I have driven for years. All this is building up to a crescendo. Do I stay or get out now? Some atrocities:
1. I had to air up a tire.
2. Someone dropped a trailer too low and I had to crank the landing gear.
3. The fuel pump card reader at the Love’s didn’t work and I had to walk inside.
4. I got to a delivery and they were on break.
5. I had to move a pallet.
6. I had to reconnect my Elog Bluetooth.
7. I asked for a radio check and no one answered.
8. A rock hit my windshield.
9. I had to slide tandems to get unloaded.
10.I had to chock my wheels.
I was under the impression that I go to the truck, turn the key, floor it and deliver. That’s it. The rest is all a bunch of BS.
Is it time to get out of trucking?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by shogun, May 22, 2018.
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Good thing you don’t have to stop twice a day and make a check call!!
Or find a pay phone and use a pad and pencil to get directions to the shipper/receiver!Breadman757, Vic Firth, BigBob410 and 13 others Thank this. -
I got an owie today.
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Got smacked in the chest with a bungee today. The stupid thing jumped off a D-ring when I pulled on it. As upsetting as it is to be attacked for no reason, I shouldn't have been forced into an altercation with a bungee chord. These shippers should be required to keep drivers safe by tarping their own loads. Then if a bungee gets snappy, they can give it a safety violation and make it attend a class on safety in the work place.
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I call my dispatch every day and say “yeah, is someone coming to fuel this truck? I am waiting here blocking a fuel pump.”
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Did you have more than one stop on your load?
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When I get to my first stop tomorrow, I am calling the receiver and asking if someone can open my doors.
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I hope you smacked it back. Can't have these bungees getting away with something like that.
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