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Posted on: May 13 2022,7:54 am |
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even with a 70 MPH speed limit
who is actually going 70? hah
more like 75-80 or more. .
don't really see any less traffic on the road with these prices
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Posted on: May 13 2022,8:30 am |
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^^ well, pretty much anytime you cruise over 65mph your fuel mileage goes in the toilet. If you cruise 70 with a big truck you’ll lose .4 to .5 mpg, that’s a lot of money.
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Posted on: May 13 2022,11:20 am |
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^^ penalized? In my world you get your freight when you get it.
Driving 5 mph faster in a ten hour shift? The increase is minut, if your pulled over, the trooper will ask for your ELD tablet, figures out you’re speeding, write the ticket on the spot.
Big brother, spies on you, drug tests you on a whim. This is why I don’t run under my own authority anymore. Fortunately, pay, bonuses, have increased many times, a really good operator with one truck will approach 1/4 million a year.
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Posted on: May 14 2022,8:50 am |
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^^ probably because to make that kind of money you have to hustle, not a lot of people do that anymore.
ENGLAND? They’re a sausage factory, spend three weeks at their facility training (from what I’ve seen, piss poor training) then they’ll put you in a truck, maybe. Then, suddenly, a lease/purchase truck will become available, a truck with 400-500k on it. The new driver is usually desperate to get going, blindly signs papers and is on his merry way. Trouble is a truck with that many miles starts needing a little attention. $200 an hour shop rates, down time will eat you alive. The driver struggles, a few loads get delivered and usually, just before the truck is paid off, work dries up and the company says “sorry” and repos the truck and either leases it to another driver or uses it as a trade in on a new truck for one of there company guys.
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Posted on: May 16 2022,5:05 am |
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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022....1238250
What’s the next shortage?
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Posted on: May 16 2022,12:06 pm |
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^^ works fine for me, maybe tell your neighbor you’ve been stealing WiFi from to upgrade their service.
If not, I’ll fix it when I get home gerbil boy.
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Posted on: May 19 2022,5:10 am |
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Another record, gas averages over $4 in all states
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