Jobs in Indianapolis?
#21
11-27-2009, 02:41 PM
Ok, so what happens if you get stuck behind a bad wreck on the interstate and can't get away from it? You have no way of knowing in advance about it.
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#22
11-27-2009, 03:50 PM
Not sure if they have any local stuff but considering celedon is bassed in indy you might wanna check on them. I have a friend with them and he is very happy with them right now.
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#23
11-27-2009, 08:35 PM
I live 2 hours S. of Indy. Unemployment rate here is 9.5% and manufacturing got hit the hardest. Its going to be hard getting a local driving job, if you mean one where your home often.
Other then that, I don't think this is a bad area for an OTR driver to live in, between Indy, and Louisville, KY there is a lot going in and out. GDP is on the rise, so hopefully shipping is due to pick up again. Indy is an nice central area to live if your a trucker.
#24
11-27-2009, 08:41 PM
depends on your point of view, and/or depends on conditions you've been raised in. That is why you see texans driving 20 mph under the speed limit when its raining, and folks from the northern states fly by them doing the speed limit. but those same people who are use to driving in the rain will drive 20 mph slower in the snow.
A snow shower that is only forecast to drop an inch or two, is a far cry from a severe winter storm that is forecast to dump a foot or more snow, dontcha think? Would be foolish for a driver to NOT know the weather conditions of an area his preplan has him scheduled to go into. I've been told drivers get service failures because they accept a load without taking weather into consideration. Say you are in KC, and take a load to Detroit, you dont check the weather, and see that Detroit is forecast to get 18 in. of snow, starting with freezing rain, and they already have a winter storm watch 2 days before the storm hits. Now you accept a JIT load, then get 'caught' by a system that its planned to be nasty. You shut down to be safe, now the load will fail. I can understand both the company and drivers side of the argument on that one. I just wont take a service failure for being ignorant. The Great Lakes area is well known for Lake effect snow, so it's always a good Idea to check there. Other places like Wyoming, where the snow drifts across the road and they can shut you down in the middle of nowhere for hours, or Donner pass and their Chain requirements.
#25
11-27-2009, 09:22 PM
I live 2 hours S. of Indy. Unemployment rate here is 9.5% and manufacturing got hit the hardest. Its going to be hard getting a local driving job, if you mean one where your home often.
Other then that, I don't think this is a bad area for an OTR driver to live in, between Indy, and Louisville, KY there is a lot going in and out. GDP is on the rise, so hopefully shipping is due to pick up again. Indy is an nice central area to live if your a trucker.
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#26
11-27-2009, 09:25 PM
check smith transport out of roaring spring PA. they do alot between PA, KY, IN, WI, area.
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#27
11-28-2009, 01:55 AM
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Driving in all kinds of weather is part of this job. If the roads are bad enough, you're damn right I'll shut down until conditions improve. If your company holds that against you, then it's time to search for a better place to work. If they try to push you to run "past your abilities" as far as the weather goes, don't call them on the phone about it, put it in a message on your Qualcomm. That way, if they do continue to pressure you to run, the blame is squarely on the company.
#28
11-28-2009, 02:07 AM
being able to tell the diff. between a weather forecast and a traffic accident is like being able to tell the difference between cotton candy, and an apple.
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#29
11-28-2009, 03:16 AM
Well Kev, you do realize forecasters can be dead wrong. They can predict a dusting and it turn into 8 inches of snow and you simply can't deliver in the conditions. What happens then, still get slapped with a failure even though the weather folks screwed up by putting out an advisory but claiming the area would only see a dusting?
That's a stupid policy on the company, weather is still 100% unpredictable even with all the technology they use. What if a severe storm is forecast for the Mid-West in the summer and you take the load, get almost there and a tornado hits the area your going into, still a service failure on your part? I mean hey, they forecast that severe weather was going to hit. What if it's supposed to rain in GA overnight, you take a load going there and the are ends up with a major flood because the system stalled over them and it wasn't predicted originally? |
