Chain Pay?

I'd ask for it and get it at ODFL - $40 or something. It's 30 minutes of your time that advances the company product - vs. a driver who refuses to and parks it (which they accepted also).

Why not be paid for the initiative to continue the job if you feel safe to do so.

Now? Own truck and I'm paying for the tires?

I call the boss and she tells me to park it, and that I shouldn't have taken that run anyway.

 

I suspect a company that paid drivers for chaining would find some drivers are chaining up 6 times a day, especially before Christmas.

 

CPM can be awesome. Long haul Reefer in fast hoods. 2k a week paychecks are a norm. Working for a mega? It’s all a scam.

 

I think you may have misunderstood me, - in plainer text -

"Yes, you should absolutely get paid for all duties, especially chaining up , rather than wasting a day of transit time".

My end comment was, because I own my own truck, I get to choose, and would never chain up and risk damaging $4k worth of tires.

When we were company hands at ODFL, I'd chain up and trudge on for hundreds of miles of a night, because I hated sitting and not getting paid. I chunked out their tires, but didn't care - they got their high $ freight, I got slow miles in - and though I'd have to prod them, they'd usually pay $40-$50 whatever - for chaining up.

 

Absolutely true. I can think of so many people that I know personally who shouldn’t be allowed to run them. I know of of two companies from the East the put them in the trucks but I’m willing to bet no driver has used them.

 

As for Pay… I’ve never seen a highway gig that paid for it but if you’re running off-road / oilfield you’ll likely get it.

 

If someone or trucking company was from Florida they would say it crazy to chain up. If you live and run pacific northwest, it normal and part of the job. I only chained up a couple times it took forever to get chains on. We had two double chains and 4 single chains. I never got paid to chain up. I thought the drivers that did run Pacific northwest a lot or everyday they got paid extra per mile. So it was just part of their job or maybe they got paid to chain up.

They also have automatic chains for trucks that run that area a lot. They just flip switch and keep on trucking.

 

Ive never been paid for chaining... And I've chained more times just to get into or out of a yard than I ever have to actually travel down the road.

Just yesterday I had to chain up to get up an off ramp that haddnt been plowed. Everything else was clear and dry... But that ramp was 6 to 8 inches deep and I spun out going up it. I didnt even think twice, I just grabbed my chains and went to work.