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GordonH wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, truckers get paid by the load.
So the more loads = more $$$..... of course they all run the risk of taking chances.

dirtybiker wrote:Try pulling off a paid by hour, home base to home base scenario that would not
be abused to no end though.

You either end up with people out there when it is not ideal,
to parked and paid when they could be rolling.

Not an easy solution.

Your right, no easy solution

LTD wrote:

Old Techie wrote:
Oh get off your high horse.
There's a very good likelihood that I drive far more than you do,

there would have to be a steering wheel attached to your keyboard for this to be true

Instead of failing miserably at comedy, your time might be better spent brushing up on how to use the "quote" feature correctly.

Just say'n................

oldtrucker wrote:By the trip flat rate. Average rounder to the coast 13 to 14 hrs, 220-300 bucks depending on who you work for ,regardless of the amount of time.

Milk truck drivers are paid by the hour (thank you milk cartel for artificially inflating wages and prices within the milk industry). A friend of mine sat in Revelstoke for something like 13 hours waiting for the highway to open, and was paid the entire time.

Tanker, not finished product.

if this keeps up escort vehicles when the road is bad maybe.
trucks with no chains hanging on the truck stopped. Trucks with no chains on when required stopped.
as far as wages go that is not the public's problem safety is the only thing that matters. Chaining up is part of truckin always
has been and always has been a sore spot get over it.
speed signs that show speed limit for road conditions with more law enforcement when road conditions are bad.

oldtrucker wrote: You think I really care about public safety? I don't get paid enough to care.

it is a bad day when you feel that way,

My main job is driving for a locally owned bus company, where I care very much about the people on my bus and those driving around me.

I firmly believe that trip rate should be outlawed, and the industry forced to pay hourly.

As a driver I only accept trip rate while on the ice roads, and I have never been out of a job.

By the way, I sharpened my teath hauling milk from farms to the dairy in Edmonton, and yes I got paid hourly doing that.

oldtrucker wrote:

christopher wrote:as far as wages go that is not the public's problem safety is the only thing that matters.

You think I really care about public safety? I don't get paid enough to care.

Good to know tell your boss, tell your insurance, tell the police. That way you can get a new job maybe selling tire chains.

Glacier wrote:Milk truck drivers are paid by the hour (thank you milk cartel for artificially inflating wages and prices within the milk industry). A friend of mine sat in Revelstoke for something like 13 hours waiting for the highway to open, and was paid the entire time.

As per the old adage about the milk man, guess its because of all the child support they have to pay

Dizzy1 wrote:As per the old adage about the milk man, guess its because of all the child support they have to pay

I must have always gotten the wrong routes
the truth is I was too tired by the time I got home to have played around on the job. Hauling milk is one of the most demanding trucking jobs out there.

I now know why they call the long Greyhound route the Milk Run.
It's because someone picking up milk often has to stop in at several farms in just about every little town along the way. Filling a 30,000 L tanker takes several stops if it's only 800 - 2000 L per farm.

Dizzy1 wrote:As per the old adage about the milk man, guess its because of all the child support they have to pay

stuphoto wrote:I must have always gotten the wrong routes.

You must be too young to get the reference. Dizzy is talking about the days when the "Milkman" delivered door to door.
The joke was yer kids all looked like the Mailman.

^^^

Did you just quote yourself, agree with yourself, then thank yourself?

oldtrucker wrote:Good to know tell your boss, tell your insurance, tell the police. That way you can get a new job maybe selling tire chains.

Okay,we can go tell everyone together..Just let me know where and when .
No one cares.Even my boss doesn't care.Only thing he cares about is no bent metal and fuel economy.
The insurance place has a picture of me at head office with note on it saying"he deosn't care".
The cops... now thats different.Can you hold my hand when you tell them?
Can I get a hug after all of this?[/quote]

Keep that 3 ton cube van right side up 10 4 rubber duck

Bsuds wrote:

Dizzy1 wrote:As per the old adage about the milk man, guess its because of all the child support they have to pay

stuphoto wrote:I must have always gotten the wrong routes.

You must be too young to get the reference. Dizzy is talking about the days when the "Milkman" delivered door to door.
The joke was yer kids all looked like the Mailman.

I forgot about those days. You are right, I am about 20 years too young.