The Pneumatic Tanker Thread

well, i certainly have more experience with multiple different breakdowns and systems than someone with as little time as I should have. I would really rather have fewer "experience sessions" in all my life really. Just give me a written test and let that be good instead of all the practical hands on painful lessons. Really I swear I"ll learn it good.

 

WW is just WW lol. They have shop in Commerce City. I run out of the wood river Illinois terminal.

 

well, it's WW Transport, silly. You sure you're actually reading your pay stubs.

Got any more information?

 

I don't have a lot of info for Denver. I know they move a lot out of Ardent Mills there. It's Ardents main plant and we haul out of one in Alton. Saw a couple daycabs sitting when I stopped in for chains the other day. Pay is 25% for everyone. Good grade products. They're a stand up company. 70mph trucks. The daycabs are CNG also. Not a perk but something I would want to know. Will post some more later on tonight when I don't have to type on this phone.

 

thanks
I did see the reference on the website to CNG, everyone I know with CNG trucks HATES them.

 

Big point though: driver facing cameras.

 

FN us transport had those too. I overrode my sense of not liking them and went with it and clearly that was a bad decision.

I see no good reason except the company throwing you under the bus for driving facing cameras. Perhaps we should install cameras at all desks to make sure that our dispatchers, HR people, etc are all working 100% of the time in proper safety orientation.

That would solve that problem right quick.

 

So, it's now been a month and a half of working two days a week, and collecting partial unemployment. At first this was an ideal opportunity to do some projects around the house. But I'm slowly running out of things to do and going half crazy. Supposedly next week we'll be pretty busy, and there's a huge job starting in three weeks at one the redi mix plants we service. That job is supposed to go at least three months. And there's a few other big jobs in the works for later this year.

But even with a new truck due any day, and a now two year old trailer, I'm not sure how long I'm willing to ride this out. I know next winter is going to be rough if the power plants don't come back online. And cement will be slow, just like every winter.
So I may be looking for a new gig this fall. Something that's not weather dependent, and steady. Maybe milk hauling...

 

Yeah yeah, it's always Sunny in California, I know! Lol.

With the warm winter we had, the cement side of things was better than normal, but the power plants that we rely on in winter weren't even running. They'd run for a week here and there just to keep in practice. But the electric prices make it almost impossible for them to break even, much less profit. So they just throw the switch and shut down.

As far as the company I work for, they're exploring other options for the winter to keep us working.

But the break was nice, last year was a killer. Lots of long days and nights