I am having fun, and what's that supposed to mean?

I will make over $60,000 this year and will never touch a strap, binder, tarp, etc. I am also home every weekend if I want to be. No false promises. I run 100% legal, I don't wait hours in line to get loaded, I don't worry about OOR miles, I don't worry about fuel mileage, and I don't get dirty. Even still I have time to shower everyday and still get way too much rest.

You go ahead and keep doing it the TMC way.....Keep trying to convince yourself your not being taken advantage of. If your happy working that hard for peanuts I would gladly hire you to drive a truck for me and pay you the same.

 

[quote="dollarshort
I will make over $60,000 this year and will never touch a strap, binder, tarp, etc. I am also home every weekend if I want to be. No false promises. I run 100% legal, I don't wait hours in line to get loaded, I don't worry about OOR miles, I don't worry about fuel mileage, and I don't get dirty. Even still I have time to shower everyday and still get way too much rest.

You go ahead and keep doing it the TMC way.....Keep trying to convince yourself your not being taken advantage of. If your happy working that hard for peanuts I would gladly hire you to drive a truck for me and pay you the same.[/quote]

Too each is own DS! $60,000, hmm that's not bad! But will it last??

If you did not have time to take a shower, eat a meal and had to run illegal while at TMC, well, THat was your fault, not the system! At my current rate of income, I will match your $60,000 plus some! As I said before, the difference is working the system, and not letting it work you. Sure, I am away from home for a bit, but that is by choice. Sure, I get dirty, throw straps, tarps, etc., again this is by choice! Remember DS, I am no rookie out here, I choose this position with TMC, it did not choose me! Once you figure that out, you will be a better person for it.

Why is it so hard for you to believe and except, that there are hundreds of drivers at TMC that are making a great living, and really enjoy their time out here on the road! Man you are off on that! You keep looking at the new guys that do not hang for whatever reason, and bail out, much like yourself, but did you ever bother to talk to the 1100 plus drivers that have been with TMC 5, 10, and even over 20 years, and ask them how they are successful.

Probably not, that would require conscious thought, and a will to be successful. Oh, have you ever spoken with former TMC drivers, that because of the training and disipline they received while at TMC, are very very successful Owner Operators. That will instantly put TMC at the top of the list the reasons they are successful.

An individual that is successful following TMC's program and expectations of their drivers, then that individual will have the knowledge, discipline and drive to be succesful in their own business. And there is nothing you could say, to disprove that. Sure, I am sure you will have some lame rhetoric, but that only goes to prove, that you will never have any of the things to be your own boss, just a glorified steering wheel jockey.

Oh, I do appreciate your rhetoric, it give others and myself the chance to express our satisfaction with life.

Enjoy your Union job, it won't last!!

 

Rhetoric is a big word for a truck driver there horseman.



BTW, I am KA2URB, general class.

 

Ya know I had way too much time on my hands yesterday, when I come up with words like that! Although they are in my vocabulary, they typically do not much it on the message board. I can just smell the smoke, someone tryin to figure out the meaning.

Cool, I have always wondered how many other HAM's where on this list. Just got my General back in February or was it March. Only have a dual band FT-470 they I use for local stuff - built an antenna for it at the house and can hit the main repeaters used for Emergency Response, Weather net and such in my area. Saving up to a FT-897 or FT-897D that I can use in the truck while on the road. I modified an old Cobra 148 for 10 meter use, but it is limited. Many of the frequencies gotten in the conversion or outside of voice. Oh well, will get my dream rig someday, maybe for Christmas.

Later

 

It's really a waste of time but what the heck.....For your information I am and have been the President of a Corporation since 1983. Seems like that shoots a huge hole through your theory "I could never be a successful business owner :roll:

Second, I am not and never will be a UNION worker. Unions are good for one thing only and that is to protect the lazy man.

I have a $225,000 home that is paid for, I have 2 fairly new vehicles that are paid for. With what my business brings in I don't even have to drive a truck. I just do it for a laugh. yep, all the way to the bank.

As far as you saying it won't last you may be right, but who cares. I will ride the gravy train as long as I can. Everyone makes this job to be so difficult, but it's really simple. Just push the pedal and go!

And as far as talking to the "OLD TIMERS" at TMC it has been done. And for me running like an outlaw, and living filty all the time doesn't fit me.

Then you have the dime droppers that will turn anyone in for $$$$ Reward. You also have the idiots that will put fuel in their tanks out of their own pocket so they can get their name in the Black and Chrome Newsletter. That's clever :P Or take a short cut across a cornfield because your afraid of you OOR miles. :?

All of this has to be done so you can join the "WHEEL MASTER" Club and get you picture on the wall of shame :roll:

These games have been going on for years at TMC and I am sure I will have people saying none of this is true and I don't care. I know what I know.

So now I will do you a favor and I will not post on this thread again. That way I wont interfere with your fairytale.

 

:roll:

Who cares? I have a $344,000 home in Southern California that is leveraged (If you knew anything about finance, you'd realize that leveraging real estate is the financially wise thing to do). Besides, I've seen the homes in Harrisburg, PA (yeah, thats right. I lived in South Central Pennsyltucky for 22 years before I had enough brains to escape - CDHS Class of '82). They are NOT impressive.

