Comments By Bobcat_Bob

That is the about the range for our P&D drivers, so I do not think it is as unrealistic as others here impy.

so just wondering will it be hard to get in trucking with 2 wrecks in 3 yrs, 1 i believe was July 27,2021 and the other Jan 2022

It can definitely make things difficult. What kind of wrecks are we talking about?

The auto braking has never once activated for something it need to. It has always been for, vehicles on a ramp, shadows, road signs, bridges, or some other nonsense.

I've had the same experience as Dave with the lane departure. It picks up sealer, worn asphalt, shadows, water or cracks. Nothing like having that buzzing when I'm in the middle of the lane.

I also agree with Davy, it is a way for some companies to dangle a carrot in front of drivers for a "bonus".

But drivers are our own worst enemies, when it comes to saftey. Tailgating is a huge problem imo, I've seen many owner operators a few feet off the bumper of a car or truck. I'm surprised more insurance companies do not require dash cams to fight this problem.

My assigned truck made it back after a month from Indy. Used it yesterday for first time and it still isn't right. The On Guard (I hate that system) is showing errors, cruise and eng brake are not working, so I left it at the shop again.

And seeing all the billboards out there for lawyers that handle accidents with big rigs

Funny you mentioned this, yesterday I noticed a billboard from "The hammer" Mr. Isaacs that said to call him if you are injured by a truck on ice. Pretty sure it was referring to the Werner case.

Have you tried looking in Aurora? There are a ton of trucking companies there. ABC supply is hiring a driver there.

Hogan is hiring a yard spotter in Dekalb that might be worth apply to.

Doubles/triples is just a written test, however LTL work is slow right now.

Your list of requirements is fairly unrealistic, especially considering the current state of trucking. You may need to drop a few of them for at least a year.

The crazy thing to me was Jack Cooper tried to buy Yellow Freight for 1.2 Billion then in December 23 now a little over a year later they needed their customers to invest in them. GM rejected a $200 million investment from a 3rd party that Cooper had secured. Now they are out of business.

Jack Cooper transport who hauled cars for Ford and GM, lost both contracts in the last 2 months and announced they are closing after nearly 100 years.

Sounds like 2,500 drivers are now looking for work.

Jack Cooper Transport closing after nearly 100 years

Ouch, I’ve heard and seen people we these newer trucks having problems all over

A lot of our 25 Freightliners have had problems I've heard. My previous meet guy had one that would just derate to 55 randomly but it wouldn't say anything on the dash about why.

What is your run now? Don’t think you’ve mentioned that yet.

I have a 10 am meet in Richmond IN, I meet a driver from Columbus OH then I head to Chicago.

It's about a 12 hour day unfortunately, but it's like 2200ish a week so there's a trade off.

I was towed today for the second time in 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago it was 2025 tractor that freaked out on me randomly and derated me. First the dashboard radar started going nuts, then the check engine and stop engine lights came on and it slowed me down. After I pulled onto the shoulder I let it sit for a few minutes and it was saying to put truck in neutral to start while it was in neutral, so it wouldn't let me start it. Finally it let me drive a few miles to a off ramp and they sent a tow truck to pick me up.

Since my truck is still at a dealer in Indy I've been using this one 2018 with 890k miles on it, other than the seat sinking while driving it was running good. However today it decided to be difficult, the check engine light came on and the truck kept accelerating on it own! I shut the cruise control off coming into the construction zone but the truck kept trying to speed up, I tried the cruise cancel button, even shut it off but it kept trying to accelerate. I was able to use the brakes to slow down but if I let off the pedal it would start speeding up. I got pulled over and stopped on the shoulder when I put the truck in neutral it started revving up on its own.

Luckily I get breakdown pay at our hourly rate so I am not out any money, just aggerating days. It had been about 5 years since I late needed a tow, now I've had 2 in 2 weeks.