Thanks a pantload for the driver shortage, ELD huggers

Discussion in 'ELD Forum | Questions, Answers and Reviews' started by Timin770, Apr 18, 2022.

  1. Last Call

    Last Call Road Train Member

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    I don't totally disagree with you about the money aspect but what might be enough money is the questionable line in the sand .. I don't care to have somebody draw a line in the sandbox and tell me not to cross it.. because I will cross that line every chance I get especially if there's some cash on the other side of the line.. I try to tread lightly in this discussion.. because this old dog ain't in this fight.. lol
    My flea bite'n tick riddled arse sleeps under the neighbor's porch and has a longer leash
     
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  3. Ffx95

    Ffx95 Road Train Member

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    Not like those ELDs are helping much. Chicagoland Volvo mafia just use shady eld software from other side of the globe that allows the truck company to phone in and request corrections to the on duty and driving times. Drivers still driving tired. Issue is HOS really. Also drivers allowing theirselves to drive tired. Driving tired is like driving drunk.
     
  4. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    But there's enough idiots to cause the need for a line.
     
  5. Last Call

    Last Call Road Train Member

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    You got me there .. we seemed to have grown a bumper crop of them the last 20 years
     
  6. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    That's entirely your opinion, which doesn't really matter.
     
  7. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    No it's a fact
     
  8. God prefers Diesels

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    If I can make money in 70 hours, I can double it in 140. It's nobody's business but my own as to how much is "enough".

    After 15 years in the oilfield, 70 hours isn't even worth getting dressed. I see 98 hours wasted. Knock off 40 for sleep and showers, and that's still 58 hours of lost productivity. We're not all created equal, or at the same stage in our lives, and I sure don't subscribe to the likes of r/antiwork ideals. When I'm running, I want to run.
     
  9. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    The problem is people who don't have common sense. So you might have the sense not to run 20 hours and sleep 4. Until you're so fatigued you kill someone. But these super Truckers don't. Just like some companies might have the sense to not force a driver to run fatigued. But many don't.

    Speed limits and hos are not for the people who have a brain. They're for the idiots. So you can follow them or work in oil field. Either way. 70 is still plenty of time to make plenty of money.
     
  10. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    Oh, I had no idea.

    Plenty of money for whom?
     
  11. diesel guy454

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    Stupidity is out of control in this industry.
     
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