ABF | Truck speed
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We are our own worst enemy!Holy :::::: 706. I know they're getting creative since trucks now go 70 . Think it will just more and more like this.
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. I said when the contract was being negotiated the company would expect more miles out of a driver if the raod speed was increased to 70 MPH. They would not agree to something that would just give more truck stop time. It is more costly to run a truck 70 MPH than 65 MPH. Plus more miles out of a driver means less drivers needed which means less medical benefits, pension, etc being paid. These folks are in business to make a profit. I am also going to guess the insurer upped the premium for the increased speed.We are our own worst enemy!
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Anybody wants to drive 700 miles a day is mentally ill.
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We are our own worst enemy!
It's sad.
Yes, but the hard chargers have a big paycheck.
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Their heirs will appreciate it.
And how much sooner they'll get it also.
There has long been a fictional character named Fat Sam. He is the free loader who moves in with your wife & enjoys your money after you have killed yourself working your life away. I haven't calculated what the paycheck would be for a 700 mile tour of duty but it is not worth ruining your health.
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And drive a thousand miles a day.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I'll never understand why a road driver getting paid mileage would want to purposely work more than 8 hours a day when he doesn't get premium pay after the eighth hour. Each to his own I guess.
UPS Feeder drivers paid hourly on the other hand get premium (OT) rate after 8 hours so I can understand wanting more miles there.
And get done 10 minutes earlier.
And get home 10 minutes earlier.
Guess that would not work either though, since most sit in the break room after arrival to complain about things to anyone who will listen.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I'll never understand why a road driver getting paid mileage would want to purposely work more than 8 hours a day when he doesn't get premium pay after the eighth hour. Each to his own I guess.
UPS Feeder drivers paid hourly on the other hand get premium (OT) rate after 8 hours so I can understand wanting more miles there.
400 miles was enough for me.
I kind of favored about 350 myself but 400 was OK if needed.
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THAT'S why the company likes it! 14 hr days at straight time. It brings out the sharecropper in a guy! I'm surprised the company doesn't offer a greedy driver like that a couple of mason jars of molasses as a bonus....I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I'll never understand why a road driver getting paid mileage would want to purposely work more than 8 hours a day when he doesn't get premium pay after the eighth hour. Each to his own I guess.
UPS Feeder drivers paid hourly on the other hand get premium (OT) rate after 8 hours so I can understand wanting more miles there.
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I kind of favored about 350 myself but 400 was OK if needed.
Perfect! 6 hours in the seat, 2 hours in the diner.
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