Chain Pay?

Capitalism at its finest. Going by some people's logic here, detention and layover shouldn't be paid then. When your wages are based on cpm, all of these charges are valid.

 

EXACTLY. I had to chain up a couple of weeks ago and didn't get paid for it. Nor did I ask to be paid. I was just wondering what was customary in this scenario since I never ran PNW. Evidently, people here think it is a ludicrous question.

 

Buddy, it works both ways. If the driver wants to pull over because he doesn't want to run with chains, he makes no money. BUT NEITHER DOES THE COMPANY. If a driver is making cpm, why would he want to slap on 5 or 6 chains in inclement weather? And have to drive in those conditions? He can just pull over and do nothing and get paid the same. Do you understand, Kimosabe? If the company were smart, they would give a driver INCENTIVE to want to chain up. I know I would if I was an O/O. If they ain't turnin', nobody's earnin'.

 

Really? I like to trash people? Maybe YOU should read some of my posts. I asked a simple question, which turned out to be a very legitimate question, and people like you and Mustang190 needed to pipe in with sarcasm, trying to belittle me. It turns out both of you are in the WRONG. How old are you, anyway?

 

So, to make a little extra cash, because the max speed with chains on is 35 mph, you would go through all that crap? In unsafe conditions? I was driving south in Mississippi a few years ago on US 49 I think it was. Hurricane Harvey was heading north from the Gulf. We were on a collision course. My truck was swaying like a rocking chair as I drove. But I was able to make the Love's in McGee before it really got nasty. Was that smart? For a few dollars more? Hell no.