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Post by SpotMan on Aug 28, 2012 21:03:34 GMT -5
I've pulled my last stinking container. The trucks paid for & I'm looking for work in some other part of this industry. I don't like tank work or dragging tarps but if it's that or containers I'll do whatever. After six intermodal trucking companies & eight years of my life wasted at the port NO MORE! Good luck to all in port trucking. Get out while you can or you will lose everything you own for sure.
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Post by chris on Aug 29, 2012 6:25:24 GMT -5
been there done that dude. cheap,cheap,cheap freight. the working conditions suck.the companies find new ways to deduct money from your pay not counting you don't know what true percentage your being paid on. a lot of guys are being screwed hauling containers so i cannot figure the attraction to it? maybe their record is so bad they cannot go anywhere else for work.i tried it a few times but very few honest agents around savannah.
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Post by jp3 on Aug 30, 2012 22:58:41 GMT -5
gets worse each day for truckers in this business. i am looking for another job for my truck now but that may have to wait depending on what the dock unions do at end of this month.
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Post by twistlock on Aug 31, 2012 7:14:53 GMT -5
It's funny how containers pay triple when your not dependent on them for a daily living. I get top dollar when they need to move them on my flat.
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Post by yanis on Sept 17, 2012 23:46:07 GMT -5
TOTALY AGREE TWISLOCK. THE WHOLE DEAL IS TO WORK FOR YOURSELF INSTEAT OF WORKING FOR SOME FLY BY NIGHT COMPANIES THAT PAY US ABOUT 40% OF WHAT THEY GET. AGAIN CONTAINERS IS TOP DOLLARS TRUCKING FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE BUSINESS
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yanis
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Post by yanis on Sept 17, 2012 23:46:46 GMT -5
TOTALY AGREE TWISLOCK. THE WHOLE DEAL IS TO WORK FOR YOURSELF INSTEAT OF WORKING FOR SOME FLY BY NIGHT COMPANIES THAT PAY US ABOUT 40% OF WHAT THEY GET. AGAIN CONTAINERS IS TOP DOLLARS TRUCKING FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE BUSINESS
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Post by catwalk on Sept 18, 2012 19:05:13 GMT -5
yeah driver, they pay top dollar when those boxes are needed at another location. any other time it's dirt cheap freight. i pull them occasionally on my step deck. i'm not talking about back haul rates either. i don't do back hauls. that's a sacred vow not to break even though there are plenty idiots hurting everyone else doing back hauls. florida is a prime example of sh*t freight but with a little work you can find loads out of there also that pay decent money.
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Post by largecar on Mar 18, 2013 13:23:35 GMT -5
supply and demand. when there is a short supply of trucks drivers can demand decent pay. right now still to many cooks in the kitchen.
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Post by scotb on Mar 18, 2013 18:25:11 GMT -5
by years end a lot less trucks will be on road owned by individual drivers. independent truckers are dying a slow death thanks to greedy company agents. i know there will be the usual ones that say not true but it doesn't take long to see who doesn't pay in charleston.
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