Abandonment question

You are a complete idiot and total loser if you abandon a load. Man up, grow up and get to a terminal.

 

Honestly, if you're the type of guy that can just dump a truck at a Pilot and walk you will never make it in trucking. You know this too, so dump it.

 

Your first mistake was you signed up with Werner. Your next mistake is abandoning that truck.

 

Don't abandon the truck. Quitting because you've had enough of the hassle is one thing, but do it the right way. You'll get to keep your self respect and know you followed through with your responsibilities to the end. Walking away is for losers.

 

dac is for life. stay away from mega carriers and you won't even care. stick with smaller or local companies that don't use dac. which is 90% of the industry.

 

If u 100% sure that you are never going back to truck driving again....if u already got your last CHECK then EFF THAT TRUCK

 

Just because he's decided that truck driving isn't what he expected it at least he tried and decided to hang it up rather than to be miserable. Trucking doesn't suit everyone and he's frustrated and just wants advice on how to get out. Not be reamed by everyone

 

Posts like this have made me decide to stick to driving local with my class B, I make $16 an hour plus benefits and I am home every night, I can live with that. Maybe the grass isn't always cleaner.

 

Dumping a truck is the most dirt bag move in the Industry and you want the members, most of whom are professionals and proud of it, to give him slack? You must be crazy, we have all quit companies, most of us didn't abandon equipment. What advice could I possibly give him that's not painfully obvious?

 

Just like any credit report, the info will remain on your DAC for 7 years. The abandonment will blackball you from most large carriers who subscribe to DAC. There are lots of smaller companies who don't subscribe so that info won't come up unless you tell them.
Don't know your situation on how you obtained your CDL, but if there is any tuition reimbursement that you signed a contract for, expect a demand letter to repay funds advanced to you.
If you are dead set on quitting, be a man and notify your DM and tell him/her you quit and need to be routed to the nearest terminal to clean your truck out.
And when you do turn it in, document the condition with pictures, and have a shop person sign that the truck is in acceptable condition like you received it.
Then find some other line of work, because it isn't going to get better, probably worse in the next few years.