WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE DRIVING TEAMS?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Rightaway, Dec 4, 2019.

  1. Rightaway

    Rightaway Bobtail Member

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    Primary reason BOUNDARIES must be NECESSARY. STAY IN THE BUNK ... until it's your time to drive - limit problems.
     
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    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    Because that’s how life is meant to be lived.

    sitting on a bunk in a rattling freightliner.
     
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    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    And yet foreigners will pile in 4 to a truck and roll down the road lol. Guess theyre just doing the teaming jobs that dumb old Americans won't do (sarcasm).
     
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    Teams done right is very powerful.

    But when you survey the situation coast to coast it's seriously screwed up.
     
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    I agree, very powerful when you are surrounded with like minds - same vision.
     
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    Not possible to make any money with 4 people in a truck.
     
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    For them it is when a good months wages in india was $100, but now they can make $1000.
     
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    THAT Im worried about.

    They think they have riches with 1000 american dollars when exchanged to India's currency back home which results in mountains of their money system.

    I usually send some funds in American Dollars to Israel and when they recieve it and convert over to Shekel its almost a 4 to 1 USD. Meaning if a pack of smokes cost 7.00 US here it's a carton over there for just about that if not a little more American USD in Shekel.

    This is not a political post, its strictly economic minded about money. The more people come here to America (Immigration is what we are...) the easier for trucking companies to hand them .30 a mile in USD and they faint in such escatsy and rapture at such riches to them. Not aware that is what we paid top hands 45 years ago.
     
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    very sad but true for American citizens because you cannot live off of .30 cents a mile here. The need for drastic economic (tax based) consequences for corporations who hires in this manner.
     
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    Like a flight from Washington DC to Japan. Terrible, very terrible.
     
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