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Started by Furby, November 08, 2004, 08:22:45 PM

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Furby


J_T

Got a buddy that does it .I wouldn't He is almost never home bad food ever sleep in a sleaper at a truck stop ??? I had rather be home broke as on the road .Glad some can do it If you have kids at home it can be hard on everyone . My wife is an xwife of a truck driver he fell in love on the road :o
Jim Holloway

UNCLEBUCK

Yeah I got alot of thoughts that might help . Big companies advertise big pay per mile but make sure they guarantee a minimum of miles per week . No touch freight is the best ! Hauling food like meat and produce is the worst due to alot of deliveries and pickups and waiting . Pulling flatbed is the funnest and the least stress and you seldom have to back up in a crowded loading dock at night when its raining , the people seem nicer where you load and deliver pulling a flatbed and its usually one pick and one drop . Short trips get you home more often but long trips like 2000 milers make it nice . I drove for a outlaw with 6 big peterbilts and that was way better than a big company because he had nice powerful trucks and steady runs but he had  big turnover in drivers due to 5000 mile work weeks which I think would mean jailtime by todays rules. Shop around and there is such a shortage of drivers today that even part-time might be enough just hopping from seat to seat when a driver needs time off . There is so many places looking for drivers I guess close to home is better than far away . Good luck
UNCLEBUCK    bridge burner/bridge mender

james

been doing it for 7 years now and love it flat bed, and now a specallized hauling boats wouldn`t care to pull a dry van or a refer pulling produce  drove transit for 13 years prior at least this freight dont complain if you hit a bump ;D ;D (i dont haul explosives )  :o :o  like one guy said hard if you have a family- i dont  went over the road when the marrage went south:-X :-X

Ianab

Lil's cousin is over there in the US right now driving trucks. There must be plenty of jobs going if they will hire guys from NZ for a 6 month contract. Anyway he's young and single, so it's a 6 month working holiday for him. I believe he's hauling silage  ::) , not exactly a glamour job, but it's one way to see another part of the world  :)

Ian
Weekend warrior, Peterson JP test pilot, Dolmar 7900 and Stihl MS310 saws and  the usual collection of power tools :)

Tom

A friend of mine made a turn of it for a couple of years and finallyl quit after bad experiences that he couldn't handle with the company.  Things like:  No return loads and dead-heads don't pay to bring the truck home.   When he delivered dry concrete to the concrete factory he had to pump it out of his truck and there's no pay/no mileage in that.  There seemed to always be bad blood between the drivers and the dispatchers and he finally got tired of the politics.

Bruce_A

There is more net picking free stuff up along the road if you put in the same hours.

bighoss550

i love it. but i bypassed all the problems that were mentioned by getting my own authority and runnin my own business.

i dont have a big expensive semi either. and my daily driver is also my "rig".  i pull a 32' flat and only do partials. thats nice because they are rarely in any big hury, and if they are, they pay tons o money to get it there:)
def get on with a small time guy, and dont dont go far. im home almost every night.

the best drivin job i think is the guys with the 1 tons that pull a trailer loaded with campers. the get decent wages and they are free to backhaul whatever they want. i get some of mine from www.getloaded.com

Furby

Thanks guys!
I don't have a problem with sleeping in a sleeper. When I travel, I sleep in a small car at rest areas, truck stops, hotel and store parking lots, anything that looks on the safer side.  ::) I LOVE being on the road, just figure I'll get sick of it after a while.

I'm going to have to do two years of OTR before I can get a local route. Then I think I can get something that will get me home a little more offten. This area is really short on drivers as are a lot of other places around the country.

I'm guessing a lot of what you all are talking about is owners/operators???

Looking at just being an employed driver with a company.
Don't want to deal with the owner/operator thing.

Bighoss550,
I kinda figured I'd hear from you. ;)
Wouldn't mind doing what you are, but is that your only source of income???
I don't have any $$$ to invest in something like you have. That's why I need to get back to work, almost everything is maxed out.  :-/

Percy

Heya Furby.
I hauled logs for many years and am glad to be rid of the truckin bug. Transportation is the albatross around big businesses necks and they will do whatever it takes to cut costs, and there are too many drivers out there willing to exceed hours of service laws and drive at excessive speeeds to make up time/revenue. There is no difference between an owner operator and a hired driver in my opinion. They work too hard and get paid too little, all in the name of reducing costs for the big corporations.. It can be done but keep your head up and dont let the "yappers" intimidate you. I see by your profile that you are 99 years old :D. Well I dont have to tell you, after being on the road for a couple of months, you start crappin strait lard. The restarant that was soooo good at the begining of your stint is a "greasy spoon" after a bit. Its a tuff racket no matter what you haul and its no wonder there is a shortage of drivers.
GOLDEN RULE : The guy with the gold, makes the rules.

