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My New Adventures At Beacon Transport

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by smurf-316, Oct 7, 2016.

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  1. Dec 4, 2016 #101
    MetroThaTrucker

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    Update ?
     
    MetroThaTrucker, Dec 4, 2016
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  3. Dec 11, 2016 #102
    smurf-316

    smurf-316 Resident Nut Case

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    Not a lot to report. Not impressed with them at all. I hate taking a reset when I still have 30 hours left on my week. 1132 miles this past week. Home every other weekend and lucky to bring home $600.00 per week after taxes. The ONLY reason I can make that is because I don't use the Insurance or other deductions. Just riding it out until after the holidays. Miles suck and trucks suck.
     
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  4. Dec 12, 2016 #103
    MetroThaTrucker

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    Sorry to hear that man . I thought they would've been a good company
     
    MetroThaTrucker, Dec 12, 2016
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  5. Dec 12, 2016 #104
    White Dog

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    I don't blame you a bit for wanting to jump ship. If a company is gonna have a 'policy' requiring drivers to stay out a certain number of days...KEEP ME BUSY MAKING MONEY! Anyone can sit at home for free, but I want that truck moving if I'm in it.
     
    White Dog, Dec 12, 2016
    White Dog, Dec 12, 2016
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  7. Dec 12, 2016 #105
    Voyager1968

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    Truer words were never spoken. I just started with a new company due to lack of miles with my old one. Guess what? Since I've been there I've had 18-24 hours between unloading and reloading on each load. Hard to make money if you're going sit for almost a full day between loads...

    I'm to the point where I'm just frustrated with trucking in general. Local, regional, OTR...it's all the same. I really wish I could get out of it all together. Twenty years in this biz and it gets worse, not better.
     
    Voyager1968, Dec 12, 2016
    Voyager1968, Dec 12, 2016
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  8. Dec 13, 2016 #106
    smurf-316

    smurf-316 Resident Nut Case

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    Personally I am looking to be out of trucking in the next 5 years if everything goes well. Whenever I've got discouraged in the past I have always tried to look for reasons to stay. The miles weren't very good at cargo but I stayed because it was the beast I knew. And I could tell myself I had two weeks vacation to look forward to and a nice truck to drive. I can't find any reason to stay at Beacon. I just can't find a reason to make a career here. With cargo I could tell myself I had something to look forward to but here I don't see anything to look forward to. There is no bonus coming or holiday pay coming. Or even a truck I can look forward to driving just nothing here but a lot of work and a small check. I've always hated to switch jobs but I'm going to have to get over it.
     
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  9. Dec 13, 2016 #107
    White Dog

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    Well; see the problem there (atleast in MY area), nothing really pays worth a crap. You learn to live within your means, and when you take too big a hit on your pay check, you end up right back out there.
    On top of that, a guy gets so used to looking through that windshield, that the dim florescent lights of a dark miserable factory, warehouse, etc...are depressing, you end up right back out there.

    Altleast that was MY experience every time I tried to "leave".
    So I had to find a happy medium. I work at a grain elevator...so I am still outdoors most of my day, I still get to drive when there's grain to haul. I do building and grounds maintenance. A whole variety of stuff. And it pays pretty good---I'm doing just as good as I did on the road.

    So you see...to give "trucking" up all together, I would not be happy, but since driving is just ONE of the things I do, and I'm home daily, and paid by the hour...I'm content.
    Do I miss the open road from time to time? Yes. Do I come to my senses if I find myself thinking about trucking too often? You better ******* believe it. I can't EVER see myself going back on the road. Been too many changes in 25 years, that I don't have the stomach to put up with all the BS that over-the-road trucking has become.

    Four things I hate (in no particular order):
    1). Truck Stops
    2). Trucks
    3). Truck Drivers
    4). Trucking

    Sorry guys/gals...nothing personal.
     
    White Dog, Dec 13, 2016
    White Dog, Dec 13, 2016
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  10. Dec 13, 2016 #108
    RebelChick

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    Couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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  11. Dec 14, 2016 #109
    smurf-316

    smurf-316 Resident Nut Case

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    Well I don't hate Trucking but I'm also not in love with it. It's something to do to pay the bills and I try to have fun doing it. My health will not last long enough for me to stay in trucking for an extended amount of time. So I can either go on disability or start my own business. I would much rather work for myself then be on disability so that is the goal my wife and I have in mind. Got into a huge argument today with my dispatcher. He wanted to get crappy on the Qualcomm because they gave me the wrong address so I had to put him in his place. Fun times.
     
    smurf-316, Dec 14, 2016
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  12. Dec 29, 2016 #110
    smurf-316

    smurf-316 Resident Nut Case

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    So I have turned in my notice as of yesterday. January 21st is my last day. I would like to leave before then but they did ask for a 2 week notice and I have to be home that week so I'll have to live with it I guess.
     
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