Do Drivers pay for any damage?

No never. Its the cost of doing business. They hired you and if they did their due diligence there should be no issues.. Where I work you need 7 years highway experience with 3 years pulling trains to qualify.

 

KB Transportation charges drivers if its there fault.I had to pay for damage once.I also knew other drivers who had to pay for certain things.

 

PRD = payroll deduction.

 

With W-2 companies you have to sign something before they can legally take anything out of your check. If you work under 1099 they can do whatever they want with your money.

 

Same with kb ,drivers have to sign something.

 

If your company is taking about fining you for getting stuck in the mud, find a better company.

Mine gave me a stern talking to for getting stuck 2 times at home (I live off a dirt road and it rained). When they brought it up I said "I will pay for the second one". They let it go at that point. Funny thing, the next winter, I rented space at a RV storage facility for the winter and got the company to reimburse me for it.

 

Yeah, KT, good luck with that. Drivers always consider themselves underpaid, and ANY deduction, they're gonna whine like a bad bearing.

 

My company told me, and I quote: "You WILL get stuck. Just call when it happens and we will get a tractor out to you as soon as we can." Of course, I "deliver" my loads directly onto fields occasionally which is as unnatural as it sounds. Let's drive this 96K pound rig out onto that dirt over there...

 

While getting stuck isn't the worst thing, it generally isn't good for the truck. And towing bills can exceed $1,000 bucks easy, so it's a big deal. I did a fair amount of off road trucking, dump work mostly, and you kind of get a feeling with your steers, if it's soft. If the steers sank even a little, I'd stop before I dug a hole. Usually had to dump it right where you got stuck, and the dozer dude didn't like that.