kokoda - AZEK (Deck Boards) doesn't stand behind its product
November 22, 2017 4:06 pm
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Dutchman
November 22, 2017 4:14 pm
I’ve heard, at one time truck driving was great – you were out there on your own – not micro-managed, getting the job done.
This monitoring will kill independent people. Enjoy having more Somali truck drivers.
LGR
November 22, 2017 4:24 pm
Locomotive engineer must have the same smart technology as the trucker. A slight conflict, it seems.
BB
November 22, 2017 4:35 pm
Lord , everything in that video is true.Every company must have
Electronic Log Devices in their trucks by Dec 18 of this year.I have had Electronic logs for years .We are being watched .I have the basic Qual Com System .The trucking companies can ” see ” your speed ,logs ,where you are and for how long you have been there and about a thousand other things . Electronic logs aren’t so bad once you get use to them. Saves alot of paper work even though it was easy to cheat with paper logs.You just have do your job and get over being watched.
Tommy
November 22, 2017 5:01 pm
Certain parts of the industry will get destroyed with this – seasonal ones being the first and foremost victim. You know who wants this shit? The ATA (American Trucking Association) – why? Because the big players in the ATA are the big carriers – Swift, Hunt, etc. and they win when the small and medium – even fairly large outfits with hundreds of tractors will perish. HOS, CSA, Def/particulate/emissions/EDL…..see a trend? Any part of the economy that has to make their yearly numbers in a few months of the year are fucked. The LTL’s ‘hub and spoke’ system is another winner – notice how they’re all honey badger on this one in particular. But, nobody cares until it effects them – they’ll bring it down to make driverless trucks look like a saving grace and by goodness, a necessity!!!! Then they’ll remind you that without trucks America stops and how 98% of your shit requires a truck, blah, blah, blah. Same deal, they’ll offer the remedy for the malady they created.
Anonymous
November 22, 2017 6:41 pm
All that monitoring and FEDEX still manages to lose so much of everything that is shipped to me by them.
MadMike
November 22, 2017 7:32 pm
I got a “chauffeurs” class A license (which later became a CDL) in 1983.
In 2007 I got completely out of the business.
Idiotic regulations and being considered a government revenue source were two of the reasons why.
A third reason was losing 30K in one year from my gross income due to rule changes.
It’s typical bureaucratic stupidity to think you can pay less, expect the same or greater amount of work, and still keep experienced competent employees.
Maggie
November 23, 2017 3:02 pm
I was hoping to get some syrup on a truck yesterday, but did not.
Targeted
I’ve heard, at one time truck driving was great – you were out there on your own – not micro-managed, getting the job done.
This monitoring will kill independent people. Enjoy having more Somali truck drivers.
Locomotive engineer must have the same smart technology as the trucker. A slight conflict, it seems.
Lord , everything in that video is true.Every company must have
Electronic Log Devices in their trucks by Dec 18 of this year.I have had Electronic logs for years .We are being watched .I have the basic Qual Com System .The trucking companies can ” see ” your speed ,logs ,where you are and for how long you have been there and about a thousand other things . Electronic logs aren’t so bad once you get use to them. Saves alot of paper work even though it was easy to cheat with paper logs.You just have do your job and get over being watched.
Certain parts of the industry will get destroyed with this – seasonal ones being the first and foremost victim. You know who wants this shit? The ATA (American Trucking Association) – why? Because the big players in the ATA are the big carriers – Swift, Hunt, etc. and they win when the small and medium – even fairly large outfits with hundreds of tractors will perish. HOS, CSA, Def/particulate/emissions/EDL…..see a trend? Any part of the economy that has to make their yearly numbers in a few months of the year are fucked. The LTL’s ‘hub and spoke’ system is another winner – notice how they’re all honey badger on this one in particular. But, nobody cares until it effects them – they’ll bring it down to make driverless trucks look like a saving grace and by goodness, a necessity!!!! Then they’ll remind you that without trucks America stops and how 98% of your shit requires a truck, blah, blah, blah. Same deal, they’ll offer the remedy for the malady they created.
All that monitoring and FEDEX still manages to lose so much of everything that is shipped to me by them.
I got a “chauffeurs” class A license (which later became a CDL) in 1983.
In 2007 I got completely out of the business.
Idiotic regulations and being considered a government revenue source were two of the reasons why.
A third reason was losing 30K in one year from my gross income due to rule changes.
It’s typical bureaucratic stupidity to think you can pay less, expect the same or greater amount of work, and still keep experienced competent employees.
I was hoping to get some syrup on a truck yesterday, but did not.