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YepStrange Dude
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I never got how younger drivers would get bent out of shape driving the tractors that are in operation now days.
Gee give me a break,I started P&D driving for a living back in the 60's,the power units in them days had no power steering,air conditioning.
Or any of the creature features that are pretty much standard on todays equipment.
As for the wage my first Teamster LTL company paid $3.30 an hour,that was great pay back in the day before the cost of living went up faster than the wages.
However with this in mind,if anyone is not happy with what they are earning,there is no chain holding you to the time clock.
Go find a job you will be happier doing.
I have always felt very blessed with what I had for the most part over the 45 years I was a steering wheel holder.
Now that I'm retired I'm enjoying the fruits of my labor with SSI & 2 really good trucking pensions.
So to end this tie-raid,my best advice I have learned is: Learn to live with-in your means.
Get along with everybody that crosses your path & be at peace.
Well not all of us youngsters.Yes sir jimbobillybob do I ever remember those days,looking for a hill to stage skids on the tail with a 2 wheel hand cart.
Then hoping to make it to the ground unload delivery,without having to get on the brakes because some clueless 4 wheeler cuts you off.
Which would cause the skids to slid forward.
Being a trucker back in the day was no picnic compared to now days.
Not to be a malesovenest but it was a really rare occasion you'd ever see a woman trucker back in those bull work days.
Another thing that separated the men from the boys in those days of P & D driving, was there were no hours of service rules.
I'd clock in mornings at 6 or 7 AM help my co-drivers break the inbound trailers,load my route,go out & attempt to deliver everything.
There was usually a 1:30 PM cut off when I had to start making pickups.
Around 6:30PM return to the terminal & break out my pickups from any deliveries I couldn't get off,then help load the outbound trailers.
However Teamster LTL jobs had top pay & bennies,so us old timers stuck it out till the job started changing for the better.
Looking back at the bad old days of trucking I wonder why the youngsters driving these days find so much to whine about.
You just have to wait it out like everyone else man. You still at the bottom so it's gonna take time.
Job isn't fun anymore.
Still better than food or beverage though.
Thinking about inquiring about truckload division.
Must be a very low mileage run???Sorry, i have not had time post lately. i have grossed $48684.14 so far this year.
Currently running linehaul no dockwork.
Will post more asap.
When I retired this year I had a 90,000 plus year line run. So mighty low indeed...You'er right Skeeter,unless he is at the starting wage.
When I retired in April of 2008 I was grossing $60,000 per year working city & some dock.
And don't forget now. The places that have a forklift with no dock, and load 2,000 lb skids on the rear of trailer, and you have a pallet jack. You park downhill, forward so they roll on their own to the nose so you save your back. Works for me.Hotter in the tractor than the trailer.
No such thing as a pallet jack,just a daisy hand truck and a big hill to drag the skid to the back door before you got to the stop.