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Are you Insane?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by PT17guy, Aug 10, 2015.

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  1. Aug 10, 2015 #31
    okiedokie

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  3. Aug 10, 2015 #32
    Moosetek13

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    Swift is actually much better than that.
    It is 1 day for every 6 out.

    That extra day can really add up.
    61 home time days in 1 year compared to 52.
     
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  4. Aug 10, 2015 #33
    unloader

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    Comparatively, a regional job which gets you home for 1.5 days each week (34 hour reset) would net you 78 days off.

    And then of course there is the locals, which get you home 365 days per year, with 102 of those being off days (not counting Holidays).

    Not arguing, just adding to the conversation.

    unloader
     
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  5. Aug 10, 2015 #34
    HorseShoe

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    Yup paid for courtesy of the tax payers. They should make these guys work in a sweatshop making goods so my tax money can go to schools and fortune 500 companies.
     
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  7. Aug 10, 2015 #35
    PT17guy

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    I guess how old you are kinda depends on who you hang out with. I'm kinda the young whippersnapper in our crowd, but I have 40+ year old kids.

    Don't really drive too much, cause I only wanted to do it part time and those jobs are hard to come by. I just wanted to cruise down to the ports a couple times a week but hey, if that ain't happening', that's cool, too.

    I have a pretty good job, pays the bills and gives me 3 days off per week. That's probably why I'm having such a hard time understanding why trucking companies put their drivers thru the wringer, seven days a week, week after week.
     
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  8. Aug 10, 2015 #36
    Big Don

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    All they are interested in is bottom line. They could care less about their drivers. They know that for every vacant seat, there will be half a dozen or more young, (to the trucking industry,) green idiots, waiting to take their place.
     
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  9. Aug 10, 2015 #37
    walstib

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    See, I'm behind the curve, they've done it! Wait a minute, is that a daycab??????
     
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  10. Aug 10, 2015 #38
    realdesertkickin

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    Nope, a bus...lol

    I believe a small funny looking dark person is driving, his name could be 'clyde'
     
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  11. Aug 10, 2015 #39
    walstib

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    Ah, see, they still couldn't talk the monkey into the lifestyle! Only us! LOL
     
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  12. Aug 11, 2015 #40
    TGUNKEL

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    I am out 2 weeks and get a week off. Always.
     
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