I can't get any miles on E-logs!

It's not the elogs...it's the driver that want to tell trucker story's in the truck stop...or cry because they had to do 400 miles in one day...or pull over at every rest area they see...If u not doing 600 plus miles a day in a flat or a dry van then something is wrong if u claim u making 1000 or more a week

 

Although I have never run with e-logs. It seems to me to be common sense to keep the wheels moving all the time you can then put up for 10. Truck stops, at their very basic core, have always only been and always will be good for only two things, spending money and wasting time.


Correct me if I'm mistaken, but as I remember it, back in the day regulations were 10 hours driving, total work day 15 hours, 8 hours rest. If I'm correct then today there's an extra hour for driving. Under "ideal" conditions that's 100 miles at 50mph. The main difference between now and then is before e-logs drivers were able to run more than on paper logbook and drive pretty much around the clock, while e-logs, as I understand them, make you stop.

So, would someone please tell me what the real problem is?

 

Must be that "new math."

extra hour equals 100 miles? Sure, at 100mph.

 

That would be a really big truck.

 

Its the same math that was used to sell the whole elog idea in the first place. To answer the question of what the "real problem" is, its one more regulation put on our backs that IMO will do nothing to make the world a safer place, just puts millions of dollars in someones pockets. The trucking industry is an easy target, it is a necessary evil in most peoples eyes. If someone believes the roads are a safer place with them than I say keep telling yourself that if it works for you. Maybe if these big bottom feeder companies paid a lot more than they do one wouldnt feel they had to run 600 miles a day to earn a marginal living. The government pays grants to put people through there training, but then looks the other way a little to soon. Is all about $$$$$$$$ at the top

 

The rich will always get richer!
The poor can learn how to drive a truck, AND GET POORER!!!

 

Well this trucker was pretty poor when he started 6 years ago. I'm not rich, but I'm doing a lot better today.

anyone been watching the stock market over the last 6 years? Well, I got on board and I've made considerably a lot more money than I ever would have letting it sit in the bank.

$100 a week for 5 years in a bank would have got me a lot less return than the 23% I got investing and picking the stocks myself. This poor guy learned to pick some good ones. Considering how much the market has increased over that time, you can also see that I learned about a few losing stocks or else id be up in the 40% return range.

so poor people can learn to drive and not neccesarilly get poorer.

oh, btw my investing is entirely sepersate from my company matched 401k. 10 percent of my pay goes in. I let the pros manage that so you can imagine what that's looking like right now after 5 years.

 

Would those be the same pros that almost tanked everything in 08..?

If you think the market is a level playing field ........... Well good luck.

Ya, you may get some crumbs ....unless your buying and selling every day (and doing your own homework) your just treading water.

 

I made a pretty good chunk of money in 08 when the market fell. I had few short positions, one being Las Vegas Sands. Rode them down to nearly the bottom and covered. If I was smart I would have taken long positions on them when they reversed but was never positively sure when that was so I sat out. I always said my dream was to have about a half million and trade some high volume class 1 railroad stock or something daily. Take a 10,000 share position and let it move a nickel and sell, often done in 20 minutes or less and much less risk. Do that 2 or 3 times a week.

 

This is what people standing on the sidelines use to convince themselves rather than jumping in.

The market tanked in 08, yes. If you didn't panic and convinced yourself you were in it for the long haul, those people with managed 401k recovered their money well over a year ago. If you continued to invest and didn't stop or reduce your contributions after 08 then you would had and even better ride and be in an even better position.

Day trading is risky, and its for people looking for quick returns. your not gonna make much day trading with a $100 a week.

I cashed out this week at $34k to help me put a down payment on a house. That is certainly not "treading water" on the $26k I invested at $100 week over the last 5 years.

The only thing you got right is if you are going to manage your stocks, you have to do your homework. I made some mistakes, but I learned from them.