bighoss550

QuoteBighoss550,
I kinda figured I'd hear from you. ;)
Wouldn't mind doing what you are, but is that your only source of income???
I don't have any $$$ to invest in something like you have. That's why I need to get back to work, almost everything is maxed out.  :-/

yep thats my only source of income......for both of us.....and it pays for her college....

i only had 3600 bucks when i started, with good credit, and now my gross weekly is almost that:) ;) not braggin or gloatin or anything like that....just kinda proud of my self i guess...haha 8)

good luck, and i must say it is extremely commendable that any 99yr old is willing to venture into a new line of work :D

Furby

 ;) ;D ::)

Credit is great, just maxed! May not stay good for long though. ::)
So how did you start up? This your first truck?
Just thinking I can't do something like this with an older truck. That means trying to swing financing with out a job, it don't work! So I'd have to do a business start up, in order to get a rig, right???


Nothing wrong with being proud of a job well done! 8)

UNCLEBUCK

Just a thought but alot of companies have very easy ways for you to sign on the dotted line for a tractor in their fleet and you become a instant owner/operator and you run on the companies money and they instantly also have you over a barrel ,if I was you I would just drive for a few years and see the country without any of the stress involved . After a few years then you will know for sure . I never owned and just drove hard but I liked going back and forth from minnesota to california . Get on with a long haul that goes west where you can get steady long trips . If I lived in michigan I would love to drive a big log truck that goes across the mackinaw bridge everyday . Make sure you check out hauling hotmix with the road construction companies then you could draw unemployment 5 to 6 months per year and go fishin !  most all truckstops have nice clean private showers to use when you fuel there. Hope you have a good time and its what you hoped for !
UNCLEBUCK    bridge burner/bridge mender

sawguy21

Percy, I know the logging roads around Terrace. I hear you bro', especially the part about the lard. Trucking is a lifestyle, not a living. If you are looking to make a good living, go back to school and get a real job. Once into it, yer a lifer cause you can't afford to get out.
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Quartlow

What ever you do DO NOT do a lease purchase. you can bet you will end up paying about 3 times what a truck is worth.

One of the worst scams out there. I'm probably going to be heckled for saying this, but try to get on with Shneider or JB hunt. yeah they get a lot of abuse from people just because of the name but your working with a steady company. theres a chance you could run regional as opposed to over the road.

Stay away from onwer operators with small fleets. Allmost always there are no benifits, huge abounts of miles to run per week and lower pay for those miles.

Remeber
Crome won't take you home. yeah those big pretty trucks are nice but crome and big motors don't put food on the table.

They are right trucking is a lifestyle, but you can get out. I did after 20 years of it. Sort of. I stuill drive local 3 days a week. But I pretty much do what I want when I want.

There are some GREAT driving jobs out there you just have to find them. One really good gig. Find a Rental company, Like RSC , Sunbelt, United. The big ones. Do delivery of rental equipment. thats what I did fo rthe last 4 years I drove full time.
No loading docks
Little paper work.
Usually pretty good pay
Benifits
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Have a wooderful day!!

Quartlow

another thing, watch the traffic lanes of a company. A company that runs say illinoise to california isn't going to get you home very often.

Where as some one who runs a olt of say detroit to points around the states stands a better chance of getting you home.

With schneider or jb its not going to be to big an issue
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Have a wooderful day!!

bighoss550

i know alot of people that make good money pullin those campers with 1tons, and they are almost all outta indiana. right below you. they get from 75-1.00 mile, and are gettin 15mpg. the company's (quality drive away, southeastern trailer transport, etc.) give u all the necessary things to get goin, pay you on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule, dont force u to go anywhere, there is no rush on stuff so u can drive by the rules, and u dont have the problem of drivin for a big corporation. there are 3 guys in my home town right now that are gettin out of their semis and into trucks like mine.

