Running 99% legal

truckerdave1970 · Nov 1, 2009

Larz said: ↑

Hey Dave,

If you get a load from Jersey to somewhere near home and don't need to run a toll road, time to be 0% legal and just run it and fix it later.

Sometimes you do what you have to do.

When I was on the road the first time in 1991, dispatch said you have a load in Ohio, they close in 2.5 hours, if you miss it, they won't reopen till Monday. I said if I miss it call me Sunday at home and let me know what time my pick up is. He said huh??? I said I am less then 8 hours from home, do you think I am going to sit in a truck for the weekend? I did make the pick up in time though...

My point is priorities. When we had our first grandchild, I flew to NY to see him, went for a short 3 day trip. Was worth every penny of that last minute expensive flight.

I am not sure about that company but if I was that close to home and they had no load, I would tell them to get one from Ohio cause that is where I will be.

Good luck to you!
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I think that is exactly what the company (arent they great?) wants me to do! Then they have a perfect reason to fire me and trash my DAC report violating HOS regs AND company policy.

MO family man · Nov 1, 2009

truckerdave1970 said: ↑

630 miles driven

On a good note, I found probably the best kept, secret truckstop! Off of I-55, south of Bloomington, exit 145?. The Dixie restaurant and truckstop, had LOTS of parking at 2100 tonite. It was reasonably clean. But the highlight was my meal, a 1 lb ham steak with hash browns and toast. It was almost more than I could eat! and delicious!!! In all my 15 years, I've never stopped here before, but I plan to make this a regular stop anytime I'm in the area!
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Info does you no good but the Dixie used to be a small chain. Had one in Effingham and tuscola IL as well. There was also one by Erie PA as well.

3.14 · Nov 1, 2009

truckerdave1970 said: ↑

If you are implying that I dont have a legitimete reason to be upset, come talk to me when you have 15 yrs of this #### behind you! Trucking was a great for the 1st 3-4 years and I felt the same way you do, how could anyone complain about this job? But then I matured and realized there was more to life than fast trucks, big CB radios and loose women. I had a family that didnt know who I was, friends that thought I had died. I wole up one day and realized I lost connections with everyone that was important to me, watched my health go down the toilet, compromised my values, in short , I became a person that I hated!
So before you judge me or write me off as being bitter, take a long, hard look at me, you could become just like me in 10-15 yeard, rookie!
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wORD!

Sad_Panda · Nov 2, 2009

Each year that you drive a truck, is investing the time that a "normal" person works in two years.

People, this is a job, it isn't proof that you are a man, or that you have big eggs in your man-basket, it's a job. You fool yourself by not treating it as a job, and nothing more. The company men and women out there, does your company go out of it's way to make you feel more than a number, a freighthauler, a piece of subhuman meat that just needs to push it another week, another month, another hour down the road?

This is why we need to push back, they've taken so very much from us and will do so until something gives.

I'm pissed off that companies can not do the right thing. All I ask is to get paid what I am owed and be treated fairly.

truckerdave1970 · Nov 2, 2009

448 miles
9.25 hrs (12)
$152.32
I am just rapidly losing interest in this garbage! I dropped my load in our Olive Branch yard, picked up 30,000 lbs of shrimp going to Newark, NJ for Monday morning. Supposedly, they are going to l get me a load home from there, I wont be holding my breath!

truckerdave1970 · Nov 2, 2009

557 miles
9.5 hrs (9.5)
$189.38
drove my miles, stopped at the Lee-Hi truck stop in Lexington,VA. They have really good food! All homemade, pot roast, baked macaroni and cheese (best I had since I lived at home), real mashed potatoes, lasanga, it was all good! and only $12.52 for the whole buffet! I heartily reccomend the food there.
Anyway, I go to the farthest corner or the parking lot as I was planning to NOT idle and get some nice, quiet sleep as it was 50 degrees. No other trucks around me for about 50 yards, it was awesome! For about 1 hour, then some Richard Cranium parks next to me and decides he is going to idle all nite. For the record, it was an O/O, not a company driver. Now, I dont pay for my fuel and I look forward to the time of year when I can shut the #### truck off, I sleep better! You would think that a guy who pays for the fuel would shut it down, if for no other reason than to save money! The same guy will throw a fit when the law says he cant idle when it's too hot BUT wont shut it down when THERE IS NO REASON TO IDLE AT 50 DEGREES!

doubledragon5 · Nov 2, 2009

This is why we need to push back, they've taken so very much from us and will do so until something gives.
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And what do you suppose we do? With the economy in the tank, companies not moving much freight. Business going belly up, unemployment going up. Right now companies have drivers (workers) in general by the gonads, and they know it..

truckerdave1970 · Nov 3, 2009

3128 miles
63 hrs logged (87.5 hrs actually worked)
$1063.52 earned b4 taxes and road expenses
or if I had a REAL job that bad OT after 40 hrs
$14.27/hr ($9.55/hr)
Still crappy wages for a professional.
Have I proved my point sufficently yet? You can not make decent money running legal, the more you cheat, the more you make!
Shall I keep going? Is there any additional info that you would like me to report? or shall I retire this experiement?

jtrnr1951 · Nov 3, 2009

You did well Dave, take the early retirement. You proved your point. Thank You !!!

Larz · Nov 3, 2009

Good luck getting home Dave...

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