I am a slave to Toyota

[Telvis]

Lucky bastard

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I used to be a slave to Kubota. Now I have a job that doesn't require thought,effort,or even showing up on time. I drive a truck.

I don't know what company you drive for, kinda sounds like JB Hunt though. 

I have been driving for over 20 years now, and if I had that attitude about my job, I would have been fired long ago. Thought and effort go into everything a driver does every day, at least the ones who care about their job. And in my segment of the trucking business, "Early is on time, on time is late, & late is Fired".

[derailed]

The truckin I know requires some thought. When your delivering gasoline and you crossdrop (i.e put the regular unleaded in the super tank) you just created a giant mess on your hands.

[5.9_Liter_Grand_Cherokee]

I used to be a slave to Kubota. Now I have a job that doesn't require thought,effort,or even showing up on time. I drive a truck.

I don't know what company you drive for, kinda sounds like JB Hunt though. 

I have been driving for over 20 years now, and if I had that attitude about my job, I would have been fired long ago. Thought and effort go into everything a driver does every day, at least the ones who care about their job. And in my segment of the trucking business, "Early is on time, on time is late, & late is Fired".

I am a little worried about that philosophy.  Either they are padding their time estimates for delivery, or they are expecting drivers to break the law to make the delivery on time.

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I used to be a slave to Kubota. Now I have a job that doesn't require thought,effort,or even showing up on time. I drive a truck.

I don't know what company you drive for, kinda sounds like JB Hunt though. 

I have been driving for over 20 years now, and if I had that attitude about my job, I would have been fired long ago. Thought and effort go into everything a driver does every day, at least the ones who care about their job. And in my segment of the trucking business, "Early is on time, on time is late, & late is Fired".

I am a little worried about that philosophy.  Either they are padding their time estimates for delivery, or they are expecting drivers to break the law to make the delivery on time.

Let me explain just what I mean.
I work for a Multi-Million Dollar Corporation Who puts on a Live Televised Event two, sometimes three times a week. There are thousands of people who depend on me [and the other 15 drivers] to be on time. Now that doesn't mean we throw the rulebooks out the window.....quite the contrary, we work within all DOT Rules and regulations to get our jobs done. We always have plenty of time to get to our next location. We plan our trips around bad weather, and we fly in "double drivers" when the runs get long and time gets short, so that every truck gets two drivers. Safety is always a top concern. Thats how professionals do it.

If you read the first quote, my comment was directed towards his lack of caring about his job.


BTW, everything you own was at one time on a truck & brought to you by a trucker.

[5.9_Liter_Grand_Cherokee]

Let me explain just what I mean.
I work for a Multi-Million Dollar Corporation Who puts on a Live Televised Event two, sometimes three times a week. There are thousands of people who depend on me [and the other 15 drivers] to be on time. Now that doesn't mean we throw the rulebooks out the window.....quite the contrary, we work within all DOT Rules and regulations to get our jobs done. We always have plenty of time to get to our next location. We plan our trips around bad weather, and we fly in "double drivers" when the runs get long and time gets short, so that every truck gets two drivers. Safety is always a top concern.

I'm glad that the company you work for is consciencious, but not all companies are concerned about safety.  We recently had a fatality collision here caused by a tarp off a flatbed.  I have seen trucks going down the road with unsecured loads.  I used to have a class B license, but I let it go a few years back, because the company I worked for at the time refused to put trucks out of service when they failed my air brake inspection.  When you look at it, the freeways are a scary place to be for a four wheeler.  You couldn't get me out there on a bike anymore, between the idiots in SUV's (I'm not saying all SUV drivers are idiots, just that idiots have SUV's), the semi's (you don't know how the service for that truck was performed), and inattentive drivers, there are days where I feel like I have a bullseye on my car and I am waiting to see when I get hit again. 

Sorry 'bout the hijack

[WM23N1]

I drive a concrete truck.