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Well I get my first pay CUT tomorrow (and more to come). Happy furlough of July. The next six months can't go by fast enough for me. Maybe even just five months (Dec. 1st) and the doc will clear me for normal duty work. Then...I can put my application in with Millis! Looking forward to hopefully meeting all you Millis drivers.

Happy 4th and stay safe out there this weekend.

 

Happy 4th to everyone out there. See you guys on the road.

 

RubberDuck - I wish you the best and for a speedy recovery! Would love to see you running down the road with us soon!

Happy 4th Everyone!

 

Thanks Baritone. Me too. I pray it all works out.

 

instead of a new thread i try the (chat room) seems good, TIRE PRESSURE, reading the overdrive mag. start on page 31, but on page 33 and it says 110 lbs on steers, tandems 75 (WHAT) i had them puppys at 95 to 100 on the tandems, BACK IN THE 90'S it work great, nice even tread wear, if more then that,that retread will blow, so whats millis do for tire pressure today, has it change much, http://digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?key=overdrive-11-07july&fp=5&title=july%25202011#page=33&zoom=1

 

105 psi is the standard (for me anyway)

 

Do any of you guys know how many employees Millis has as far as number of drivers? Also I was just curious as to the turnover rate (just for my own information). There is only a handful of you guys on TTR compared to the total number at the company. All of you on here seem to be pretty happy with Millis so I am going to assume that the turnover rate is somewhat low. This is just my little brain thinking, which is dangerous by the way.

If they keep hiring drivers on a regular basis can I assume Millis is expanding or are they losing drivers frequently? If they are losing drivers, what are some of the reasons? Again, just collecting information for my own curiosity. Anything you say here will not be used against you in a court of law!

 

Good question RD. Even though I'm not driving yet and I don't work for Millis. I think I can answer part of your question. I was a truck driver over 20 years ago and I do know what it's like to drive a truck. Some people jump into trucking thinking all you have to do is drive from point A to point B. Not realizing that it's not only a job but it changes your life totally. You go weeks without seeing family and friends, hours on end being alone, working long and odd hours, living in a truck weeks at a time. It's a huge culture shock to some people and some can't handle it. I would think that would be one of the top reasons for the turn over rate for any trucking company.