I wish I could, but I drive for a small "Mom and Pop" logging company and he doesn't have the proper permits for the extra weight or the drop...
Oh, and the driver that told me that it's legal to log off duty on the private ranch used to work for CRE, so there you go. I was born at night...
That's it in a nut shell. I'm back in a truck again after being gone for seven years. Kind of like riding a bicycle but the rules have changed...
Got it figured out. I'll just follow the 16 hour rule, looked it up on dmv website. Drive time no more than 12 and no more than 16 total on duty,...
Well the company doesn't even need to run a log because we don't get go over the 100 mile radius, but he says he wants us to use one. With two...
And this includes "Intrastate Regs"? I looked on Californias DOT regulations and they state that we fall under the FARM RULE. Forest products....
I'm hauling woodchips for a local outfit here in town and pick up on a private ranch. The boss wants us to run a log book but also wants 3 loads a...
10 things I've learned from being a dispatcher: 1. You see trucking from a different perspective, and it's a great learning experience. 2. If...
When I started driving you had two choices, hood or cabover, and it was hood hands down for me. I think anything that isn't a cabover is still...
Because it's easy and local. Some of the guys I drove with were already collecting a pension and didn't need big$$. One of the drivers was a...
Give em a try. I drove out of the Victorville terminal when it was Two B Trucking and then Aartman. I ran the Amargosa Nv to Ralphs distribution...
Bulletprof: Do you remember a driver named "Big ED" or Johnny Roacha? Good poeple.
I don't know much about Ruan, never met any of their drivers. When I was hauling milk, the big outfits like KCTL, CMT, Regency etc. were sweatshops.
I remember talking to some of the old CMP drivers back then, and all of them said they made top $$$ back in the day before KCTL took over. I've...
I don't remember Thayer owning any Dairys But I do remember Orozco trying to steal our accounts with his two horse operation. Ruan now owns 3/4 of...
And 10-4 on the "My kid needs a new Lexus". Some of the big dairy's milk barns in the central valley looked like the Taj Mahal.
Hey bulletproof, when did you work for the Portuguese Mafia (KCTL)? That was my first milk hauling job in 1994. KCTL paid $11.75 hr, union scale...
:biggrin_2554:This is sad because R&R used to be a great outfit to drive for. I worked for them back in the early 1990's and never had a problem,...
Any driver that thinks CSA 2010 and or mandated E-Logs is an act of benevolence or a good thing have Stockholm Syndrome.
That's why I suggested getting to know another driver that you can trust to run your truck a couple of days a week. Please don't let me discourage...
