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Post by metter trucker on Sept 13, 2009 7:37:13 GMT -5
so when is the next meeting in savannah? i haven't heard a word from anyone for a while.
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Post by HardTimeTrucker on Sept 17, 2009 20:35:38 GMT -5
We are working on the agenda and place right now. A trucker meeting will be called within the next few weeks so stay tuned. The word will be posted here as well as leaflets circulated out at the Garden City port terminals.
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Post by midnightspecial on Sept 19, 2009 10:26:53 GMT -5
Please make it happen soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by jkb on Oct 5, 2009 19:37:59 GMT -5
How about first of November? A Saturday morning meeting would be super if possible somewhere in Garden City area.
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Post by roadrunner on Oct 6, 2009 8:09:55 GMT -5
i don't think anyone here in savannah has the ba**s to do much more than gripe about the port bs. call the meeting. i will pass the word around my company.
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Post by TSH on Oct 14, 2009 12:58:56 GMT -5
Where will it be held at?
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Post by BillyJ on Oct 18, 2009 7:44:29 GMT -5
how about doing it someplace in pooler?
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Post by Gene West on Oct 21, 2009 22:17:57 GMT -5
I hear you guys are going to have a small private meeting next Saturday. Can I get an invite? I lease to ATC. I know Mac.
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Post by legaleagle on Oct 23, 2009 23:06:19 GMT -5
Don't forget, first week of November is national trucker appreciation week.
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Post by cityslicker on Oct 26, 2009 12:36:04 GMT -5
hey guys, let's make something happen as far as a sugar town meeting between now and the holidays. the natives are getting restless. we want to hear some kind of plan, anything! this year is a wash for everyone. at least for truckers around here it is. i have never seen rates this bad. road work is for fools unless you have your own gig. can you believe they are still getting drivers at .87 per pc mile? i hope no one reading this is working for that. if you are your working for pure s#*t. your agent is making money because he-she doesn't have any rolling iron. at todays' prices under $1.35 per practical mile your on the way out of business.
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Post by Pat106 on Nov 2, 2009 16:52:24 GMT -5
I heard some of you guys from Savannah went to Charleston the other day to have a meeting. How did that go?
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Post by Billy on Nov 9, 2009 10:46:48 GMT -5
From what I understand it went very well. I think some of that will be discussed in a small meeting to take place next week.
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Post by roadrunner on Nov 12, 2009 10:44:30 GMT -5
we need to shut this georgia port down for about a week or two. it gets worse every day around here. the companies are 99% crooks who steal our money out in the open as they are so used to doing business this way without anything legal being done about it. it seems most drivers here are either to d**n stupid to check behind or just scared of the company they lease to.
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Post by ybenningz on Nov 13, 2009 14:41:02 GMT -5
It all sounds good RoadRunner, u and I will park our trucks but many more will steel the chance 2 haul the b***sh**. These companies can make a difference by not taking cheap freight. As long as companies can make a profit by any means f@@@ our equipment.
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Post by HardTimeTrucker on Nov 14, 2009 16:05:27 GMT -5
It all sounds good RoadRunner, u and I will park our trucks but many more will steel the chance 2 haul the b***sh**. These companies can make a difference by not taking cheap freight. As long as companies can make a profit by any means f@@@ our equipment. |
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Post by HardTimeTrucker on Nov 14, 2009 16:31:43 GMT -5
we need to shut this georgia port down for about a week or two. it gets worse every day around here. the companies are 99% crooks who steal our money out in the open as they are so used to doing business this way without anything legal being done about it. it seems most drivers here are either to d**n stupid to check behind or just scared of the company they lease to.
Ninty percent of drivers hauling cans around the nation are O/O truckers.
They promised us years back they would help the trucker as an O/O find a means to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement but they reneged on that obligation when handing the keys over to CTW. The only thing they are all interested in now is the fast track to dues paying members, so what if they screw the O/O trucker in the process.
More on this later....
What's important now is we are all in this same boat together. Our top priority at the present time is to start slowly building driver numbers into the new year so we will have a strong base to call on next year when the time is right. |
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Post by phantom309 on Nov 15, 2009 22:39:13 GMT -5
I have been under stress for more years than I care to remember so what's another year if we succeed? I'll get my jollies watching those real slim ball motor carriers leave the business when we win this thing. Some of these crooked b@st@rds in Sugar town deserve to be covered in hot tar and feathered before sending them on their way.
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Post by roadrunner on Nov 16, 2009 20:46:34 GMT -5
It all sounds good RoadRunner, u and I will park our trucks but many more will steel the chance 2 haul the b***sh**. These companies can make a difference by not taking cheap freight. As long as companies can make a profit by any means f@@@ our equipment. Amen to that ybenningz. The agents don't give a d**n about breaking us, our equipment, or slashing the rates just as long as they make their commission on the load. Their desk, phone, computer, and office trailer doesn't suffer the expensive repairs, maintenance, or burn hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel each month. |
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Post by captcrunch on Dec 25, 2009 23:48:07 GMT -5
The port of Savannah's Garden City terminal is the worse facility I have ever had the experience to pick up a box in. I spent an hour and a half locating a decent chassis that wasn't stripped by voltures. The chassis pools look like scrap yards full of rusted junk. The only thing missing is a large metal shredder along with a crane with a magnet. The port controlled traffic patterns are a nightmare to maneuver in with out getting killed or ones truck destroyed. Most numbers are confusing or non existent on the ground. Everything is scattered over the entire complex in a totally disorderly fashion like a hurricane has passed through. GOD knows stop at every intersection or any other place you think there should be stop painted on the ground because the port police look for any violation to harass truckers. I was stopped while using my cell phone trying to get information on where I was supposed to find the right stack. You gentlemen who have to work there each day must be close to going postal. I won't be back to Savannah again unless the box is outside on the terminal yard.
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Post by flatwalkhome on Jan 9, 2010 10:02:42 GMT -5
Someone please let me know when/where. Jim,, shoot me an e/m please. Since I'm Now UNEMPLOYED I probly wont HEAR about it.. Brad
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Post by HardTimeTrucker on Jan 10, 2010 8:18:55 GMT -5
Hi Brad, I'll make sure you find out about the next meeting. Several of us will first have a board meeting in Feb to go over a few things happening so you'll get an email on this. Sorry to hear about your bad luck. It remains tough times out here but I think we are going to see a decent turn around this summer with freight. Hang in there....
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Post by farmer on Jan 14, 2010 8:57:49 GMT -5
please post meeting way ahead of time. i think many will come to this meeting.everyone is fedup.if we can do nothing at this time at least we should start building strong group willing to stand together later.
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Post by POJOE on Jan 16, 2010 18:24:08 GMT -5
The natives are getting restless ;D
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Post by sugartowntrucker on Jan 23, 2010 20:40:39 GMT -5
please post meeting way ahead of time. i think many will come to this meeting.everyone is fedup.if we can do nothing at this time at least we should start building strong group willing to stand together later. GOOD LUCK capturing that spirit of unity again. What the Hell, anything is possible. |
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