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any of ya OTR???
- Thread starter in4aride
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DrMoab
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- The Utah Backwater
I ran to cascade Idaho and back the other day in 14 hours. It's 740 miles. Granted most of that 14 was driving and if I was running electronic logs it would have never happened.
MUDWEISER_XJ
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- CENTRAL IL
I stay within 150 mile of home so no logs for me. Yipee
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
We had a safety meeting today (I skipped it) with our insurance agent. He said the government is trying to mandate elogs and cameras in trucks by 2016. If this happens I will be looking for a new career.
DrMoab
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- The Utah Backwater
From what I've read they will be watching the driver while the truck is moving and put the front seeing what the driver sees. They run on a continuous loop and only activate if there is an "incident". If there is an incident it records the last few min.
PTI propane tricks have these now. I was talking to a guy who had to make a really sharp corner coming out of an ally. His tires dropped off a curb and it was enough to set the recorder off. He got written up because he was eating an apple. They said he was distracted and had he not been eating the apple he wouldn't have drove off the curb.
wow. I know I'm new and haven't seen anything yet, but I get a kick when dispatch says stupid crap about how it needs to be done. It's quite clear how none of them have been out here. They send us qcomm messages that we can play through the speakers and get mad when we don't reply within ten minutes. Lol. I asked if they knew my job was to drive and get loads delivered on time, not to do their job. Obviously the wrong response. But hey..
DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
I only have one dispatcher. We go pheasant hunting together. He's still a dick.
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
Sorry man.
So Was out for about 6 weeks and had been due home for a while. Kept getting put on loads that would get me to Denver terminal then pulled off to do other ones. Kept happening. Then tonight I was dropped here in Omaha, Nebraska and told to enjoy my home time. No load truck had to get turned in to the yard, cant sleep in it, no hotel, nothing. Was told they could get me a bus ticket home but that it would be on my own dime.
So I am in the airport waiting for my flight to Denver. Needless to say I wont be OTR with them anymore. Screw that crap.
So I am in the airport waiting for my flight to Denver. Needless to say I wont be OTR with them anymore. Screw that crap.
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
That really sucks.
I wish I could say it surprised me though. Pretty typical of the training companies.
I wish I could say it surprised me though. Pretty typical of the training companies.
eflores
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- Location
- Greg's place
yano theres always CR england....they'll hire any one right?
CR still stands for crash and Roll right?
CR still stands for crash and Roll right?
Haha no more Otr for right now. I am too burnt out after that. Having to sped a couple hundred bucks on a last minute flight after a 90 buck cap ride has me a bit salty. Gonna find something local for now.
And fwiw England and swift are on the never gonna happen list.
And fwiw England and swift are on the never gonna happen list.
eflores
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- Greg's place
I talk to a lot of divers...I mean probably several thousand a year and from what I can tell swift is ok with seniority but Wal-Mart seams to be the money shot
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
If you decide to go back on the road look up Watkins and Shepard out of Missoula mt.
It's the company I started with. Smaller than the huge guys, good pay. Dry van is a lot less grocery warehouse crap and they are good about home time. Usually two to three days every two weeks. They also have a terminal in Denver.
It's the company I started with. Smaller than the huge guys, good pay. Dry van is a lot less grocery warehouse crap and they are good about home time. Usually two to three days every two weeks. They also have a terminal in Denver.
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
You sure like the slow trucks don't ya?
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
Btw W&S has a flatbed division.