another benefit is that u dont have to have a second vehicle to drive around in. ur truck does both....... work and play:)
its just a thought and i feel that u should look into it before u dive into a semi..... u dont have to have a fancy new 55,000 dollar F550..... u can get a nice used 1ton or F450-F550 in the 20K range

ok, ill shutup now:)

dave7191

Furby my brother has been with Gainie for the last 8 or 9yrs and he had never stayed over a year at any company so they must treat there driver fair and their in GR the camper hauling seems to be a good deal too know several people who drive for one of the trailer factorys or boats
 look at it myself and though about it just don't want to be awy from home that much any more
 Dave

Furby

Ok, thanks for all the info!
Just got back from a meeting with the trucking school AND Gainey. While it's all sales pitch, what I heard wasn't to bad.
They actually told me that right now just getting 9 months under my belt, makes me real marketable for something local. Not the 2 years I've been hearing.
Gainey's talking 3k miles a week, with 110k a year average. I can work my way into one of their dedicated routes down the road. Until then I'd be bouncing around the country. There are no contracts with Gainey, I can walk any time. Will be tied up for 6 months to a year if I have the schooling paid for.

Nope, not going to be home much, but I wouldn't anyways working 2 full time jobs at $6.50 an hour.

My situation is that I need the schooling and experience, in order to get a local route, or another job, say driving log trucks. I could cover the cost of schooling myself and be free of HAVING to OTR, but with out the time under my belt, I'm a little limited unless I work for myself.

I did find another school/driving company, and like the looks of their website, but that really don't mean much. ::)

I DON'T like the idea of owner/operator leasing. But what Bighoss550 is doing don't sound to bad. I don't mind being gone for a week or two at a time, just would like a break in between. ::)

Bighoss, I'm sending you an IM. ;)

Frickman

Monday and Tuesday I was in Northern Indiana on some business, and saw plenty of those fellows with one tons delivering trailers. Seems like a nice way to earn a living for the right person. Especially if you wanted to do something part-time in retirement.

By the way, I ventured into Jeff's home state, Michigan, a few miles. Almost accidentally really. I needed a few small items at 5:00 Am and ended up at a Wally World a few miles over the line from where I was. I couldn't figure out why there were whole crews attaching price tags to every piece of merchandise in the store, I thought that they would just scan the UPC code like everywhere else. The nice lady at the checkout told me they still scan the UPC code, but that Michigan law requires them to price every pin and bauble in the place. She did welcome me to the state though and hoped that I enjoyed my visit. I must say that everyone I met in those twenty or thirty minutes were some of the nicest people around.
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Pretend farmer when I have the time

J_T

Furby have you checked out the oversize load escort buisness ??? I did it a while in two weaks I almost needed a wheelborow to carry my money home in :D :D Here it pays 95 cents to a dollar a mile and most times they pay motel on over nights . Gave a buddy of mine the fever now he is hooked up with a guy that runs 150 foot long super loads the man pays for the best food and motels
Jim Holloway

Furby

Yeah, but do the supply the truck???
Any leads as to who to talk to???

bighoss550

ya, i didnt even think of that!!!!!!
that is a real good racket to start out in!!!!!!
a friend of mine moves those house trailers, and has to have escorts. a few of my other friend escorted for him a few times and they do get pretty good pay!

if i see jim, ill def ask for ya ;)

Furby


Paschale

Some negatives in that article, Furby, but overall, sounds like you're moving into a field where there's a definite need, which makes you marketable!   8)  A buddy of mine drove for one of the moving companies.  He actually enjoyed the driving, and seeing tons of the country.  He did for a few summers, and I know he doesn't regret it.  He didn't like the moving part of it, since he needed to be the one helping loading and unloading and stuff, but it sounds like with Gainey, you wouldn't be doing any of that stuff.  

I say, more power to ya!
Y'all can pronounce it "puh-SKOLLY"

Furby

Just went through this thread again................

Any further thoughts on Dry Van vs. Reffer vs. Flatbed?

Gonna be company driver either way, and while I can get regional real easy, I'm thinking I'll do long haul for a bit.
No contracts with any of the companies I'm looking at, so I can walk if I don't like it.

J_T

Got a bubby all he pulls is a flatbed. He has a side kit that works good . He don't have to touch any thing like a box some want their things sit at the rear to off load . I even beg him to haul a load of tyes now and then 8)
Jim Holloway

isawlogs

 Furby
  I have a few friends that do the long haul ... and they realy like it , see alot of country , pay is good . So all I can tell ya is go for it . Have fun , I know we will while you will be on the road .  ;D ;) :)
A man does not always grow wise as he grows old , but he always grows old as he grows wise .

