OTR is an underpaid lifestyle from what I keep seeing advertised. I might be wrong and some guys make $.50/mile pulling dry van. I haven't seen it yet.
As for touring the country? Meh. I can do that when I am old and retired. Gonna get me the biggest RV they make see the continent! Of course I will drive half the speed limit and use up one & a half lanes so no one can pass me! Why wouldn't I? They are doing it to me right now! Har har har! I am gonna be one of those really old guys that will make people petition their congressmen to pass a law that requires seniors to pass a driving test every six months!!!
Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by road_runner, Jun 21, 2013.
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10 hours later wake up, still in same box for the next 14 hours. rinse and repeat. Yeah, no thanks. Queen mattress calls me after each shift. Come home shaggy I miss you, yes queen, I obey, The best part?! Queen is paid off and no whining
I love the Queen and didn't have to marry her to sleep with!
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Ok, my turn to get in on the act.
The idiot that loads my truck has a severe case of terminal stupid, but Thursday's stupid really took the cake.
First, he loaded a black engine pod in the nose of the trailer, turned the wrong way. Problem is, they're longer that way, then from the side with the fork slots. That was mistake #1.
The next pallet was loaded next to it, like it should have been. The pallet after that was loaded behind that one, rather then behind the engine since the engine didn't stick back as far. That was mistake #2.
Then the genius takes one of those 200-some pound bathtubs that ship usually ship out of Kentucky and loads it across the trailer, instead of turning it sideways and pushing it up into the hole that was left. Problem is, now an whole empty skid spot was blocked in. That was mistake #3.
When I got to my 3rd stop I find that it's a 700 lb rollaway toll chest stood up on its' side, because of an apparent need to save space now because of all the space he just wasted due to being stupid.
Stop #4 should have been loaded where this tool box was, next to stop #5, which would have squared the load off so the toolbox could sit right side up across the trailer like it should have been.
The LTL business is no better example of passing the buck, and if you want anything done right you have to do it yourself.Gearjammin' Penguin, Marksteven, road_runner and 4 others Thank this. -
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