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rodcannon
Joined: 28 May 2008
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Location: Alma, Michigan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: work hours per week |
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I am thinking about taking the truck driving course at Lansing Community College in Michigan but am still not sure if the OTR trucking life will agree with me. One of my concerns is long hours.
I know about the 9, 14 and 70 hour rules. But how many hours could I expect to work in a given week?
Another concern of mine is getting fired for one mistake such as a preventable accident, or even an unpreventable one. Just how understanding are companies when new drivers screw up? |
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DDCavi
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
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Location: Maine BABY!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| Not very. Theres always another driver in line. Depends on how reliable youve been and overall what kind of driver you are. Moral of the story is dont get in a preventable accident, if your a PROFESSIONAL driver this should be easily done. |
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Larry Heyns
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| When the economy was strong, I occasionally bumped against the 70-hour/8-day limit. That was before the 34-hour restart rule. Team drivers also ran out of hours in those days. Running irregular route OTR, off duty time is often spent in truck-stops or at shippers'. It is almost like being on duty. There is no place like home, but you won't be there. |
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BigWheels
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: work hours per week |
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rodcannon wrote: ...I know about the 9, 14 and 70 hour rules. But how many hours could I expect to work in a given week?...
Please enlighten me on the 9-hr rule. Did Congress/DOT pass a new rule today? :o (I believe you mean 10 instead of 9). 8) :)
A better question regarding the expectation of hours-in-a-week might be: "How many hours does my fleet manager want me to work this week?" :P :lol: |
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rodcannon
Joined: 28 May 2008
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Location: Alma, Michigan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: work hours per week |
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BigWheels wrote: rodcannon wrote: ...I know about the 9, 14 and 70 hour rules. But how many hours could I expect to work in a given week?...
Please enlighten me on the 9-hr rule. Did Congress/DOT pass a new rule today? :o (I believe you mean 10 instead of 9). 8) :)
A better question regarding the expectation of hours-in-a-week might be: "How many hours does my fleet manager want me to work this week?" :P :lol:
Oops. I meant to say 11 hour rule. Wishful thinking maybe. |
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BigWheels
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: work hours per week |
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rodcannon wrote: BigWheels wrote: rodcannon wrote: ...I know about the 9, 14 and 70 hour rules. But how many hours could I expect to work in a given week?...
Please enlighten me on the 9-hr rule. Did Congress/DOT pass a new rule today? :o (I believe you mean 10 instead of 9). 8) :)
A better question regarding the expectation of hours-in-a-week might be: "How many hours does my fleet manager want me to work this week?" :P :lol:
Oops. I meant to say 11 hour rule. Wishful thinking maybe.
Yeah -- I meant 11-hours as well. Need...rest! Guess my brain was thinking about getting 10-hours of relax time! :lol: |
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Jumbo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| How many hours can you expect to work in a week? Only 70. It says so right there in the book. No more than 70. Right fellas? |
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Evinrude
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| I average 124 hours a week in the company truck. Paid for 40. |
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Colts Fan
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Evinrude wrote: I average 124 hours a week in the company truck. Paid for 40.
That is all you need to know right there. |
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LeBron James
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I work 45 hours per week, 5 of which is overtime paid at 1.5 times my base hourly rate. That's $1,100/week on the gross and home everynight and off every weekend/holiday.
When I was OTR, I logged 70 hours but easily put in more than 80 hours per week. If counting time spent in the truck, then way over 100 hours for sure.
So I was making less money working double the hours. That's why OTR is such a blatant ripoff and is best to be avoided if at all possible. |
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belpre122
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| I work 50, Log 50. Paid for 50. Home 365 days a year. Holidays/personal/vacation included. Med/Dental/Vision/long-Short Term Disability. Life Insurance. Matching 401K. etc... |
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belpre122
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Colts Fan wrote: Evinrude wrote: I average 124 hours a week in the company truck. Paid for 40.
That is all you need to know right there.
Bingo!! C-O-O-L-I-E! |
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zipy46
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Think of it backwards and you can get a fairly accurate answer.
I get about 6 to 7 hours sleep a day and other than that the truck is
generally 'working'.
(Far as dents and dings that newbies make ...it depends on the company and the time between incidents....the longer the time the better...if you crash 3 weeks in a row the truck gods are trying to tell you something) :shock: |
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