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Post by oboy@ivorva on Jan 5, 2010 22:48:20 GMT -5
So who is making plenty of $$$$$$ truckin here in Tidewater at the piers? I want to come lease my truck where you are.
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Post by fox on Jan 10, 2010 0:28:11 GMT -5
Don't bother wasting your time over here at TTSI. I am searching myself for someone that believes in paying their O/O. It's sure not these people.
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Post by rosebud on Jan 16, 2010 22:31:42 GMT -5
these a$$hole$ are down to averaging .80 per mile running the road. i just parked my truck and told the company i'll run the city only until someone decides to pay for moving this freight again. diesel cost .55 per every mile we drive so let the hard core deep pocket ones keep on truckin if they want. if they have no work i can take a job part time that doesn't involve purchasing fuel or wear out my tractor while makin pennies. until then it will sit at the house or work the city.
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Post by GizmoTrans on Jan 17, 2010 21:08:41 GMT -5
Your right. I don't know how these rocket scientist think they'll make it pulling out of Norfolk at these rates. PC miles don't even account for actual fuel spent or per mile maintenance cost. Your stealing from the truck to pay yourself. Most of these guys are already out of business before they pull the load. It just makes it bad on the rest of us trying to get decent money out of these rate cutting trucking companies.
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Post by riceburner on Jan 18, 2010 10:18:38 GMT -5
these lease agreemts are not worth the paper the're written on. we nd somekind of haul contract . til that time ths will never change in norflk. same ol same ol.
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Post by bigtruckslittlemoneyinvirginia on Jan 20, 2010 0:01:32 GMT -5
Don't waste your time leasing to Evans Delivery. Their actual mileage comes out to less than .90 with FSC added. I will be glad when freight overloads these crooks and they have to pay in order to find enough truckers. Right now it's dog eat dog but you can look around at the equipment on the road to see that.
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Post by ronnie brown on Jan 20, 2010 1:40:35 GMT -5
there are dozens of fools lined up working everyday for this s#!t rates here. i hope a few months from now the customers have to pay out the a&& to move their cheap freight. when that happens we need to shut every trucking company in hampton roads down for a week to get what we want. we also need a strong driver assoc. here that has the balls to make that work.
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Post by HardTimeTrucker on Jan 21, 2010 15:34:55 GMT -5
I think you'll see the freight rates start to increase by this summer but we need to implement a plan that will keep them that way. This old system of uncertainty from week to week is long outdated. I know a better way which would make this happen but it'll take strength within our ranks to enforce change among the old guard who wishes to retain cheap rates for the good of their shippers.
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Post by vatrucker on Jan 24, 2010 11:33:26 GMT -5
yes we know who is getting rich up here. it's not truckers. we won't get the correct answers from talking with these jerks at the trucking companies nor the vpa. we must prepare to take a stand in 2010 because virginia will get no better anytime soon without driver action. i don't know what it will take to straighten out these problems but talk is not going to cut it anymore. we can't do this by ourself either. we need you guys in the south to meet with us to discuss options.
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Post by 460roadkill on Feb 1, 2010 23:19:32 GMT -5
No one I know of is making the money we deserve for our port services. Truckers in Hampton Roads are ready for change. Let's sit down and discuss a plan all parties can participate in together. We shouldn't have any problem working with truckers from other ports although a small handful here may. Who cares, they'll get over it or simply be sacrificed. This must be crafted for the majority or we'll not survive in the end.
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Post by mike on Feb 3, 2010 2:12:59 GMT -5
it's got so any time i get ready to go out to work my truck here i feel like i wanna puke. we have no one to turn to or doing anything about this crap. what's needed desperatley here is a driver association that has the balls to call for action. i don't know what we can do but i am sure more than sit here with our finger up our a@@ and b^tch on the childrens band channel. i would be willing to join anyone that has good ideas how to organise this bunch into a group who can stand up against the powers to be.
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Post by 7mileman on Feb 3, 2010 18:28:37 GMT -5
I'm thinking about buying a truck to pull containers. They will be overweight sometimes. I need ideas for the specs on the truck: horsepower, rear end ratio, wheelbase, sliding or fixed 5th wheel, height of 5th wheel, tire size, rim metal(steel, aluminum) and anything else that woul help. I won't be any competition to you Va. guys, I'll be in Jacksonville, Port of Palm Beach, Miami. No or small hills. Thanks in advance, 7mileman
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Post by 7mileman on Feb 3, 2010 18:33:12 GMT -5
I'm thinking about buying a truck to pull containers out of Jacksonville, Fl. They will be overweight sometimes. I need ideas about the specs on the truck: wheel base, rear end ratio, horsepower, wheel size, 5th wheel (slide or fixed) and any other ideas. Thanks.
