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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton I MYYSELF HAVE RUN SOLO FROM SALINAS CA TO SALEM IL BY MYSELF IN 44 HOURS AND THAT MEANS NO SLEEP SINCE WAL MART DOES NOT RESCHEDULE DELIVERY APPTS. [/quote] Yet another reason not to shop at Wal-mart. The list just keeps getting longer. Seriously, though, aren't you required to log your hours, and mandatorily get sleep every 10 or so? What happens if DOT checks your log, and finds that you've been driving for 44 hours straight? [/quote] HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW.... derisive laughter. Sorry Had to express my feelings towards the comic book. I have had Beef Loads out of Garden City Ks to Salinas CA as well in the same time frame without stopping. The logs? Well per law there is one log book I could give to any officer who asked anywhere along that route and it will be fine. In reality shippers and recievers refuse late loads and you can expect to lose at least a day if you were more than 15 minutes late. Walmart is one of the worst. Deep cultural changes in the industry will have to happen before it gets any better. Also if you were ahem.. out of hours on the logs? They put a giant OOS sticker on your windshield and tell you dont move for 10 hours (Used to be 8 but laws changed since I left road) and then start adding fines against both you and your company that likely will also include a very stressfull and thorough inspection designed to turn up any other revenue boosting income for the lucky juristicion who caught you. And will wipe out your profits for that load and possibly set you back a month. You will not catch up. I gaurantee it. Trucking to me is #1 dangerous. I have had moments out there where my last words were "Oh lordy... dont let it hurt too much or kill anyone else heah." I guess Im still here and he aint done with me yet. Try Black Mountain, Spotted Wolf, Emigrant, Lookout Pass or Donnor on Ice and snow in a roaring blizzard with man killing cold. Or Cross the Humdolt in the blazing heat with 100 miles to go before encountering anything remotely useful from a water and shelter standpoint. Edited: I forgot Mt Eagle, Big Savage and Syskiyious (Spelling?) Railroaders have a dangerous job and I am not kidding. One slip of a foot on a rainy day probably will put the switchman under the wheels. The other jobs on the list are up there. But they forgot conveince store clerks. Sometimes they show up to work and clock out dead. [/quote] Yikes, that's just a little scary. I think I'm glad I'm letting Amtrak do the driving to Chicago in October instead of driving on I-80, where all these sleep deprived truck drivers are nearing the century mark through Western Nebraska. Chris Denver, CO [/quote] They are actually governed now. Companies save money on insurance by becoming self insured with governor settings enforceable thru satellite in real time. What is scarier is that shippers and recievers demand thier product even faster. They are never satisfied with very fast transit times. Then they make you wait at thier conveince.. how thougtful. I remember Ameri-cold out of Salinas Ca who begged the dispatcher for a reefer.. any reefer for thier load. We got to arrive there at 4 in the afternoon only to learn they are picking the load at the fields. It was to be another 32 hours before we were able to be loaded. Thank god for the spouse and home cooked meals and DVD movies in the sleeper. I dont want to high jack this thread. But I want to contribute the fishing industry because there are alot of sharp knives and very many blunt force instruments swinging around you on the boat. That has to be pretty bad. Especially up in the Artic near Alaska and in the deep fog of Newfoundland.
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