Sorry to hear that happened. Hope u make it thru the social security hoops. I have no intention of trading my health for $. I'm going to stick it...
I get to that many hours in a day and I think "why am I not home yet?" and I still have 100+ miles to drive back to the warhouse, than have to...
I assumed y'all was talking about gasoline/diesel tankers but maybe u meant gas not liquid? Of course ther'd be no surge issue with that kind of...
I am thinking about tankers. I've hauled heating oil in straight trucks with 3000/4000 gallon tanks before (several years ago). In winter icy...
im not sure how it goes at fedex ground but where i work it's rare to NOT work 45+ hours a week.
I don't work for fedex ground, but if the consensus is they are that bad than it's good to know so I won't "move up" to another company like the...
I don't know why the place I work wants me to work so much (doesn't make sense since we get paid hourly and overtime) but they have so much...
I think that would be worth looking into. I have hazmat and tanker endorsements, plus experience with a straight truck hauling heating oil several...
I'm in Maine. I doubt I could get a leave of absence. They only give 5 personal days per year and 1 week vacation and weekends. It may be more...
Ideally I'd love to get out of trucking. It's all bad in my opinion but this is like u said *brutal*. Another type of trucking may be a lot...
Why? I have no idea why. I think the same way u do. It makes NO SENSE whatsoever why they are so against time off. But it's nearly impossible...
There's no way to go to school or learn another skill set while doing local ltl. It's extremely hard work and the companies are so inflexible...
It's really stupid when driver's flash their brights, but it's also stupid when they turn their lights off and than on quickly in general. They...
Hi Everyone. I drive a daycab locally. Home every night. I did my time over the road and finally make more money than I made over the road AND...
