What Would You Do if this was your OTR job?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by insipidtoast, Jan 28, 2019.

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  1. chimbotano

    chimbotano Heavy Load Member

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    That is the exact reason I don’t feel sorry for you guys. Like I said before, I used to blame companies for treating their driver like dirt .... now, specially after reading this . If they do that to you is because you are letting them do that to you ! You sound like a wife who gets abuse by her husband and still stick with him .
     
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  2. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Doorslamming sux, doesn't it? What would I do? I would line up my next gig, get my date for orientation, and clean my gear out of the truck when I got home. If I live up to my end of the agreement, the company has to live up to theirs.
     
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    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Time to find a new seat. Just being that far away monday morning, not knowing what you're doing and being 2 1/2 days away from where you're supposed be wednesday would be enough to start looking.



    Just curious, is that nonsense finding an empty at all normal?
     
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  4. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    first thing i would do is move out of California and come to America.
     
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  5. Hotplate

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    And paid how much for all that wasted time and labor? Lemme guess: zero, zilch, nada, nothing. Ok maybe some shag pay if your dispatcher is in a good mood that day but we all know that don't pay squat.

    This is why per-mile pay is such an absolute scam and why I'll never ever go back to running the road. Wayyyy too many freebies.

    Saw a Schneider driver the other day with a "2 Million Miles" placard on his door. That's an amazing achievement, but under HHG miles that guy drove a whole YEAR for free.
     
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  6. Sirscrapntruckalot

    Sirscrapntruckalot Road Train Member

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    As always....in jest.

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    ;)

    Sirscrapntruckalot - Homeskillet gets my humor....not sure if I should be worried, or happy. Ha.
     
    Sirscrapntruckalot, Jan 29, 2019
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  7. Woodchuck88

    Woodchuck88 Medium Load Member

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    This has to be western express
     
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    I glide 47 Road Train Member

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    The part about hop a curb and drive up steep embankment twice tell me that trucking might not be your career calling for, drive my truck like that and your fired
     
    I glide 47, Jan 29, 2019
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  9. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Sounds like some of the crap Crete and Big G use to pull...neither couldn't keep track of their equipment...and Big G was putting these weird sensors in the front of all their trailers to track where their loaded/empty trailers were. Haven't had this issue since I left the door slamming world and went to open deck...and I wouldn't go back to pulling a box if you put a gun to my head.

    Oh, and to answer the question in the title...find something else with a company that doesn't operate this way.
     
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    supersnackbar, Jan 29, 2019
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  10. Rn8806

    Rn8806 Light Load Member

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    Drive to yard thank you by.go work for small company never look back
     
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