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Well, it would seem to me that if you took a run that would make you vastly illegal on your log then the onus is on you. I would not have done that no matter what they said. Working all day, getting a couple of hours of sleep then going back out is dangerous to the public. Surely they cant get away with this stuff with the DOT log audits? A call to DOT to let them know what was going on would result in a company log audit and would put a stop to this I should think.Originally Posted by INKTOXICATED
this type of work is pure labor. nothing more. i worked for pfg and it was similar work. came in round 1am(i lived an hour away)pretripped, drove 3-4 hours to my first stop. now its 5am(tired as hell). deleiver 100-150 peices off a ramp with a hand truck. stacked high and heavy. run down the ramp into a wet slippery kitchen drop the stuff, run back up dig thru the skids and load another cart. run run run. done with first stop round 545. after one stop u wish ur day was done and u head back to the yard... wrong.you just got thru 2 skids, 14 more to go. drive to the second stop, then 3rd 4th 5th. finally finish up at ur 6th stop sometimes.(keep in mind as lunch time comes these kitchens are now filled with cooks running around making your job that much harder.) exhausted, fatigued and in no shape to drive 4 hours back home we hit the road. typically arriving back around 6pm...(sometimes later) walk in and check to schedule for tommrow. luckly u are scheduled to be back in at 11pm to go on another run starting 400 miles away....(hmmm drive an hour home its now 7 i get to sleep to 10 and drive back)(they had no driver lounge or showers, so i had to go home) **** that!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is team work obviously but its pure labor. i aint no sloutch and i pump weights in the gym daily but this job after a few weeks made me physically drained, ill. senority counts and some guys had over 20 years!!! better men then me... it was a 4 day work week but even with that it was torcher... good bye...... hello flatbed 1 stop a day pretarped local hourly with o/t and a life