The joys of having drivers just keeps getting better.

It should as long as he owns the trailer and its listed on the insurance certificate it should be covered. I do know what you are talking about though. If you have non owned trailer on your insurance policy for instance and are pulling somebody else's trailer their trailer is only covered when its hooked to your truck. But if its listed on the policy with a vin description and yada yada yada it should be covered.

Problem is even with a $1000 deducatbale if it was stolen and isn't recovered he won't get squat for insurance money after the deductible. Insurance is ######## in my opinion and then they devalue everything but charge us an arm and leg for insurance what the hell is the point of even paying premiums anymore?

To the op forgot I have a 48x102 east if you would need a 48x102 3 boxes all aluminum decent rubber no dump valve new brakes on rear axle front axle brakes are poor but does have 2 new slacks. Could work out a rental on that one as well. Hope everything works out for you and you've gotten rid of at least this driver that let your trailer get stolen.

 

When I thought about my previous answer I realized that there are plenty of people that work for "piece mill rate" such as people that do construction work for the square foot or, even a sales person that works for commission, that is a form of piece mill rate work, but those people don't have to pull up a cot behind their machine or behind their desk and stay there all night till their next chance to work, and they don't have to stop for five or six hours at a time and wait till the next time they can make any money. That's why I think truck drivers should get paid by the hour, just like city drivers, who get paid right on even if their truck breaks down, or if they have to wait to unload or whatever. And for sure when there are two truck drivers pushing out twice as many miles than one could do, that is to the advantage of the company, and both workers should certainly be paid the same amount, because these drivers don't even get the convenience of stretching their legs now and then. The companies are for sure taking advantage of these guys, paying a few more cents a mile they would pay one driver, and then these two drivers splitting that.

 

travelling salesmen work out of town, live in a car and stop in a motel. All possible to do with a truck. I could easily sell my condo century and go to a day cab and do the same work if I choose to. But do I choose to? No, because it's inconvenient for me to find motels or having to sit in a line at a grain elevator or someplace like that.

We do our job away from the house. plain and simple. That's how it is. To say we should be paid hourly is not realistic. To say we should get paid "security" pay isn't either. Means that we would be paid "on-duty" then from the moment we got to the truck until you went home whenever.

 

none why do you ask,lol.My route is on a 55 mph hwy.But when im otr and have to go thru towns,i'm in no big hurry,I just go with the flow.Love those twns that have a stop lite every block and you have a good 2 miles of lite after lite.

 

Consider this scenario: Suppose someone decides to take that load AND truck, it has been done, it has been done quite often, who is the only witness on the scene? IF your boss insists that you live in that truck, unarmed, and insists that you are responsible for what happens to that truck, trailer, and load, then if it were me, well, I personally wouldn't do it without compensation. But you do as you choose.

 

they can have the whole rig. Load and all.

Nothing there is worth my life over. It's material matter that is easy enough to replace.

 

completely wrong, NO DRIVER is better than a half-assed driver everytime

 

Hourly pay has two problems. First is thatthere is no practical way to bill shippers on an hourly basis. The second is that there would be no way to practical way to monitor drivers to insure that they arent sitting in the gameroom at the truckstop expecting to be paid for that.

 

My guess would be the driver has been dropping trl at that lot in Gary Ind. for awhile and u have to take some of the blame for it happening. You should have nipped it in the bud first time he did it. And buy locks for kingpins and airlines they are cheap compared to the deductible even when dropping in your secured yard cameras do no good if you dont tape or watch. Some drivers are like little kids have to coach them or hold there hand along the whole way. Lay out the rules in black and white when hiring so theres no question about what you expect from them you are the one writing the pay checks demand it about what you want done. Everyone has some fault about what happened. Sorry for your loss tho.

 

oh my, i am so glad i was not drinking anything on that last part about the mirror,it was just to funny.