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    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I'd be down to do oil changes, greasing, washing, brakes etc but it'd be hourly rate. I wouldn't do it for free by any means.

    My thinking is more a local company that does gravel/construction. Work all week and then come in for an hour or 2 on a Saturday to wash and grease the equipment.
     
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    tlalokay Medium Load Member

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    Dispatch starts out the phone convo with: "You're the man if you can do this load...I know you can do it..."
     
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    tlalokay Medium Load Member

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    When you show up to a live load and the forklift driver starts handing you a nail gun, wood blocks and cardboard. Dispatch didn't say anything about driver assist or any additional pay.
     
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    tlalokay Medium Load Member

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    Every single time you show up as scheduled, even an hour early, to a live load/offload, and the first thing the warehouse clerk says is: "You're late!"
     
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    "I'm from corporate and I'm here to help"
     
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    We are a Christian oriented company lol
     
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    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    "Our new HR lady is the one with the neon pink hair over there"
     
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    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Someone had enough info to put in an online application in a guy I know's name. I think it was on Indeed or one of those. He didn't get any emails so they they give up his email address but he was getting phone calls for weeks.
    I thought it was a little bit funny, but he didn't see any humor in it..
     
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    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    Anybody else ever get calls or emails from the recruiter of the company they are currently driving for?
     
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    After truck is in the Freightliner dealership for a week: "We couldn't find anything wrong with the def system after we did a regen so we just updated your software"

    Multiply this by 4 and this is what happened to my truck over and over a couple months ago.

    I think they finally fixed it though.
     
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