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Owner-Operators 1940 - same problems today

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Chinatown, Jul 17, 2018.

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  1. Jul 17, 2018 #1
    Chinatown

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  3. Jul 17, 2018 #2
    lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Looks like a CR England truck. Three drivers to a truck.
     
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  4. Jul 17, 2018 #3
    Chinatown

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    Covenant does that also; one trainer and two newbies.
     
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  5. Jul 17, 2018 #4
    Diesel Dave

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    I seen that movie. They sat in the passenger seat when they where off duty(sleeper berth). Not even close to a trucker movie. :p
     
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    Chinatown

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    They had many of the same problems, trying to pay off the truck, looking for loads, brokers shafting them, etc. Then George Raft gets involved as part owner of a company and starts buying reefer trailers, but he misses the road. Driver falling asleep driving and crashes & dies & had just made his last truck payment.
     
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  8. Jul 17, 2018 #6
    Ridgeline

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    The problem is it isn't all like it is today, Back then you bought your load and sold the load at the market.

    The movie which was on tcm tonight is a film about pre-hos trucking, and is one reason why we ended up with Hos.

    The book, the long haul is a lot better than the movie, it goes into a lot of details.
     
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  9. Jul 17, 2018 #7
    kemosabi49

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    UPS is planning on having 3 drivers in a sleeper trucks. From Transport Topics:

    Proposed UPS-Teamsters Pact Reveals Expanded Driver Operations

    Details of a tentative new labor deal between UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have begun to emerge, including specifics on expansion of the parcel carrier’s team-driving operations and pay increases for its drivers.

    The company confirmed that it will create a minimum of 2,000 sleeper-team truck driving crews by transferring freight from railroads to tractor-trailers. This will double UPS’ sleeper-team operation, and the driving jobs will be among the company’s highest paid, reaching 96 cents per mile in 2022 for three-driver trucks.
     
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    Chinatown

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    The movie is fiction anyway. Bogart was complaining about not being paid for loads he hauled, then the guy said he can fix him up with some whiskey loads or something like that.
     
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  11. Jul 17, 2018 #9
    pmdriver

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    if you wanted to hit a dock you had better have a union card
     
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  12. Jul 17, 2018 #10
    mover man

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    Hahaha. No a 3 driver truck team. Is where 3 drivers are assigned to same truck. Its work 2 weeks then one week off.

    Ex drivers a b c assigned to truck.
    Driver c has week off. Driver a and b run Boston to la and back.
    Once back driver a takes week off. Driver b and c run to la and back.
    Driver b takes week off. Driver c and a run to la and back.
     
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