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Post by bigtruckslittlemoneyinvirginia on Feb 6, 2010 19:21:38 GMT -5
Don't waste your time leasing to Evans Delivery. Their actual mileage comes out to less than .90 with FSC added. I will be glad when freight overloads these crooks and they have to pay in order to find enough truckers. Right now it's dog eat dog but you can look around at the equipment on the road to see that. I HAVE BEEN AT EVANS OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, AND SEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS FROM THE OFFICE STAFF. THEY EVEN LENT ME MONEY FOR A TURBO WHEN MINE WENT OUT. I GUESS SOME WINEY DRIVERS ARE NOT HAPPY NO MATER WHAT COMPANY THEY RUN FOR. |
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Post by FL trucker on Feb 6, 2010 19:49:18 GMT -5
have 94 fld120 430hp cummings 10sp 22.5LPslide 5th 390rears pull O/W all time to the person to buy truck 7mileman
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Post by 90amileisajoke on Feb 7, 2010 8:32:51 GMT -5
Sure they let you borrow the money for the turbo. How much interest are you having to pay? I use to work for them and would ask? Why doesn't the CMA loads pay a fuel surcharge? Half the loads offered are CMA. It is funny how one of the office personnel is married to a CMA executive. That other guy that works in the office sure owns a lot of the trucks leased here. I can't believe that those individuals agreed to pay $400 to $530 a week to lease/purchase those old trucks for 36 months. What a ripoff. Remember this you and I are small business owners. We should make enough money to maintain and repair our equipment, reinvest into our business( newer equipment every 3-5 years), save for retirement, pay our taxes on time, pay for self-employed health insurance, hell take a weeks vacation once a year, and do it all with a legal logbook. Right now all of us are just company drivers wearing out our own trucks. The port and our carriers choose our destiny.
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Post by ROW HOE on Feb 7, 2010 12:49:43 GMT -5
90amileisajoke what you said about us being a small business is very true. Every driver should print that out and tape it to their sun visor so
they can be reminded of it daily . Very well said.
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Post by Tommy on Feb 7, 2010 15:09:48 GMT -5
Don't waste your time leasing to Evans Delivery. Their actual mileage comes out to less than .90 with FSC added. I will be glad when freight overloads these crooks and they have to pay in order to find enough truckers. Right now it's dog eat dog but you can look around at the equipment on the road to see that. I HAVE BEEN AT EVANS OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, AND SEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS FROM THE OFFICE STAFF. THEY EVEN LENT ME MONEY FOR A TURBO WHEN MINE WENT OUT. I GUESS SOME WINEY DRIVERS ARE NOT HAPPY NO MATER WHAT COMPANY THEY RUN FOR. I don't understand? If your doing so well at Evans, been there for over a year and a half, why do you have to borrow money from the company store? This sounds more like a management twirp or an Evans lapdog  |
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Post by colt45 on Feb 7, 2010 23:55:18 GMT -5
my thoughts exactly tommy!what a great example of some driver probably living from paycheck to paycheck after running for this super fine rate busting Evan's delivery for over a year. i bet he's buying this truck from that very same company store?
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Post by westservicecenter on Feb 9, 2010 20:10:41 GMT -5
O/O IN NORFOLK AREA 25% OFF FIRST TOW AFTER GETTIN AN ACCOUNT WEST SERVICE CENTER
757 487 4420
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Post by laira on Jul 10, 2012 3:39:51 GMT -5
I don't shrewdness these rocket scientist suppose they are going to build it pulling out of Norfolk at these rates. computer miles do not even account for actual fuel spent or per mile maintenance cost. Your stealing from the van to pay yourself. Semi Trailer Sale |
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Post by reggiebrown on Jul 10, 2012 7:09:34 GMT -5
O/O IN NORFOLK AREA 25% OFF FIRST TOW AFTER GETTIN AN ACCOUNT WEST SERVICE CENTER 757 487 4420 the container truckers i know needing a tow can't afford to fix what is broke anyway so might as well leave the truck broke down where it's at and let the finance compny come pick it up. less headache and go back to work somewhere that pays real money like mcdonalds. |
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Post by DYNOMITE on Mar 27, 2014 11:38:40 GMT -5
have 94 fld120 430hp cummings 10sp 22.5LPslide 5th 390rears pull O/W all time to the person to buy truck 7mileman |
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Post by FUSION on May 3, 2014 8:50:56 GMT -5
Hey Tommy & colt45, I think Evans made the list of The Good(?), The Bad(!), The Ugly.
I believe they have gone through a management / agent change AGAIN!
P.S. -- West Service Center (maybe); But definitely stay away from Truck Enterprises, Inc.(TEI) across the way for sure!
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