Why do some on the forum say that truckers don't make more than a fast food worker

o by the way, i have seen pilot receipts and even their records of the transaction off by sometimes up to an hour

DOT knows this, as well as they are not concerned where you are by the minute

their concern is that you are not driving too long, or you are not where you said you were

we are allowing them to drive our trucks to the minute, which is too much stress for anyone, including DOT

 

To me,yes. And now I'm getting creeped out thinking about it..

 

Maybe you wouldn't be legally responsible, but what about the lawyer hired to sue you? Evidenciary standards are not the same in civil cases. What happens when you forget to match your logs to receipts because you are in a hurry to get back on the road?

 

I did here the other day a way to help that, when you fuel always buy something inside. Then you can show some help of the fact you were there.

 

Anyone else ever notice people who think of pay in "per hour" terms tend to be poorly compensated? I have never worked for an hourly rate (save for a 5 day industrial gig that had to be paid hourly because of massive overtime) and yet I always make more money than my friends. My bills dont accrue based on hours, so why should I be concerned with what I make in an hour?

More to the point, what is an hour of my time worth? Answer: it depends what I did that hour. I have made less than minimum wage, all the way to over $50/hr(one day I made $112/hr, and I'll never forget it). At the end of the week, regardless of my rate per hour, what's left over is income less expenses. As long as that is a good number, I'm a happy man.

Hourly wages are for poor people, productivity wages allow me to make more in less time.

 

Fuel receipts? ####, my last 2-3 companys were fuel and go. Forgot they even gave receipts.

 

We are too, but DOT will still match your fuel times to the company fuel bill records.

 

So in that case, you pay for the fuel inside and your receipts match your logs as far as when you start driving again. How often do you(any driver in general) get the fuel receipt at the pump and then go inside to buy something to drink or whatever and keep/forget to throw out that receipt and when you get back to the truck and log your start driving time according to the fuel receipt? Say it took you 30mins to get back on the road, for whatever reason, and your soda receipt says 1430 but your logs say 1400 driving.

I mean, I know that's very nitpicky and unlikely to affect anything but lawyers look for that kind of stuff.

 

Not all fuel receipts have time stamps....

 

Don't know how it works for truckers. My talking of receipts is based on fueling my car. One is always printed even if I don't take it. Must be a record of that somewhere.