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Old 12-25-2009, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by philrant
The trucking industry is not going to get any better for truckers until everybody unites against low pay and long unpaid hours.
Can you honestly see drivers uniting/banding together to form some sort of coalition?
I mean really, people.
You stand a better chance of winning the lottery.
 
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Old 12-25-2009, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Daddy's Rig
Wow..There goes the Limbaugh licker..I meant lover..
another bama voter. maybe he will let you drive a a smart car
 
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Old 12-25-2009, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Joey Shabadoo
Can you honestly see drivers uniting/banding together to form some sort of coalition?
I mean really, people.
You stand a better chance of winning the lottery.

I agree with you 100% there are alot of dumb drivers out there. Look at all the people leasing onto these companies for $0.90 a mile, I don't care who you are, your not making crap pulling a load for $0.90
 
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Old 12-25-2009, 05:46 PM
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Honestly speaking i would of drove the son of bitch home.. and told them they can come get the truck..i mean, what are they going to do leave a Truck Abandonment on my D.A.C. when they have over 1000 people Abanded!! F-Dat!!
 
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Old 12-26-2009, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Hawkjr
Honestly speaking i would of drove the son of bitch home.. and told them they can come get the truck..i mean, what are they going to do leave a Truck Abandonment on my D.A.C. when they have over 1000 people Abanded!! F-Dat!!
Yeah, what they gonna do, fire ya?
I feel sorry for the drivers, but if it was me, I would have pulled my truck right in front of my drive-way.
 
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Old 12-26-2009, 01:44 AM
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But Hawk, what if you were say in Texas or Florida and only had enough fuel to go another 300 miles? You paying for the fuel out of your pocket?
 
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Old 12-26-2009, 02:38 AM
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To give a perspective on working and not getting paid - I had this happen to me, not in trucking

I was a programmer, systems analyst, technical sales consultant out of Houston. We knew for sometime that the company was in trouble. In fact more than half left the company before it finally died. We had lost benefits, only 3 people were bringing in consulting money (consistent billings), sales were extremely dismal.

The human nature is to try and do the best to save the company. We got some checks, but before we got to the bank, the CEO would call and say don't cash them. Many of the checks we got were for less than $1,000. Then after loosing the rose colored glasses, I and another consultant filed Texas PayDay law complaints. My complaint was scheduled to be executed on a Monday, his on Tuesday -- the Friday before the ceo filed bankruptcy.

Up to this point, I had sworn up and down I would never let this happen to me. Well it did, and I wasn't the only one. So before you slam people for letting this happen to them or that you will never let it happen to you - think again. Until it happens to you, you will never know what you will do.
 
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Old 12-26-2009, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
But Hawk, what if you were say in Texas or Florida and only had enough fuel to go another 300 miles? You paying for the fuel out of your pocket?
That's easy, you drive it down a boat ramp and tell them to come get it.
 
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Old 12-26-2009, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
But Hawk, what if you were say in Texas or Florida and only had enough fuel to go another 300 miles? You paying for the fuel out of your pocket?
I be in front of the local T/A, Petro, and The Great Pilot, panhandling Money Like Hell!!! And if someone called the Tow Truck on me, me and that S.O.B would be flying down Interstate like Smokey in the Bandit!! Cause hell with a Bus Ticket, I HATE GREYHOUND!!!
 
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Originally Posted by scythe08
I cannot fathom why people do this with their businesses and employee's. How hard would it have been to announce that Arrow was going to be closing and then bring everyone home and THEN close the business?
How does that POS sleep at night knowing there are still drivers out there trying to get home with no money and no fuel. I have heard drivers on the CB offering to help Arrow trucks with Fuel and food at the Lake point ,Utah Flying J and T/A! It really made me proud of them to be stepping up to help.

I wonder how many people showed up claiming to be Arrow drivers just to get freebies.
 

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