I say again....... :roll:

Not quite sure why your hanging around this thread TMC bashing, but it appears you got a real woody for TMC. What was it, Don tagging your improperly secured load when you showed up in DM or did you find a hair in your TMC Burger?

 

And your point was! Anybody can be a so-called President of a Corporation in this country - it is nothing more than a Title. If you are so dang good and being a businessman, you would not drive a truck, no matter how bored you where, unless you would be an owner-operator.
Again, what was your point! Are you trying to say just because we enjoy trucking, that we are anyless wealthy than you claim to be. My property and home far out price yours, and the value increases greatly by the month. As far as vehicles, well, my vehicles are several years old, in fact one is over 30 years old, that has been carefully and pridefully rebuilt. So, where you putting down those of us that have managed to make a living, driving a truck, legally and safely? My overall wealth comes to me spiritually, and I will leave it at that!


There is nothing difficult about driving a truck. But there is much much more to it than pushing the petal and going. If that is your attitude, then no wonder you were Not successful at TMC. The majority of us take pride in doing our chosen profession safely and efficiently.

If you are following the guidelines set out as conditions of employment with TMC, a driver does not have to be concerned about the dime droppers. The driver has his job, and the shop guys have theirs, and just because they turn in a driver because of something that does not meet guidelines, does not make them snitches, it means they are doing their jobs. And to have an incentive, well, the drivers have theirs, and the shop guys have their own also.

As far as driving across corn fields! I rather enjoy running the roads less traveled. I have seen and experienced things on the backroads, cornfields as you call them, that most can not even imagine. If a driver has to take a chance on a questionable route, well, that is just an indication that they did not properly plan the trip before starting and have gotten themselves in a bind!

Wheel Master - those guys deserve to be on that wall - those are the guys that follow procedure, take care of the loads, drive safely and Really take pride in what they do.

As far as games and fairytales, well, they go on in every segment of public industry in this world. It is just a path of balancing the good with the bad, and making it work for your situation.

NEWSFLASH - the above statement and many I have posted in the past apply to every trucking company in this country, including whatever one you currently claim employment. After some of you many statements, I doubt you even drive professionally any longer. Otherwise you would be bragging on the name, and how great your employer was.

I drive legal 100%, I have time in my routes to take a shower, eat and relax daily, and do not or will not take un-needed risk to do my job professionally and safely. Do I need to drive a truck to make a decent living, NO, I drive a truck because I enjoy the satisfaction and freedom it offers. With my non-trucking qualifications and experience I could earn quite a bit more off the road, but I just enjoy driving a truck.

Pay attention to this statement, please, this applies to any driver out there, regardless of your current fleet! The Driver, and only the Driver can make the decision of whether or not a situation is SAFE, the Driver is the only one that can determine if he/she has the hours to safely pick-up/deliver a load on time, and only the Driver can make the decision if he/she is comfortable with the consequences of making a good or bad decision. Only that driver, can make the decision to run illegal and unsafe.

Their is not one person, customer, dispatcher, load planner, etc. that can force me into a situation that will put my life and freedom at risk. Because in the end, when something goes wrong, it would be my Butt sitting in the Defendants seat at the trial, and not one of those forementioned people.

This is advice I give and would ask any current and future drivers to consider.

Cannot speak for others, but I have the full support of my Fleet Manager and Safety Manager in those decisions, if I tell them it cannot be done, or will not do it because I am not comfortable with the situation, they back me up, and I do not have to fear of reprecussions from making said decision.

Drive legal, Drive Safe and Enjoy the Ride!

Enough for today!

 

After my last experience at National Gypsum in Rotan, TX I told my FM to never send me there again. Well, I was dispatched on a load to Odessa and I figured I would be sent over there. I was. My FM actually ask nicely. I said OK. He paved the way and my trailer was already loaded before I got there. I checked in and Jay was complaining about me being a crybaby. I didn't take it and he finally started defending himself by saying he had no control after he left for the day. Of course I didn't tell him I had been waiting since 11 AM some five hours before he got off. That wasn't the end of it, though. My load was secure the same shoddy usual way. I just took off all the straps and threw them on the trailer I was leaving. Of course Jay complained about that. Then we found out they tarped it with steel tarps rather than the usual lumber tarps. So Jay had to go get my lumber tarps and swap them out. He started complaining about not getting off on time. I told him I had already worked an extra 1.5 hours fixing their screw up. He told me I was making him work too hard. So I told him the last time I had been there, sitting for 10 hours waiting to be loaded and then 10 hours for my break I had lost anywhere from $250.00 to $500.00 dollars. He pretty much shut up. I don't know if he his mad at me or what. He did tell me to call when I have a load there and they wouldn't strap it for me. Suits me fine, they just cause me additional work.

 

92277, big bald vonSeggern, and trainee will be in DSM the weekend of the 25th for service, free Driver Appreciation Week food, and hopefully the opportunity to dunk Todd.

 

There ya go Terry, don't take no crap from nobody. I'm the same at my place of work. I will get a call that I have another equipment delivery and it will be loaded and strapped for me to pickup and move out. I get there and it's not strapped right. Made it well known to simply leave it alone from now on, put the piece of equipment on the trailer and leave it, I will strap it myself when I hook up to the trailer.