Thats It for CENTRAL i QUIT !!!!!!
heres my last check. man im missing a trip on here, plus the 250.00 lumper fee is being charged to me. the drama never ends. but going to local interview today. lick my wounds and move on. just posted this so you guys could see how this so called lease all ads up. now if you were a company drvr this check would have been around 600.00 for the wk.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETTLEMENTS for bbbb123 for 2007-04-18 Check number:Dxxxxx2x CHECK TOTAL: $14.76 TOTAL Load Truck Origin Destination Milestype Miles Rate Amount -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5380671 70243 PHOENIX , AZ EL PASO , TX E 399 85.00 339.15 5380671 70243 EL PASO , TX IRVING , TX L 609 85.00 517.65 5384791 70243 LIBERAL , KS DODGE CITY , KS E 88 85.00 74.80 5384791 70243 DODGE CITY , KS PHOENIX , AZ L 921 85.00 782.85 TOTALS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1714.45 DEDUCTIONS/REIMBURSEMENTS for bbbbb123 Load Type Description Memo Balance Original Earnings/ Deductions Reimbursements NonTaxable Deductions B 401k 401k -0.0 5379569 D State Road and Fuel Taxes already crgd on 4/11/07 0.00 5380671 D Gal: 121.2 70243 EL PASO TX -342.92 5380671 D Fees: 70243 EL PASO TX -0.65 5380671 D Gal: 35.5 70243 ROBINSON TX -98.06 5380671 D State Road and Fuel Taxes -4.78 5380671 D State Road and Fuel Taxes -7.30 5384791 D Gal: 30.0 70243 DODGE CITY KS -86.16 5384791 D Advance: 70243 XCASH 0.00 5384791 D Adv Fees: 70243 XCASH -1.00 5384791 D Gal: 61.2 70243 TUCUMCARI NM -176.53 5384791 D Advance: 70243 TUCUMCARI NM -107.00 5384791 D Gal: 77.6 70243 ALBUQUERQ NM -217.22 5384791 D Fees: 70243 ALBUQUERQ NM -0.30 5384791 D Advance: 70243 ALBUQUERQ NM -107.00 5384791 D Hired Unloading no rec -250.00 5384791 D Gal: 53.0 70243 CASA GRAN AZ -147.14 5384791 D State Road and Fuel Taxes -1.06 5384791 D State Road and Fuel Taxes -11.04 D Qualcomm Statement Retrieval 0.00 D iel truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -419.00 D qualcomm truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -22.78 D maintenance truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -50.00 D performance truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -55.00 D ss_registration truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -25.10 D physical truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -48.29 D non_tractor_ins truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -6.70 D tax_att truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -16.00 D heavy_tax truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -10.58 D prepass truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -2.31 D occupational_ins truck: 70243 JACIER2007-02-19 14:38:59.0 -33.46 5365357 E DETENTION stop[4] 60.00 5379569 E Fuel Surcharge - Owner Op already pd on 4/11/07 0.00 5380671 E Fuel Surcharge - Owner Op 166.26 5384791 E Stops 50.00 5384791 E On-time Service 20.00 5384791 E Fuel Surcharge - Owner Op 251.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 547.69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2247.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals: 2262.14 0.00 -2247.38 Taxable Earnings: 2262.14 Deductions: -2247.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check on 2007-04-18: $14.76 YTD SUMS YTD Taxable Earnings: 0.00 Other 3915.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YTD NET: 3915.22 |
The numbers are hard to read for me but the only number that counted is the bottom line. Sorry that it didn't work out for you. I hope somebody who was thinking about l/p reads this and thinks again.
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So all you made for that week was $14?!?
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Are those cash advances in Tucumcari and Albuquerque of 107.00 each?
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Not to say that you shouldnt quit....however. If you knew it was a slow week, which any otr job with any company would have occasionally, why would you pay for a lumper? Im assuming from your post that you have to pay for your own lumpers. Why not get back there and unload your freight yourself. Personally, I wouldnt pay 250 bucks to sit down and watch someone else work. Without those advances and that lumper charge, it still would have been a bad check, but most likely enough to get buy for a week or so.
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Did you have a realistic, objective idea of what your costs would be before becoming a lease operator? Do you have an accountant that knows the transportation industry that you trust?
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Maybe someone that has some lease experience can answer this. Does a lease driver have the opportunity to check on lumper mandates before he takes a load. I'm just thinking out loud. But, maybe if a driver knew beforehand if he can unload himself, or what the charges for a lumper would be, he would be able to choose loads to his advantage. These lease deals seem to already suck, but I guess lumpers could ruin your week if caught off guard. Two lumper loads @ $250 each would make me want to stay home and sleep. |
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The only time I touched a meat load was when I delivered to Empire Beef in Rochester, NY. The lumper service would give you a helper free of charge, but would charge you to unload the trailer. $90 for a full trailer. But that was 7 years ago. |
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By the way, during college, I worked at a walmart distrubution center loading and unloading trucks by hand. Didnt bother me one bit, in fact it was fun. To me paying for a lumper sounds like that even though I pay for a gym membership, I pay some dude 250 bucks to go work out for me. |
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I see you didn't make a career out of unloading trucks at walmart...sure, it's fun for a summer or two.. :lol: :lol: |
Packrat the times they are a changing. ;)
When I started driving in 1999 the first lumper I hired charged $100 to unload and breakdown the load. $35-$50 was what I got charged for straight pulls. In 2005, the last year I drove OTR, straight pulls were up to $75-$100, and if they had to do anything beyond that it went to as much as $350. :shock: :shock: |
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My point of this thread still stands. He was griping that he only had a 14 buck check. He could have made at least 250 more if he would have unloaded himself. Where it stands, He is quiting his job, he is broke...and the lumper is making more than him and probably in better shape. I just dont get it. |
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Your settlement says no receipt for the lumper. Did you lose it or forget to send it in or something ?
