An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

And so it begins......I remember when Heartland bought Gordon. The guys were flying out of there as fast as they could......

 

I thought about you guys the other day, a I was delivering in MN and a Lonestar truck was working on removing their tarps ahead of me. At first I thought the driver was working with a trainer, man this guy was morbidly overweight and really could do nothing himself.

I ended up untarping and putting away my chains, my binders, my tarps. And this dude was still having his truck worked on! I ended up going over and helping remove the nailed in boards and talked to what I assumed to be his trainer only to find out it was actually one of the drivers for the customer! He did everything for this dude, and in the end only paid him $10 - I would have Vemo’d the dude $50 lol.

If your onwership is this desperate for drivers then wow, just wow. That man was 63, with two blown knees - no way should he have been flatbedding. We have to take a mobility test before we can get cleared to work, I really felt for the guy and hope he at least stays safe…and I hope when the time comes ya’ll find a good place to land.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you guys haul a lot of specialized aircraft stuff? Stuff that's really delicate or fragile, or easily damaged?
If SPD starts losing drivers will the learning curve of new drivers hauling that specialized stuff wind up costing them damaged freight, hauls, and maybe contracts.?

 

Yes we do haul aircraft parts and service the aerospace industry. That being said a lot of our loads looks like this. pretty basic flatbed loads.

Also with all the rumors about people quitting, I only know of one person quitting or putting their notice in. And he’s the kind of guy that gets happy feet, he’s already quit and come back once, and has 10+ jobs on his resume.

 

I have the same stuff going on with me for the last 4 months. Goes away for awhile then comes right back. I was just tested for strep and covid and all came back negative.

 

My wife is on her third round of antibiotics. I'm glad that so far I have avoided this mess! Get well soon.