have to sit and wait around all day to get it, and don't spend your time playing space invaders at the pilot, either.
Its not a hard job, it just takes some discipline. Be warned, though.. It's not like the recruiter probably told you it was. Flatbedding is easy once you've done it a few years, but starting out, you will likely quit every single day >.<Wolfpack Thanks this. -
Thats funny that you mention that ecks....Been doing flatbed almost exclusively since 1994 and every winter I quit in my mind about 2 to 3 times a day...lol...
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Do a winter of towing and flatbedding will look a lot better.
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you can have your five loads a week if you want, i am happy with my 3 to 4 a week. i like to load on monday in ny and unload fri am in washington. see thats how you make money not how many loads you do but how much revenue the truck makes. if your revenue is high tmc could care less how many loads u do. i have been out here for 20+ years and have listen to the cry babies who got layed off from their job and now want to truck and think they should make premium money right out of the gates. well it dont work that way!Wolfpack Thanks this.
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