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So what could have been 2-4 hours turns into 4-6+ and you worked up a nice sweat and maybe have to drive again when you could have been in the sleeper catching some zzz's. Not to mention straining a muscle in your back or leg. OTR truckdrivers shouldn't have to put up with all that nonsense - they're job is tough enough. It's not so bad for me because I'm paid by the hour in LTL and I'll have maybe have 2-3 skids of gloves or something that breaks down pretty easy. Still, it's a royal pain-in-the-a$$ no matter who you are. That's exactly why I'll never pull a reefer again. |
Its stupid to have to pay a lumper at a warehouse for a load the warehouse owns. Thats just a form of domestic terrorism to me. I have unloaded in warehouses that their lumper service is as high as 350 but the poor illegal unloading gets 35 to 50 dollars and lives in a house with 20 other illegals.
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Well, as far as lumpers goes, if the company you drive for pays for them, let them work.
If not, the receiver needs to pay for them. Still not? Then the receiver better get there product off my trailer. Either way, I don't pay for lumpers, and I don't touch loads. Now, to be fair, I was never in a position where I would have to worry about it. But that is my attitude about loading/unloading. I drive the truck. Peiod. Too me, CDL means Can't Do Labor. I'm really happy to be driving a tanker. :D :D |
sorry
ok maybe my settlement wasnt clear enough. the 250 bux 4 the lumpers is FORCED. if i unloaded myself, its only 30 an hr up to 90 bux. now the 107.00 is a double charge on the same day. (yeah i took an advance when i fueled) but regardless, stupid ass company should know that somehow, someway 300 cases at 100 lbs each got offloaded from my trailor, (what i assumed to be illegals, now im footing the bill. no way, went to an inteview today and start local with McLane foodservice on monday 9 to 1,200 a week and home every night. no payroll BS and no more over the road. im done.
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What made the job take so long was the cases on the skids (we had to break them down and restack them AKA bullshit) were glued together. :roll: |
Dont get me wrong, I am of the belief that drivers shouldnt unload or if they do unload they should be paid well for it. I was just making the point that if you happen to get stuck in a job where you have to pay 250 bucks for a lumper, I would unload it myself. That just seems like too much for me.
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what all of you forget to mention is the fact, while the lumper may charge 250 to unload you, if you do this yourself, most companies pay you only a fraction of that amount to do it.
Why is that? I don't know, but I would be da*&ed to become slave labor so the company can save a buck. |
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The blame for the lumping problem falls directly on the shoulders of the trucking companies. The term FOB (or Free on Board) has been in use for centuries. It means that the receiver is responsible for unloading the freight. For whatever reason, trucking companies have allowed the buck to be passed along to them. If they are contracted by the shipper and the shipper is invoicing FOB-Origin, they are not going to allow the trucking company to bill them for the lumper. It's not their problem. What are they going to do, bill the receiver even though their agreement is with the shipper? My guess is that the troubles probably started with a union somewhere saying, our guys are here to receive the product not unload it. If you sign a lease with a company, make sure it's in your contract that lumpers are provided by the company whenever they're necessary. Otherwise plan to pay for a lumper or lump it yourself on occasion. People can say what they want about flatbedding, but I never had to worry about paying a lumper or unloading a 45,000 pound coil myself... There are advantages to all sides of the industry. |
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What I don't get is why anyone would still entertain the idea of leasing. Go to any trucking board and you will read about hundreds of people getting shipped off to the poor house from leasing.
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SOOOOO many company drivers and super truckers, with NO o/o experience hop into a lease w/o the business sense to operate a truck successfully then blame the company for "shafting" THEM...when it was the "Billy-bo-badass" gear-jammer company driver that THOUGHT he/she had what it takes to be an O/O......
Guess that guy found out the hard way that being an O/O has little to do with actually driving the truck....all about business sense and the ability to make sound financial decisions in the best interest of the truck. Just my .02 |
After looking at the breakdown, I'm having a hard time seeing anything that is not a legitimate expense. Mostly fuel and taxes which any owner operator would have to pay. Several items had already been paid and the lumper looks like it would be paid if a receipt had been provided. Also an advance was taken against earnings not yet earned. How is the company ripping anybody off? How is the lease deal a scam?
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:x THERE ARE NO LEASE / LEASE PURCHASE Deals worth the paper there printed on!!! 8)
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i did some digging on your settlement, even though it doesn't matter.
Income $2262.14 Expenses (including Cash Advances and the lumper) $2247.38 Total Profit $14.76 But you actually had $214 extra due to the Cash Advances and if you followed the proper procedures with the lumper than that would be another $250 in your pocket so instead of $14.76 in your pocket you could've had $478.76. Likewise your MPG for that settlement was 5.33 MPG. 2017 miles/378.5 gallons = 5.33MPG That seems rather high, did you idle your truck excessively? I thought Central L/P trucks had APU's..... $478.76 is still not a good paycheck but you shot yourself in the foot with this one... anyways, BOL with your new outfit |
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8) Your ".02" is worth many $$$ if heeded by the headstrong!! 8) It never ceases to amaze me...the number of people who "lease" a truck from a company....who don't know "squat" about running a business, or even what a P&L is, much less how to read it. It should be a "felony" to even think about leasing a truck without passing a written test proving one understands basic business accounting and rules!! |
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