How's This 4 A "LOCAL" Route???
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local gets paid by the hour. only way to work.
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Originally Posted by golfhobo
This is a GOOD CONTRA-example of what CFM keeps saying! We OTR drivers NEVER work that hard, but hey.... we don't get to CRASH in our own bed at night! :shock: :roll:
LOCAL/regional/dedicated jobs are figured out to the nth degree on what you can legally LOG! They're gonna get the MOST out of you that they can! But, in this case the money is worth the sacrifice..... if money is what you need/want! Like the time I got a load from our terminal in Indiana to the University of Chicago bookstore. 2 hours stuck in Chi-Town construction traffic. Bad directions...ended up getting lost. Finally found the place and for what passes as their "dock" had little delivery trucks all over the place. Of course the usual "off duty/sleeper berth" wait. Then two college kids with shitty attitudes milked the clock for 3 hours to unload me. Was hoping to avoid Chicago rush-hour traffic..OOPS not gonna happpen. Another 2+ hours sitting on the Day Ryan. All told = $20.00 in mileage pay plus $15.00 for the stop. $35.00 for 9 hours....not even 4 bucks an hour. Won't even mention how I logged it, but I'm sure you know. Now that I'm paid by the hour, I can care less if I get delayed. Got stuck at a food warehouse last week for 2 hours. Paid $22.00/hr of clock time for each and every one of those hours. No way I'll play the fool again. Been there, done that. I'll leave that nonsense to you diehards.
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[quote="unkut2003
Concrete Central, over off of 131 on Century Ave. I've been there before and its pretty easy, but this damn Williamsburg one, CLEAR up by Traverse City is just crazy, hahaha!!![/quote] OH shot, thats just a few miles up the road. I'm one block south of 36th Street, west of 131 (i can hear GM switching railcars at night). Our yard is just down the road from me along 131. Too bad i have to head out to PA in the morning. So your out of Toledo? Where about? Run through there all the time on my way to PA.
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Originally Posted by "unkut2003
Concrete Central, over off of 131 on Century Ave. I've been there before and its pretty easy, but this damn Williamsburg one, CLEAR up by Traverse City is just crazy, hahaha!!![/quote OH shot, thats just a few miles up the road. I'm one block south of 36th Street, west of 131 (i can hear GM switching railcars at night). Our yard is just down the road from me along 131. Too bad i have to head out to PA in the morning. So your out of Toledo? Where about? Run through there all the time on my way to PA.
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Well we got er' did!!! Left the yard at 4am..... returned at 5pm! So about a 13hr day.... for $350.... which breaks down to $26.92hr.... not to rub it in there ColdFrostyMug... :lol:
But seriously though, sometimes hourly pays off, but when you get into a company thats about making money and not scared to pay you a nice piece of what you bring in.... WITH a guarantee.... JUMP ON IT!!! I haven't made less then $1000 a week!!! Hell, last week, my check was $1562 and some change.... for 1 week.... and 51 hours if I remember correctly!
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Originally Posted by unkut2003
Well we got er' did!!! Left the yard at 4am..... returned at 5pm! So about a 13hr day.... for $350.... which breaks down to $26.92hr.... not to rub it in there ColdFrostyMug... :lol:
Hell, last week, my check was $1562 and some change.... for 1 week.... and 51 hours if I remember correctly!
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Originally Posted by unkut2003
Well we got er' did!!! Left the yard at 4am..... returned at 5pm! So about a 13hr day.... for $350.... which breaks down to $26.92hr.... not to rub it in there ColdFrostyMug... :lol:
Hell, last week, my check was $1562 and some change.... for 1 week.... and 51 hours if I remember correctly!
I wouldn't call his paycheck PEANUTS! And I don't think YOU are making enough to sneeze at it either. :roll:
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Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
Originally Posted by unkut2003
Well we got er' did!!! Left the yard at 4am..... returned at 5pm! So about a 13hr day.... for $350.... which breaks down to $26.92hr.... not to rub it in there ColdFrostyMug... :lol:
Hell, last week, my check was $1562 and some change.... for 1 week.... and 51 hours if I remember correctly!
Nah homie...... I'm dead serious! Like I said before.... I have some 4-5 hour round trip runs that pay $180. Then a couple 12-14hr days that pay $300-400!!! I wouldn't bullchit when it comes to the all mighty coin!!!
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Originally Posted by golfhobo
Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
Originally Posted by unkut2003
Well we got er' did!!! Left the yard at 4am..... returned at 5pm! So about a 13hr day.... for $350.... which breaks down to $26.92hr.... not to rub it in there ColdFrostyMug... :lol:
Hell, last week, my check was $1562 and some change.... for 1 week.... and 51 hours if I remember correctly!
I wouldn't call his paycheck PEANUTS! And I don't think YOU are making enough to sneeze at it either. :roll: |
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