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[Carolina Reb]

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the concern and advice. They say everything happens for a reason, maybe this is my opportunity to do what I've always wanted. jonp I live just south of Asheville, and GMAN I am sure I would have to take a refesher course when I start but like i said they are not closing the plant till the last of march and then they gave us a generous severance package so I've got some time to decide what direction I want to go. Thanks again for the advice I need all the help I can get.

[GMAN]

It is good that you have some time to decide what you want to do, Carolina Reb. Many don't hear about a plant closing or business shutting down until after the fact. It gives you time to explore your options. Spring is usually better for this business so if you do decide to drive things should be better than the winter months. It will give you several months of driving to get your feet wet before things slow down again in the fall and winter. Keep us posted as to what you decide to do.

[strokerace]

Hi everyone I have a quick question for any current tmc driver on here, is tmc still hiring student drivers because I saw on the website that thier asking for a one year experience is this true? And is tmc still assigning 387 pete to there drivers, and how is the idle policy at tmc? Thanks for any replies.

[jonp]

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the concern and advice. They say everything happens for a reason, maybe this is my opportunity to do what I've always wanted. jonp I live just south of Asheville, and GMAN I am sure I would have to take a refesher course when I start but like i said they are not closing the plant till the last of march and then they gave us a generous severance package so I've got some time to decide what direction I want to go. Thanks again for the advice I need all the help I can get.

Good to hear that you have some time to make a decision. I think that most of the JBHunt drivers come from people that are out of work and need a job so take the first thing they can find. Like me. Now that you have a minute to get over the initial shock and the "omg i'm going to be out of work" period you can sit down and really think about it. Sorry to hear about your job.

I remember when the paper mill that I hauled out of closed down. A real small town and 300+ out of work. Closed down a bunch of businesses. Its one of the reasons I moved south.

[1catfish]

any current tmc drivers want to give there average weekly gross, being the way the economy is. thanks!

[1catfish]

any current tmc drivers want to give there average weekly gross, being the way the economy is. thanks!

hello, come in? where are all the tmc drivers i know your out there, i seen plenty of you guys around indy this week. come on let us know the straight poop.

[carterbeauford]

hello, come in? where are all the tmc drivers i know your out there, i seen plenty of you guys around indy this week.

you might have seen me parking my truck there... when I quit my 13 week average gross was $916.

[Mr. Ford95]

Dude that is better than mine where I am. It was a weekly gross of $560 from Thanksgiving till just a month ago. Last month I've seen a $739, $1080, $713 and $739 for a 4 week avg. gross of $817. It might rise a tad more but it won't be up where you were. Then again are the headaches worth it for what you were seeing there, prolly not. Good luck with your next gig CB.

[carterbeauford]

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[vonSeggern]

You guys are referring to your money to the truck or gross pay?

[carterbeauford]

You guys are referring to your money to the truck or gross pay?

$916 was my average weekly gross.

[vonSeggern]

$916 was my average weekly gross.

Holy Crap!!!

[Mr. Ford95]

Again, good luck on the next gig carter, don't blame you after reading that other post with all the headaches. They won't fix the equipment then expect you the driver to be willing to pay the price, not gonna happen. They want you to wash the $130K truck and keep it shining but won't fix something that could potentially harm it and cause them and you the driver to lose money in the end? They want you to pay for the tolls then "forget" to pay you back? How are you supposed to clean your trailer off in order to load if it has 3 feet of snow on it and they don't allow shovel's? Yeah, don't blame you at all.

[carterbeauford]

Holy Crap!!!

holy crap good or bad? much better than it was last winter.

I made about $900 this week on 2 truckload and 1 LTL van loads, 2300 miles, mostly drop and hook, and was home one night and one full day during the week, and there is potential for much more money.

[Kevin0915]

average $900 a week? Well it all depends on who you're comparing yourself to. Take my brother for example. He worked at Johnson Space Center for United Space Alliance (then Rockwell International) for 10-12 years. Dunno what he got paid, but a year ago last christmas (days before actually) he was cut. He survived one cut earlier in 2008, but not the 2nd. And now makes a few hundred a month on unemployment. Yeah...flatbed is hard. You tarp/chain/strap in all sorts of conditions. But guess what, you knew that going into the job. Yeah, you're to be paid for it....and maybe you are, you're just not feeling like its enough? I dont know. But try making $200-300 a MONTH. Think of how hard life would be being overqualified for every job you apply/interview for. Then you'll be glad to take that $900/wk ave. paycheck.

You know what happens to employees who aren't cross trained when it comes time to start cutting people? they get cut. Same holds true for trucking companies that only pull flatbed or tanks or dry vans. Once you've saturated your market/customers, your profitibility starts going in the tank. You have too many trucks running, so you gotta cut the miles for each truck, but you're spending the same amount on fuel costs, etc.....i dont know the ins and outs of running a trucking company, but when you've only got one product to offer a customer, and that customer can find it cheaper/better somewhere else....you've got nothing to fall back on. I'm from des moines, and would like to see TMC get their act together.