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Heyl Journey with xlsdraw

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by xlsdraw, Feb 4, 2014.

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  1. Apr 24, 2014 #351
    socal

    socal Medium Load Member

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    PattyJ. It is time to call for some union representation. A Union is all employees voices.

    And to the naysayers when your pay comes up to what I was making in 1995 then you can talk. $19.25 an hour.
     
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  3. Apr 24, 2014 #352
    paul_4lp

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    man ....think you just got high jacked XLS.... !

    i talk up big miles in Joplin just to screw with the other Conway TL drivers looooool !
     
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  4. Apr 24, 2014 #353
    xlsdraw

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    Interesting discussion to me, since I have no experience at all in the local/short haul arena. The comments are certainly wide-ranging. Daily pay, hourly pay, and mileage pay all utilized to compensate for what essentially seems like a similar type of work. Down in Florida, I know there are 2 different types of short haul fleets from what I've been told. Something else I learned from another OTR driver, Juice imported from South America, I guess in bulk, keeps the juice plants running. So now I'm wondering why past drivers have told me things get slow in the summer. I had assumed it was the Florida citrus run drying up. Hoping it doesn't get slow. My truck was not ready this morning. Gonna be tonight or tomorrow morning before I get back rolling.
     
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  5. Apr 24, 2014 #354
    xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    Truck will be ready this afternoon. I was initially scheduled on a load that delivered in Jessup, Maryland Saturday morning. Got pulled from that since the truck wasn't ready. Don't know the details yet, but I got a voice mail that says Lake Wales, Florida to Portland. I am guessing Oregon. Picking up tonight or in the morning.
     
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  7. Apr 24, 2014 #355
    Dinomite

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    Those are some killer miles. That's what I call Trailer Truckin right there!!
     
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  8. Apr 24, 2014 #356
    xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    Got my details. Pickup Tomorrow/Friday morning and deliver 06:00 next Thursday. This company reimburses for parking in difficult areas so I will probably stage at Jubitz Wednesday. Got 6 rolling days so I can keep my speed down and work on fuel mileage. No sense busting it out in 5 days when I wouldn't be eligible for a reset.
     
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  9. Apr 24, 2014 #357
    xlsdraw

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    Well I am glad there is plenty of time on this load. Got a call from my dispatcher and the shop says my truck needs a clutch. So I got to switch trucks in the morning. That'll kill part of the day.
     
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  10. Apr 24, 2014 #358
    TLeaHeart

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    not at all what I said... to repeat... You get paid what you agreed to, don't like the pay, try to negotiate a better pay, or go else where.
     
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  11. Apr 24, 2014 #359
    TLeaHeart

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    people who envy other drivers pay....

    So there are some drivers who have been working at Heyl, much longer than you have, and they get paid differently than you.... so what... You agreed to work for the mileage pay, you want hourly pay, then go and find a company that pays by the hour... Heyl will NOT pay you by the hour... Heyl bought cloverleaf, which means Heyl is a profitable company, and cloverleaf was struggling..

    Drivers will always tell you when their weeks are good, nature of humans...Drivers will tell you what they make. The fact that you are paid differently is YOUR problem, it is your envy, your assumption that people are all paid the same.... welcome to the real world...

    either negotiate a better rate, a better start time, both, or quit...
    Heyl has every right to pay each individual driver how ever he chooses too. Hourly, daily, weekly, mileage, no detention, some dentition, .......
     
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  12. Apr 24, 2014 #360
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    I am not too sure about that. It might be something to have checked into.
     
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