   Marcel

Quartlow

Furby
Check out Estes freight lines. running local you have to touch some freight but its hourly pay. Have two nephews that work out of the west middlelsex pa terminal, ones a driver. hes been there about 3 years and he had 0 experiance when he started and he is now making $.52 per mile and he is home 2 or 3 times a week.

The other one is a mechanic for them

They have a terminal in Grand Rapids
http://www.estes-express.com/cgi-dta/tmn100.mbr/output?random_number=&hash_value=&search_criteria=MI&state_name=Michigan

Grand Rapids - GDR    
7378 Expressway Drive SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49548    
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(616) 281-1943  fax
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DouginUtah

Furby,

My experience has only been pulling refers long haul.

The only negative for refers is the noise when you are trying to sleep. If you are a sound sleeper it shouldn't be a problem. Some of newer trailers (2002+) are really nice and quiet.

Contact me if you have any questions.

-Doug
-Doug
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Rockn H

Furby, if you are going to be a company driver, I would suggest pulling a dry van.  Some companies pay o/o by the mile, some pay percentage.  Just about all companies I know of that will hire a driver with no over the road experience are going to pay by the mile, and it should be around .30 to .35/mile.  If you aren't going to get paid more then why work more?  That is pulling tarps or off loading freight.  I've had a lot of freinds go to school and have to suffer through two years before they could get on with a company that would let them have some off time or not leave them setting for three days.  I've been an o/o for a while now and back during the summer I had some work done to my truck and thought ,with the price of fuel , that I would just run one of the company trucks for a while.  Not doing that again for a while. ;D  I'm to used to saying when I'm going home. :)  Another reason why I couldn't drive for JB or Schneider.  They like for their o/o to take one day off for each week out.  Just like their company drivers.  One company I would advise against would be Covenant.  My bil drove for them until he could get some experience and they constantly kept him out for 7 weeks at a time.  Other than the time off issue JB or Schneider would be some good ones to go for, and JB has of good lease purchase after 6 months.  I have talked to several drivers that have bought trucks through JB and they don't mark them up like some companies.  Also their payments are'nt $2000 a month.  Well, you probably shouldn't worry about buying a truck after six months. ;) 
Back to the question. :)  Unless you're an o/o I wouldn't mess with anything but a dry van.  Just open the doors and back up to the dock.

PawNature

I pulled tanker for 5 years and if I ever went back thats what I would do agin. If you didn;t want to be gone all the time I would check with some of the local companies. When I was pulling tanker most runs were out and back 400-600 miles.  Most any company will work with you if you have schooling.
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Faron

Furby, I don't know beans about the trucking business, but I noticed during three trips across Illinois  the interstate  was thick with flatbeds pulling new tractors and combines.  I am supposing they were coming out of the Moline IL area.  Seems to me if a guy could get into a deal like that, it might lessen some of the uncertainty with getting loads.  I wondered if they backhauled anything.   That trailer hauling deal sounds pretty good as well.
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sawguy21

My cousin's husband hauls mobiles from Indiana into Canada but he lives in Windsor so it is a short hop to the factories.  They pay from the factory and back so he is on his own getting to and from work. Not very profitable if you live far away. He had all the work he could handle hauling south after Katrina and Rita but U.S. immigration put a stop to that. No green card :(.
With the oilfield activity here, there is a real shortage of truckers and pilot car drivers. Off highway is tough on drivers and equipment though. Some of the companies are hiring straight out of school and putting green drivers on solo runs to the coast. Not a good thing.
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Mr Mom

 The only reason i dont go over the road is my kids. Talked to alot of friends that drove over the road and they wished they stayed home. Alot of missed ball games,dancas classes and other family events. My friend that i went to school with lost his dad at the age of 3. Another drunk truckdriver crossed the double yellow line and killed his dad. He says that the only thing that he rembers about his dad is the black peterbilt that he drove.



pappy

Friend of mine here has a wheeler w/ log loader... early to bed and early to rise... hauls logs for small and big jobbers, private land owners, etc... VERY busy and home every night!! Wife and three sons...


here he's delivering some pine logs for me  8)


He'll even remove an old building fer ya...

Yup I know it takes money to make money...He was lucky his dad (who did the same 40+ yrs.) got him started right out of high school...

just something to think about...



