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Lessors Inc, Eagan, MN

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by joseph1135, Dec 25, 2011.

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  1. Oct 30, 2015 #1121
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    8 years (with the exception of my mistake with GTI) but I haven't had thanksgiving in almost 12 years. It's just another day, you can make it up another time
     
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  3. Oct 30, 2015 #1122
    HalpinUout

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    How long do you normally stay out on the road?
     
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  4. Oct 30, 2015 #1123
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Months at a time.
     
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  5. Oct 30, 2015 #1124
    carramrod32

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    The longest I lasted when I was otr was 6 weeks, more power to you there Joseph, you super trucker.:D
     
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  7. Oct 30, 2015 #1125
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    It really is. You tell me any job where after two months you'll get what you want. Trucking isn't 9-5, Monday through Friday, closed holidays. Trucking is 24-7, 365, holidays and weather NOT permitting. That's the job kid. I don't know where you thought you were coming to work at, but this ain't Sesame Street. In order to make money, those wheels must roll and the loads must be on time. Walmart and McDonald's and every other customer we have doesn't care about a driver not wanting to chain or a holiday. They want their freight, and our job is to deliver that freight, safely and on time. Even if that means through Hades and back again on Christmas with a toothache.

    Now, I have a good life and a hot chick and a good rapport with everyone at this company. I don't kiss anyone's ###, I do my job and when I need something, they're on top of it because, wait for it, I earned it. I didn't expect it. I didn't put my hand out and cry when it didn't go my way. I earned everything I got, in my personal life, the respect of my fellow drivers here and on the road and by Lessors, Inc. I'm pretty proud of standing out in a company with over 400 trucks. You can do it too, I don't know why you can't see that.
     
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  8. Oct 30, 2015 #1126
    HalpinUout

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    Sounds like you 2 are well acquainted :)
     
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  9. Oct 30, 2015 #1127
    mitrucker

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    I can see both points of view here, however, I think that if a driver wants to be home for a national holiday they should he able to. Not all drivers care if they get home, but some do, and should be allowed to. We give enough if our lives to these carriers.
     
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  10. Oct 30, 2015 #1128
    radioshark

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    I wouldn't put up with it. If I put in for TAH. I expect to get it when I ask for it. There's a reason I'm asking to go home when I ask. There's plenty of jobs out there for drivers with experience and clean records
     
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  11. Oct 30, 2015 #1129
    STexan

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    If a driver wants dependable and frequent home time, then they need to find the right carrier. Lessors and Magnum and Holland and similar are not that carrier. Some drivers want different things out of the job. For some, me included, if I'm going to truck, I'm going to truck coast to coast. And there is no coast to coast job that will get you home frequently or on time and every time you request. Some like 48 OTR, some like regional, some like local. Different strokes for different folks. But I resent anyone trying to tell me or others who enjoy and expect to stay out 4,6 8 weeks at a time that we are slaves who won't stand up for ourselves. If I wanted or needed to be home frequently/regularly, I would work somewhere else.
     
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  12. Oct 30, 2015 #1130
    XZRF4

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    I agree with both sides, as driver's that's why we got hired to run to the best of our ability no matter what all types of situations weather we are out there. I personally run hard as I can, sleep at shippers and cons when I can, deliver early if at all possible, getting there and on to the next. On the other hand it doesn't matter if I'm with a company 2 months or 20 years, if I put a request in advance for time off after working hard and proving myself I can do this job and then having to hear office people about seniority crap then that's a place I wouldn't want to be at all. That's not value or respect to the drivers who sacrifice everyday away from family making your company relevant in a world of cheap freight and endless competition.
     
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