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I guess this board is the same really, as any other, in any other segment, people helping people. With any career, there is always competition. I'm sure once in awhile, even the experienced might learn something here too, so this board isn't all just the experienced giving, and the newbies...

Does anyone have any info on RJR.. the search engine here at EO requires 4 letters, so can't search for any posts regarding them on here. Thanks

You're right, that is sad. Risk your career/business, possibly risk the health and/or lives of you, the public, and the emergency workers if there were an accident, all to save a few bucks. Sadder yet to think they might have gotten away with it with an unscrupulous or less observant driver.

It appears from these posts, that carriers and shippers alike, are trying to get something for nothing, at the expense of the O/Os. Being newer and having somewhat of an amount of faith in honesty and goodwill, husb figured it was a given that the carrier knew the load was hazmat, so didn't need...

After reading some posts on here, and seeing how things are 'supposed to be', we don't 'get' it either!

Husb arrived at a pickup last week, to discover it was a hazmat load.. company did not indicate this on qc or otherwise.. he knows they are aware becuz he knows it is a reg cust; will have to wait til mar.15th pay to know whether he got paid extra for it! You would think you'd at least be told...

Many years ago I took a job, as an employee, paid on a basis other than time; the 'weekly' pay was just a bit less than what I had been earning, but in a field which interested me more; after awhile, factoring in how many hours it took to earn the weekly pay, it became clear that it worked out...

A little high there on the hourly rate dontcha think? :eek:

I'm hollerin, here.... Man, if you old pros are disagreeing about how the rules are to be perceived, imagine what it's like for a newbie, and add into the equation different rules for Ontario and Canada! Like TH said, no wonder some drivers cheat!

Just wanted to thank Phil Madsen of ATeam for writing easy-to-read, informative articles for us newbies! I discovered the series of articles last night after you mentioned it in another post. Thought I'd bring it to the attention of other newbies/wannabees so it's easy to find! I guess...

"Hi, my name is George, it's winter in Ohio and I'm driving the SALT TRUCK!" That is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!

Thank you, I thought I was missing something here, or not doing that new math correctly, or that we were the only people seeing things this way; and don't get me wrong, we are NOT 'cherry picking' and we have turned down hardly any loads; we feel we are too new to be doing that, yet we feel...

man, and I thought it was a nose! haha

Forgive me if I'm missing something here, as I've said, we're new. How can someone consider that $20/hr isn't too shabby, when none of the expenses have been factored in? I know that for us, we have a truck payment, insurance payment, cellphone expenses, qc expenses, and of course, fuel...

Is it considered cherrypicking to turn down a load which you know will cost you more than you will get paid?

That is interesting about the carrier you're contracted with, being your 'customer', and that cherry-picking shouldn't be happening. While that's a great concept in theory, the reality (at least for us), is that if you take a sh*t load, driving 60 empty miles to pick up something to deliver...

Not a van, but husb had to have wheel bearings changed (one side only) on Chev C5500 when only a couple months old; he lost 6 days while the dealer tried to get the part (shoulda called an expediter to get it there faster! haha! j/k, the problem was with locating a part); only one side was...

Ok, second post! I think, being new, that sometimes, some of us (newbies), when we ask a question, might not completely understand the answers we are given. I think there is a language out there that works for all you seasoned people, and you might assume that everyone understands what you're...

Hi, we're new here.. have been doing a lot of reading, thank you for being here for us to do that! We're in Southern Ontario, hubby has a straight truck, he's new to the biz; unfortunately he kinda jumped in without doing a lot of homework! So far, so ok though! I thought I'd introduce ourselves...

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