A lot of the local jobs are tough and hard work but a guy can keep his eye open and get lucky occasionally--I did and landed a local job and do 8...
yep--70 hrs at $10 and time and 1/2 makes $850 gross--not bad money if youre not too wore out to spend it--lol
nope--14 hrs mon thru fri will do it but youre wore out by fri night.
It certainly is and it makes me sick to see anyone taking advantage of an active or retired soldier. These people put it all on the line for this...
At least with most of the veterans they won't have to go into debt since the military does train a lot of truck drivers but I sure wouldn't get...
well said driver
the only chance to change it is a big drivers strike but what are the chances of that especially in this economy? ZERO
I drove for o&s 10 years ago and can say nothing bad about them but since they have sold their sould to prime it is probably not so good anymore....
trucking is a pain a lot of times and while i did get burned out on otr i still do it locally and would rather do this job than stuck in an office...
i just dont ever haul real heavy loads and deal with many stoplights and stop signs close together so i would rather not shift but it doesnt kill...
question my manhood all you want but driving local now i would take an automatic in a minute.
@brothertrucker--where do you live in Iowa? Wenger in Davenport is a good company from my experience if you live in Iowa along I-80 or I-35 south...
I applied for a job there once because I liked the routes that they ran and if you like to run like that they can be good but there are a LOT of...
I had my dispatcher call me a midnight once and wanted we to drive to the yard--90 miles--then haul a load 500 miles that needed to be there by...
unfortunately it is the norm it seems and when i driver does complain of home time even after being out for 3-4 weeks then the dispatcher wants to...
unfortunately that seems to be the american way now since the mom and pop businesses have went under--its all a attitude of "i have your money and...
yes we do when hours worked and road expenses are figured in but mostly they acted like they wouldnt get out of bed for $45-50k a year--just not...
i did that job once about 20 years ago and its not as bad as youd think it is.
i got a job like that--40 hrs a week and right now it pays $49,700 a year. a good job to me but i got blasted by some prime drivers on another...
And prime trucks are at what now? Around 62 or 63?
