Better than Average

mustang190 · May 21, 2021

TripleSix said: ↑

Looking at gauges, tachs and mirrors are a distraction.
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Especially those dang mirrors!!!

AModelCat · May 21, 2021

I unloaded a truck the other day. I was cleaner and better dressed than the driver delivering lol.

jamespmack · May 21, 2021

wore out said: ↑

Some in my area think it’s a fashion show. You gotta have the whole outfit to do it. Some are just here because they are in hireable in other places.

My jeans are never pulled over my boot tops, nor are they tucked in neat. A button down shirt or a pull over depending on the day. Clean clothes is a must. Never without a belt or a dirty ball cap that’s usually crooked. Be surprised how a ball cap can change a fightin heifers mind when you whoop her in the face with it cause she has kicked your paddle or stick out of your hand.

It’s a hard thing to judge a man by his appearance, lot of times that will fool you. There have been times after 3 days straight of 1000 miles a day with a load and unload per day and a dirty trailer I wasn’t in the best of shape. Had a job to do and I done it, fashion police be ######

very average look....don’t sell us short. You may get your feelings hurt

Edit The way the sun hits the bunk it can look creased......it’s not
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Looks good to me.

BeHereNow97 · May 21, 2021

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The LTL guys will become the industry standard.
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No, you sir, TripleSix, are the industry standard. Not the other LTL guys. YOU, TripleSix. I thank you for gracing us with your presence and invaluable knowledge during these trying times.

TripleSix · May 21, 2021

mustang190 said: ↑

Especially those dang mirrors!!!
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They were taught that they are only liable for what is in front of them.

MACK E-6 · May 21, 2021

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What does the average driver look like in your area of the industry? Fat and smelly wearing sweatpants? What does your average day look like? @kylefitzy and @wore out , what does your average day look like?

We’ve all seen this video. What does the average driver look like in this video? Braindead? Steeringwheelholders going down the highway looking 50 feet ahead of their windshield? But R&L stops a pair of wiggle wagons on slick roads and was even able to keep them straight. This R&L driver, is he their best driver or do you think he’s average?

What do R&L drivers look like in average? For an LTL company, is R&L average, below average or better than average? Why do you think that LTL drivers on average, make 2X the industry average? Lots of questions, right?

After the big gas hack, my instincts tell me that automated trucks are not being looked at as a replacement for drivers, but as the new Braindead meat in the seat. In other words, your section of the industry, is it chocked full of fat smelly people who can’t drive without a truck chocked full with fat smelly people who hate themselves? Then you are in danger. They are going to put put you guys out within the next 5 years. When you start seeing the automated truck sitting next you at shippers, you have 12 month left on the job. Before that time, you want to look like your average LTL driver.

They are going to purge the truck industry, raise the standard, and once again, classify trucking as Skilled Labor. If you want to stick around, you’d better look the part and drive with skill.

My instincts tell me too that guys like @wore out are going to make serious bank, because his rig is hack proof. Not talking anything illegal, but there will definitely be a niche market for the mechanical rigs.
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What you have there is the very rare GOOD linehaul driver. He likely has a few million safe miles to his credit.

Most linehaul guys that I encounter on a regular basis are frankly, lazy and dumb.

MACK E-6 · May 21, 2021

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I agree. They’re going to realize that the trucks will be sitting ducks for hackers. So they will use the automated trucks for the ‘meat in the seat’ operations. Take out the bottom percentage and suddenly, the average shoots way up.
To illustrate: if the average driver makes $50k, and you remove the bottom 3rd from that average, suddenly the average pay for all drivers shoots up to $66-67k. So, if you are making $50k, you are now well below average.

For many years now, things have been dumbed down so that dummies could legally qualify and be meat in the seat. These will become obsolete, and thus, they’re going to raise the hiring standards. Not only will you have to be able to drive without cattle prods, they are going to look at things like body weight and hygiene. The LTL guys will become the industry standard.

Those of you who are currently seated meat, and 100-150lbs overweight, you have 5 years to change your habits and master your craft. Those that do not will get pushed out by the automated trucks. There will be no second chance companies.
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If OTR drivers are ever forced to take jobs as peddle hands, I guarantee most will be in for quite a shock at a terminal that’s actually run like it’s supposed to be.

Linte_Loco · May 21, 2021

The same fat slobs will soon be at a desk with 4 monitors in front of them showing live cam views of autonomous trucks.

God prefers Diesels · May 21, 2021

MACK E-6 said: ↑

peddle hands
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What is that?

MACK E-6 · May 21, 2021

God prefers Diesels said: ↑

What is that?
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Also known as “city drivers”. They’re the ones that do the pickups and deliveries.

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