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Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by TigerShark, Oct 9, 2016.

  1. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    Ok heres my sitchiation. I work for a company. Great people I mean absolutely wonderful....when I started I left monday morning and was home friday night making great money.....lately they just arent getting loads....im sitting until tuesday or wednesday running until friday and making about half.....now the runs they do are runs that I got them through my family friends.....but instead of saying he get down there monday morning run all week come home now all of us drivers sit and wait at home...ive called the owner of the company we haul for and he has told me the loads are there and cant figure out why we arent running more....sooo my two options are go to my owner and boss for the 3 time in a month and say run me or im leaving or I just leave try to find a trick to lease and a trailer to lease and run it myself....ideas??
     
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  3. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    Also if anyone has a flatbed and truck thats open for me and wants these loads...You can get about 5-7 grand a week to the truck
     
  4. UsualSuspect

    UsualSuspect Road Train Member

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    I don't drive yet, but what are the other driver's getting for loads/miles? If theirs are also down, the owner is just trying to keep the doors open, and is hoping it picks up before his good driver's flee and he is left with no drivers, or undependable drivers and he knows they won't deliver. Go with your gut feeling, it is almost always right, and you have to look out for you first.
     
  5. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    The other drivers only do this run they are frustrated too. The shipper has loads that pay but our company wont send us there to get them...instead of 3 loads a week we only get one because our bosses are dumb. Ive given them these loads. Like a #######.
     
  6. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    Where were they getting loads from before you?
     
  7. FlexinTarzan

    FlexinTarzan Medium Load Member

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    Maybe the BOSS is smarter than you think... Could be the shipper has been trying to lowball your Boss on freight-rates....... ?
     
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  8. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    They where running dead head over 1000 miles for one load.
     
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  9. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    No because we all know what he is getting for freight and I know what they agreed upon.
     
  10. TigerShark

    TigerShark Medium Load Member

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    Let me answer better. They had one little run 900 miles, then they came over 1000 miles back......so I said well I know someone who pays good and has runs and for a while they did great and now they are back to let's deadhead everywhere they are going to lose these runs
     
  11. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    So they quit running the load you had coming back and just eating the miles back.
     
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