May Trucking announces new hours of service...

I wish I had more miles to run than what I have now, but I'm glad that Im not going to be affected by either of these new regs. adding a 30 min break each day isn't going to affect my driving the way its been going and I haven't gotten close to hitting my 70 in a while.

 

At May, does the driver do the pre-planning? I was under the impression that the preplan sent to you.

 

well a preplan is just a pre dispatch, i think scooter was talking about actually planning your trip

 

If every driver drove No More than 100 miles a day for one week especially during the harvest season May-Aug when things are really smokin their will be so much demand on truckers that you would not want to run 35 hrs a week with out even going on strikes or causing a big fuss companies will be competing to get your attention and begging for your service But what do I know? 100,000 trucks X 3000 miles /wk avg = 300,000,000 Miles driven under normal standard every day example 100,000 trucks X 700 miles /wk avg = 70,000,000 Miles driven under this new fight back chicken hauler idea 300,000,000 - 70,000,000 Miles = 230,000,000 Do you know haw many loads is THAT????????????????????????? Let go back to supply & Demand rules you know the same rules the educated FREEKS handed you when they stole your money at the pump What did they say....It's just supply and demand driver not Greed OK What do you think would happen when there is no trucks to pickup the onions,melons,vegy's ,and so on do you think they can tell mother nature to stop growing things or can they afford to loose the crop or may be they would love to put all that produce in the fridge until the truck arrives REFRIGERATION Cost Money Honey? Do you really think the DOT or anyone one else will Give a HOOT about your hours of service? or how many logs you have? Hell They will be so grateful and thankful to you they will welcome your stincken chicken Haulin Behind and greet you at the dock with a BUDDDDDDDDDDDDD if not a HOOOOOOOOka And all that with you just giving up driving one week and still get paid for your 700 slow miles that one week only And we Have over 5,000,000 trucks out there U DIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG? So stop sweating The DOT they are Hanging them selves by the ears they just don't know it yet. When the crap hit the fan they will close every weigh station all a cross the USA and Canada why? Because they want their Oreo cookies Medications Gas Etc. so now you will have a new hours of service wana know what that would look like ? 49cf fart 4.654899 a driver may drive 24/7 even if he/she fallin a sleep bhind the wheel with a joint in his/her mouth or until they drop dead until we suff our face's with lots and lots of Twinkies You don't have to have a Jimy Hoffa Just drive low & slow and ready to go ORRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLEEEY

 

well one huge major flaw in that casual ...its called greedy truckers and rail systems that would start swooping in and doing loads and running as many miles as they can and make them look like saviors and than there name gets out and bam they get big and kiss ur thoughts bye bye

but i agree with you 1000% supply and demand control prices which is what the trucking industry can control if they all banded together but you know what else happens when shipping cost goes up right? the price of goods and than guess what that extra pay you thought you were getting just became less than it is now due to the inflated prices on goods due to this action the ones that control this nation are the big corporations,banks and your every unfaithful government!!

 

At .33 per mile it will cost you about as much as your forced per diem does.