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

Didn't they have EGR engines or DEF systems over there before we got them over here? That didn't transition over here too well.

Since it's a 24v system via having the batteries in series, I wonder if it requires a 24v alternator. If so, that means repair shops will have to keep both in stock. I can see a highly qualified T/A parts changer getting confused and put a 24v on a 12v truck and burning it down

 

Will deliver this load Saturday, then I get a couple weeks of cake duty. The elevator planner that's in Toledo all but begged me to help out at the Otis plant in Florence. No elevator loads to customer site deliveries. Basically work the yard and shuttle dryvan loads to an offsite location. M-F 7-3, weekends off. Not as good of pay as OTR, but couple it with what miles I have turned so far this pay period, I will end up grossing about $4400 if I work the rest of the month there. I told her I would commit to at least to one week, if I still have my sanity after that, then I will finish out the rest of the month, but that's it. I hate that plant with a passion, and dislike Otis in general (one if the few customers I don't like pulling for) but Toledo has always treated me good, so I will suck it up and help out.

 

Well, in some cases it's one hand washes the other. There are times when they go above and beyond to help a driver so it's just doing the same in return. There are a couple people in ops that wouldn't get the time of day from me, but those that take care of me I don't mind helping. Ya never know with the way freight has been slowing in the east, if I weren't doing this, I might be sitting a day or three. The miles I have turned so far plus the pay for working the plant will gross me over $4k so I'm really not losing much (if any) on this pay period .

 

Not so fast....after talking to Lisa about how things work up there now, I am starting to regret agreeing to this. Some loads need paperwork only one direction (as it's considered a round trip), other loads need it for both directions. You get your trip number.... eventually because sometimes they don't get her the email right away, once she gets it then she sends it to Arlington so they can enter it and assign a trip number. She said many times, you'll be back at the plant before she gets the trip number. Some loads you have to use the daycab because where they're going is super tight and a sleeper won't fit, or if you take a load across the street you have to use the yard truck and helping out on the yard, you use your own truck...and you have to log in and out of the Sam-crappa each time you move back and forth. Plus, all paperwork has to be scanned in...but without a trip number or routing, you have to wait before scanning. Oh, and only use 1 trip sheet a day, not sure how that'll work when you are switching trucks. Sounds like a dedicated 5-finger cluster ####, or the Keystone Cops doing a Chinese fire drill in a 3 stooges skit.... blindfolded. I now remember why I hate Otis...after this, I may refrain from even riding in one. If I last a week it will be a true miracle.

Supposedly, they're in the process of hiring 2 people for this. One is flying into Arlington next week for orientation, the other is going thru the hiring process. Like every other pay package, they aren't paying it like they used to. The set pay rate is $3000 gross per pay period, so yes, it's low $70's/year. But with all the b.s. it sounds like you have to deal with...I wouldn't do that job full time if you doubled it.