Truck Driving Jobs

BanditsCousin · #21 01-31-2007, 10:07 PM

Maybe if you get to keep the chains, is it a good deal. But who will buy a set of used chains at full price? And who guarantees you'll become an o/o.

Covenant seems ass backwards, and I see the most idiots behind the wheel for that outfit than any of the others (Swift, Stevens, CRE)...

Edit- They should "inventory" a truck before they send it out, and protect their investment (ie: tire chains) with a 5 dollar lock to keep them from being stolen.

Twilight Flyer · #22 01-31-2007, 10:10 PM

Per terms of service, creating multiple user ID's for the purpose of arguing or backing yourself up in onging discussions is prohibited and easily traceable. The extra account has been disabled. Thank you. :wink:

ssoutlaw · #23 01-31-2007, 10:23 PM

Someone got busted...lol

millersod215 · #24 01-31-2007, 10:30 PM

Maybe i wasn't too far off in my first observations of "sunset", or whatever name he goes by now. I guess some of these guys just can't handle the honesty that is dished out on these forums.

Orangetxguy · #25 01-31-2007, 10:33 PM

So...The obvious answer to the fact that "Covenant" does not provide tire chains for their equipment, is to find a nice quiet parking space, and wait for the date that chains are not required to be carried...mid April for Washington state...mid May for the Rockie Mountain States??

Wonder how management at "Covenant" would react, when you put through a request for "lay-over pay", because you could not travel further...due to the lack of tire chains on thier equipment??

As for drivers allowing an employer to dock their wages for damges.....why in the world would anyone allow that to happen? It is illegal for any employer in any state or territory to deduct damages and repair cost's from an employee's wages. The employer may reprimand an employee found to be "at fault" in any of several way's. Monetary deduction is not one of those ways. If you have an incident...whether it is a cargo claim or an on-the-road accident or an off-the-road accident.
Even if you sign a pre-employment agreement, that allows an employer to deduct damages..that agreement is invalidated by the federal statute in 49CFR that restricts such action...plain and simple.

If I was any more interested, I would look through 49 CFR and find the exact statute number to put in here....however, I have worked with Driver's whom have taken an Employer to court over just such deductions, and those drivers won, and in two cases won big. One of those companies that lost went bankrupt, because the court saw fit to move the judgement into class-action, and made that trucking company re-emburse ever driver they had dinged between 1973 and 1987. The man whom founded that company probably rolled over in his grave when his company was sold off at action to pay the judgement.

And no..in 29 years of driving truck for a living..I have never paid a penney out of my pocket for the pleasure of keeping a job.

I went broke trying to build something in business with family...but I have never given one cent of my wages to re-emburse an employer for anything.

:moose:

BanditsCousin · #26 01-31-2007, 10:36 PM

I'm pretty sure if you sign sayin you'll pay, then I think rule49 is null and void. If I damage my agents trailer, i'm resposnible for the first $1000, and have seen that in several other United contracts.

Late log fees would also apply for this.

Orangetxguy · #27 01-31-2007, 10:39 PM

Bandit.. I assume that you are an Owner-Operator?

sunset · #28 01-31-2007, 11:56 PM

Well, the deal with being charged for the insurance is that Covenant forces you to pay the insurance deductible. They claim they are "self insured". To me it sounds like insurance fraud. I'm still looking into it.

ssoutlaw · #29 02-01-2007, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy

Bandit.. I assume that you are an Owner-Operator?

He is, thats what he says.

ssoutlaw · #30 02-01-2007, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BanditsCousin

I'm pretty sure if you sign sayin you'll pay, then I think rule49 is null and void. If I damage my agents trailer, i'm resposnible for the first $1000, and have seen that in several other United contracts.

Late log fees would also apply for this.

Its not worth the paper it would be written on! You have to sign it under duress, or you wont be employed!
Remember BC, you tell us your a O/O, so many rules are different, you are a contractor not a company employee.... and those things, many don't apply for company employees.