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Burlkraft

Furby,
I've been in the truck business for over 30 years. I just kind of semi-retired... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Pun intended..........only I have been on the really well paying end of the truck business........parts and service. Over the years I have seen many guys come and go. Haulin' freight used to pay real good, but during the 90's it went the other direction. Now I see prices have come around. Lots of guys who do things the right way make out okay. I've seen a lot of guys go down the drain. You know.....New truck, lots of chrome and lights, huge payments, lots of dead headin' and the next thing ya know the repo man is there. Other guys have bought those repo trucks and made a great living. A real good friend of mine had a great gig doin' the wiener haul from Oscar's in Madison to the west coast and then haulin' fruit back to Chicago. It made 2 turns in 2 weeks and had a week off. regular loads and regular checks. Lots of new guys that haul for national companies get stuck runnin' out east. You have to pay your dues to get the better routs.
Why not just 1 pain free day?

Furby


UNCLEBUCK


Here is a pic of the lettuce wagon I did time in . Thought this thread could use a truck pic  :D
UNCLEBUCK    bridge burner/bridge mender

countrysaw

Hey furby,

Something else you might look into that is big in our area is hauling hot parts for all of the big MFG's (Deere, CNH, Alcoa Alum.,).  One of my friends fathers did it for a while with a company called Sun-Rys i belevie, or i might be wrong.  Had some long routes, (IL to PA, IL to Nebraska etc.) and some short local stuff. Just pretty much a pallet or crate of parts that a line has run out of.  he was making $20 and hour and .25 a mile for fuel and truck maintenece, and was home a whole lot, the only bad part is that you have to run your own truck, just a pickup though, and the work is spotty, run for a week or two and then sit around at home and wait for a load.  ANd they pay for loading and unloading time, and hotels!
Right now i am playing in the sandbox

FiremanEd


Don't do it!!

if you're married,

have kids,

want to be married,

want to have kids, who know who you are,,,

otherwize,,, don't do it.
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lawyer_sawyer

Hey Furby,
I wish you luck with whatever you decide.  I know some people who do it for a living and one has an absolute ball with it.  he loves driving and he loves being on the road.  He is also a person that doesn't like staying in one place to long so he always changes up his schedule as much as he can.
The other person I know did it like you to make ends meet for some time to either wait out the economy and find a job he wanted or to get some money to go to school whichever came first.  he ended up waiting out and getting a different job but it did give him the experience he needed to get into a factory with a logistics department.  He understood the industry and he could talk the talk.  I am not saying this is typical but what happened for one can happen for another.

Just a few months ago I ran into a guy at a social function and we were talking about jobs and he told me when he graduated he kinda fell into a situation working for car haulers.  he had a 1/2 ton truck and pulled a 3 car trailer for a company that was like an auction group that needed to drop off cars for dealerships that buy from car auctions.  I don't remember if he said what he was paid in $'s but he could pay off his debt and it was flexible enough he could still interview 2 or 3 days a week.

Likewise.  I was just talking to my dad aobut something like this last week and he is on the road a great deal and he sees these little delivery trucks that are from multipled states and they are usually time sensitive parts that need to be somewhere quicker than a tractor trailer combo could get them there so they send a few in a small panel truck and so that is an option.

I wish you luck
please tell us what you decide and maybe we will see you on the road
Lawyer-sawyer
Love the outdoors, chainsaws, my 300 win mag, my wife and my son but not exactly in that order.

Mr Mom

If you go over the road you cant mill any wood. >:( >:( >:(

Furby


Paschale

Hey Furby,

My two cents, FWIW, is that you can always change down the road.  Few things in life are ever permanent, especially a job, and even if you need to do this for a few years, and don't like it, you can start doing something different.  But, if it's a good job, with a good company, and it will keep you going, I say go for it.  If you do, just be sure you stay in touch with us all here!

I did have a friend who drove a truck a couple of summers.  What he liked about it was seeing the country--he saw more than he ever thought he would, just because he was driving a truck.  What he didn't like was the fact that it was for Northern Van Lines, and he was essentially moving people's furniture, and had to load and unload the stuff once he got there.  He also had extra help at every job that was set up by the company, and he ended up at times working with some real losers.  That kind of job I would totally avoid, but if it was the case where you weren't directly involved in loading or unloading, and just driving, I don't think it would be all that bad...for a specific amount of time, that is.
Y'all can pronounce it "puh-SKOLLY"

OneWithWood

Furby,
You're young and have minimum responsibilities to hold you back.  If ever there was a time to check this out it is now.  You really have nothing to loose and the experience won't hurt you.  I say give it a shot.  If you like it and it works out, great.  If you don't like it or it doesn't pan out you have plenty of time to try something else.
Be sure and take the lap top and camera along so we can ride with ya  ;)
Good luck on whatever you decide. 
One With Wood
LT40HDG25, Woodmizer DH4000 Kiln

