IWX Motor Freight
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Got diverted to the Springfield yard, Steve Coulter meet me in the inspection bay, Welcomed me to IWX and ask if I could take a Red Cross load to NYC, Told him sure,took the Suburban up to a great buffet restaurant near the yard came back slept for about 5 hours and took off for NYC, being a disaster load it was exempt from DOT Reg's or so I was told, IWX also issued me a full respirator there in Springfield, and I was instructed to drop the trailer and bobtail back to Columbus OH drop yard pick up a preload and take it to Edinburgh IN. And that was my start there.
I have often times wished I stayed put, always made good money, never really had a problem running the 2500, I like to run 3000 to 3500 per week. They do expect drivers to get down the road..bzinger Thanks this. -
Pretty crappy if you ask me, whether it’s legal or not.nredfor88, jethro712, bzinger and 1 other person Thank this. -
That the policy irritated me so much had nothing to do with how many miles I like to run. It had everything to do with my benefits (the way our system is set up in America I have no qualms about calling them "my" benefits by the way, because they are) being used as a bargaining chip by a slimy employer. -
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If the miles are available, 9000 a month is easy. 300 miles a day.
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And if you only work 5 days a week, thats 480 miles aday. What are you complaining about. Im sure your company subsidises your insurance. They expect performance for the benefits THEY pay for. No work, no bennies. I see nothing wrong here.
As I sit in my deer camp cabin while taking a month off from work and prepaying all my insurances.
The rewards of teaming running almost 5800/ week in 5 days. -
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One (but not the only) problem is the "if the miles are available" part. I like to run plenty of miles. I never missed Marten's mileage bonus once in the ten years I was there. It just required 30K every 3 months, which was easy for me since I had great dispatchers. Also, 3 months gives you a lot more time than one month to catch up if you happen to be falling behind.
Thing was, at Marten they didn't hang losing your benefits over your head if you didn't make the bonus. It was just a friggin bonus, not a threat to screw you out of your rights as a full-time employee.Last edited: Jan 9, 2020
Reason for edit: added more detailnredfor88, TokyoJoe and hallellujah Thank this. -
Trucking like other businesses and farming comes first into my mind, they were once family owned but now corporations "rule the roost". When I see an ad for drivers with "family owned" or "we are Christians", I know to steer clear, because those statements do not mean what they once meant.
Being from around Charlotte, as a young man I remember Carolina Freight, Akers, Johnson, Central, Pilot, McLean and the list goes on. All were owned by individuals and their families. Drivers were union, the companies took care of their employees. Great benefits. But then, "De-Regulation" came along and these companies are history today, either gobbled up by some corporation or just shut the doors because companies such as JB or Swift were cutting rates so much that the companies could not survive.
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