US Trucker's may go on strike !

[johnjrval424]

Originally Posted by Magnum

Maybe we should all join in

Well, it affects all of us in some way - rising grocery prices, etc.

I wish that we could fight the oil companies in some fashion but we have all become prostitutes for the oil company pimps...

[toppick08 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Dupontster

That's true but those guy have to do something....Some of those trucks will hold 200 gallons of fuel....At $4.00+ a gallon, that gets expensive...I know it is eventually going to be passed down to us....

No, I agree, I'm all for the truckers. Worked with them for years.

They have one of the hardest and most unappreciated jobs in the country.

I was just stating how important they are to us all.........

[onebdzee]

Originally Posted by johnjrval424

Didn't the truckers go on strike once before? Late 70's I think?

The last time I remember them doing this was early 90's....word went around quick on the roads between the drivers....a couple of them called some of the radio stations and announced it also

I was working for a moving company at the time and ended up half-way across the WW bridge when I shut my truck down for that hour

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Dupontster

That's true but those guy have to do something....Some of those trucks will hold 200 gallons of fuel....At $4.00+ a gallon, that gets expensive...I know it is eventually going to be passed down to us....

...about $.75 per mile, JUST for fuel. That doesn't include insurance, truck payments or the drivers profit.

[TimAllen]

Originally Posted by onebdzee

The last time I remember them doing this was early 90's....word went around quick on the roads between the drivers....a couple of them called some of the radio stations and announced it also

I was working for a moving company at the time and ended up half-way across the WW bridge when I shut my truck down for that hour

We should all join them, everyone in the US take a day off work....to "conserve fuel"

[johnjrval424]

These are some interesting statistics:

Truck Driver Salaries | AskTheTrucker.com

[onebdzee]

Originally Posted by johnjrval424

These are some interesting statistics:

Truck Driver Salaries | AskTheTrucker.com

When I was driving, the highest salary I made was right around $41k for the year....but, in order to make that I was working on average 14-16 hours a day, 6 days a week

[toppick08 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by onebdzee

When I was driving, the highest salary I made was right around $41k for the year....but, in order to make that I was working on average 14-16 hours a day, 6 days a week

Flatbed , Reefer, or Box.....??

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by onebdzee

When I was driving, the highest salary I made was right around $41k for the year....but, in order to make that I was working on average 14-16 hours a day, 6 days a week

...you were perpetually exhausted, living in a trance like state of caffeine, nicotine, horrible food, would talk to ANYBODY about ANYTHING any chance you got and the truck always needed to have routine maintenance put off for yet one more run.

Brutal life.

[onebdzee]

Originally Posted by toppick08

Flatbed , Reefer, or Box.....??

I made that $41k dragging around a dump trailer and/or stick trailer(log trailer to the ones who don't know what this is)

I got out of vans and flatbeds when I got out of moving

I haven't drug around a reefer since I quit SuperValu....I didn't like doing this one, the reefers are a pain in the ass