Combining previous posts

the freight has to move, yer da moving man....

they most likely tried, but you don;t know this for sure, you assume they ignored you.circumstance beyond thier control was happening behind the scenes, like maybe you were too far from an airport for them to get you there for a flight home..

but your penchant to job hop, you'll never know all the truth, you think are lies.....

you are blind to see only what YOU WANT to see, and not the whole picture.

if you remember one thing, remember this......the fright has to move, and yer da moving man....

 

oh i beg your pardon...but i too have had a death, my dad died, literally in my arms, April 1st, 2016, 5:35 PM...he took his last breath, with me at his side, holding onto him...

yeah, hardships suck, but still, YOU CHOSE THIS JOB, it did not choose you.

 

That's a bit extreme.

I was fairly good at trucking because there was no family liability to screw me up. Ultimately emigrating from Maryland made sure that whatever family was around was pretty much too far away to screw me up. Ultimately it's a young man's game.

Trucking is feast and famine. The Northeast of the USA take take take but rarely ship ship ship. You generally went in and got empty then dead headed out to the midwest or south to load west. It's a cycle. As long you say made 1000 on a delivery east, you put away several hundred of that into savings against a bad week following. So no matter what.

Truck.

Company needs.

You dead last. Same as Horse, Boots and Soldier last. Always. Truck is first. Before your wife. Sometimes you think on truck more than wife out of necessity. It is what sustains you.

If you had Savings say... 1000 dollars after a month a few days sitting should not break you. At best you would be resting quite a bit, eating minimum and hydrating as well as doing chores, laundry etc right quick so you are fueling and making whatever repairs you need to before the next load comes in. This is also a time to build your hours back up.

1500 mile run is not bad. But it's also crappy by itself. The squeaky wheel complaining alot gets the door. The one who says good morning and strokes the egos of the office staff a little bit gets to choose a load once in a while as a reward. Everyone knows this or that load is seriously crappy, but it's delivered and hopefully you don't see that #### thing again this year. Next load.

I try to be good, but I think there is a element of need. First money, family stuff second and you time third. Money has to be made first the month, a certain amount goes to family. The rest to you, your savings so you can keep healthy and rolling. Your food, hydrating and vitamins and so on is literally your defense against getting sick, needy and hungry etc. And worst of all tired. You do not serve your family if you brought home nothing. My theory is basic, no matter what they load you going wherever, you should have something set aside as savings.

If I caught you sitting in Sky City playing at cards complaining that you have no money, then it will be difficult.

in your 40's should be prime time for trucking. You should be nothing drama and only loaded and rolling then empty and deadheading routinely without problems against company. If you really are unhappy talk to your DM. Or talk to other drivers in your fleet in the truckstop and find out from there where THEY are going. You should not be the one complaining like a 21 year old faced with a spartan living accommodation. My first place was pretty bare. Here I have too much stuff that will go with me, so I don't need to go anywhere.

There is another reason to be a good driver. Your own body. You are getting closer to the 50's that will decide your future. Most truckers when I started would have about 56 years of lifetime. Not just work, but actual total born to death lifetime. You are what? Upper 40>? I am past 50 myself and facing a surgery in a few days. You won't believe what I have to do to function daily, much less drive a truck.

Pain? Oh please. Spare me the old tired worn out crutches. Pain is the fuel that motivates me to get off my &^%$ and get going. If it does not hurt along the way then we are either going to have a child or we don't know what we are doing.

If someone sent me into say Connecticut with a load of machined weapons parts which itself is not explosive but ultimately will end up in US Navy Submarine Service, I don't mind sitting a day or two at most to get unloaded. This load of machined parts going to Groton has been in planning long before YOU Mr Driver were handed the dispatch information weeks or months ago. If you cannot get it to Groton CT in a timely manner with your mouth shut keeping your own happy, sad etc to yourself then I will have to find a driver who will get it there. There using this forum as a example, I can think of 20 who will do it and many more besides. Why? They do not complain. They gripe now and then when it's really intense, but they don't endanger themselves or the company laying around pissing and moaning to the whole valley who has grown weary of hearing it.

 

You need to ease up a little. I don't see anybody here being selfish and uncaring. Nobody here is lying to you. What they're trying to do is help you see things from a different perspective.
Trucking is a rough game. It always has been and I think it always will be.
Working for the bottom feeders is especially hard. You're a guidance system for a truck and your personal wants and wishes come second to moving freight.
They can't always arrange things to suit you.
I agree with the other guys, you need to find something else to do. If the last seven different employers didn't suit your needs I doubt if the next seven will either.
And...hold off on the insults. That's against the rules and it just irritates people.

 

I counted like 6 jobs in what 2 years... My mother died when I was 8 years old... I grew up without that motherly love or care so I know what it means to lose someone... I been truckin for over 10 years and when I started it was hard just like you had it... I dealt with the BS and the companies not caring for me, but as I got more experience things got better... Maybe you should try moving to another area and getting a local LTL Tractor/Trailer job?

 

There you go, Hunt is a good company, hauled a lot of freight. I'd be lying to you if I said it was sunshine and smiles. I took it in the shorts many times, especially as an O/O. We didn't have the luxury of this site, and it was all trial and error. But changing jobs in the past wasn't as big a deal as today. I had 2 trucking jobs in a week once. I just never told the next job about it, they never asked and all was well. I tried many different things, fireplace installer, ( cut hands)roofing ( that sucked) dock work,( boring) manufacturing,( that wasn't too bad) and always came back to trucking. While my construction buddies were clinging to scaffolding in the rain, I was in a warm truck cab, listening to Bob Seeger, wearing my slippers. I think you'll be ok, and the next time you have trouble at a stop, and you will,, just be glad you can leave those places.

 

Your problem is with mega companies still. Switched colors to find the same bs. Get rid of the common denominator