Rockn H

Now OneWith Wood makes some sense.  One thing I would add is to give it three months at least.  A lot of guys give up after just a week or two and you really need time to adjust to the job before you make any decisions. ;)

It does need more truck pics in here don't it. ;D



UNCLEBUCK

Way to go Rockn H , now we need to get Furby some trucker talk even though I never yacked on the cb much . 
Breaker 19, Breaker 19 , how bout ya Furby ya got your ears on , kick it back c"mon ! :D  Now I sound like Roscoe P. Coaltrain on the dukes  :D
UNCLEBUCK    bridge burner/bridge mender

Furby


Tillaway

My brother has started to drive since his old job no longer exists.  He started after driving school with Englund out of Salt Lake, where he lives, and quit doing that as soon as he could.  It seems like you get a good money run east then you are stuck there for a couple of weeks getting no miles and lots of drops until they give you a good run back home.  He quit that and drove belly dump around Salt Lake, not real good pay unless you get on a fed hiway project.  Now he delivers rental equipment for a better company that will pay for his move back out here.  Due back this spring I'm told.

Now out here log trucks are in a serious shortage.  O/O's are paid by the hour, around $65, work five days a week 8-12 hours a day usually, and home every night.  Mule trains are in particular demand, less chance of a down turn. 

One company that hauls logs around here just hired a new guy from Wisconsin.  He has been struggling a bit since they just sort of threw him in a truck.  He is having a hard time mastering the interlocks and jake brake and needs a bit of assitance making out of some of the muddier landings.  He is also pretty easy to track since he has cleaned a few ditches so to speak on his way out.   ;D
Making Tillamook Bay safe for bait; one salmon at a time.

Norm

Another one to get you in the mood Furby.



Furby

Need some more opinions.
Talked with a company that doesn't pay per mile or per hour, but a % based pay.
X % of load value or something like that.
Any thoughts?

PawNature

Sometimes that can be a pretty good setup.
I would try and talk to 3 or 4 of thier drivers if I could.
GOVERMENT HAS WAY TO MUCH CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES!!!!

UNCLEBUCK

Looks like you got yourself a convoy Furby !  8)   Lets see now got the c.b. covered,got trucks, Oh I know whats missin in this thread , greasy hash browns & country music !  8) 
UNCLEBUCK    bridge burner/bridge mender

sawguy21

Quote from: Furby on December 13, 2005, 07:06:44 PM
Need some more opinions.
Talked with a company that doesn't pay per mile or per hour, but a % based pay.
X % of load value or something like that.
Any thoughts?
That might work as long as you get your fair share of the paying loads. I have seen senior drivers hang around to high grade and leave the others waiting in line for the crumbs.
That DanG UB, bringing  food into a thread again :D :D :D
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

PawNature

GOVERMENT HAS WAY TO MUCH CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES!!!!

farmerdoug

Furby,
How is your search into truck driving going?

Watch the water at stops.  ::) One driver friend ended her career and almost died from e coli from some fountain water she drank.  She normally drank bottled water but could not get any at the stop.  She was on life support in antoher state and her husband could not even get away from work to see her until they flew her into Henry Frod Hospital near Detriot.   She is on disability now.

Farmerdoug
Doug
Truck Farmer/Greenhouse grower
2001 LT40HDD42 Super with Command Control and AccuSet, 42 hp Kubota diesel
Fargo, MI

Furby


Corley5

Burnt Gunpowder is the Smell Of Freedom

Furby

Well, I'd rather not say here, but you know where to find out! ;)

farmerdoug

Well, I guess you get a Merry Christmas anyways, Furby. :-X

Farmerdoug
Doug
Truck Farmer/Greenhouse grower
2001 LT40HDD42 Super with Command Control and AccuSet, 42 hp Kubota diesel
Fargo, MI

boboak

  Furby...try it while you're young enough to change over to something else if its not what you really want.  If you don't try it you'll spend a lot of years wondering if you should have...this way you'll know for sure.  I've been on the road almost all my life hauling logs or lumber...3 million miles plus...and other than the normal aggravations that go with any job I've never been sorry.  Keep your driving record clean,don't let air-head dispatchers push you beyond your capabilities, and learn every aspect of the business.  Have fun...keep us posted.
Sometimes you get things done faster if you do them slower

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