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Veteran Expediter
I am not a party to this just looking for opinions the story goes like this.
drivers respond to add of team wanted around the 15th of dec.
they are contracted to tri-state and agree to operate truck on a 65/40 split with them getting 65% and paying for fuel and gets 100% fsc
after 3 weeks of 0 loads and carriers suggesting they dont move from the home board because they are number 1 team and there just aint no freight x-mass time one driver gives up one driver remains.
remaining driver stays and agrees to operate truck as a single.
remaining driver runs for about 4 more weeks.
when the third week rolls around remaining driver is told he didnt get a check because owner deducted $150 for co-driver leaving without 3 weeks notice.
but next week he will get a check for $175
mind you 6 or seven weeks have gone by at this point,But forrest being forrest says ok he deals with the $150 charge.in hopes that freight will pick up and it will all work in the end.
owner says they will try to find a co-driver to put with him.
another week 1 run 100 miles delivers on monday up by cleveland driver sits all week and on friday morning says screw it and moves to toledo arrives before noon and is number 3 out friday passes no load sat,sun no load monday 500 mile run to PA delivers tuesday
number 1 out sits tuesday nothing moves to harrisburg wed,thursday nothing friday.owner calls him friday and says he found a team to take over truck and wants him to wait for a load back to oh.he agrees and sits till today and gets a load back to ohio.
whats wrong with this picture?
I would have gave up at the same time the co-driver did myself but forrest is homeless at the age of 63 his home burns with no insurance so with no home to go to he has no reason to go anyplace other than where the company offers loads to.in service 24/7
when the owner told him that if he stayed in service and got the truck back to ohio they would make sure him and everything he owned got back to IL.now the days arrived and he is calling me wanting me to come get him.why should i drive 800 miles round trip seems to me if your a fleet owner and have a single decent bone in your body you would get him here or at least square up with him now since you kept all his fsc for a co-driver quiting.what kinda crap is that and susan and andrew the guy took every load offered paid for every dime of fuel you can at least square up and i know you told him you would only charge him for a half a tank of fuel when the truck was returned but if he pays for the fuel back to toledo and there is even 1/4 tank of fuel in the truck I think you should be happy to call that even cause I sure aint got no call from you offering me any fuel money to drive 800 miles to pick him up and bring him back to live with me.and you are the ones that replaced him without 3 weeks notice.
its a sad day for that old homeless man.didnt your mom raise you any better than that.
drivers respond to add of team wanted around the 15th of dec.
they are contracted to tri-state and agree to operate truck on a 65/40 split with them getting 65% and paying for fuel and gets 100% fsc
after 3 weeks of 0 loads and carriers suggesting they dont move from the home board because they are number 1 team and there just aint no freight x-mass time one driver gives up one driver remains.
remaining driver stays and agrees to operate truck as a single.
remaining driver runs for about 4 more weeks.
when the third week rolls around remaining driver is told he didnt get a check because owner deducted $150 for co-driver leaving without 3 weeks notice.
but next week he will get a check for $175
mind you 6 or seven weeks have gone by at this point,But forrest being forrest says ok he deals with the $150 charge.in hopes that freight will pick up and it will all work in the end.
owner says they will try to find a co-driver to put with him.
another week 1 run 100 miles delivers on monday up by cleveland driver sits all week and on friday morning says screw it and moves to toledo arrives before noon and is number 3 out friday passes no load sat,sun no load monday 500 mile run to PA delivers tuesday
number 1 out sits tuesday nothing moves to harrisburg wed,thursday nothing friday.owner calls him friday and says he found a team to take over truck and wants him to wait for a load back to oh.he agrees and sits till today and gets a load back to ohio.
whats wrong with this picture?
I would have gave up at the same time the co-driver did myself but forrest is homeless at the age of 63 his home burns with no insurance so with no home to go to he has no reason to go anyplace other than where the company offers loads to.in service 24/7
when the owner told him that if he stayed in service and got the truck back to ohio they would make sure him and everything he owned got back to IL.now the days arrived and he is calling me wanting me to come get him.why should i drive 800 miles round trip seems to me if your a fleet owner and have a single decent bone in your body you would get him here or at least square up with him now since you kept all his fsc for a co-driver quiting.what kinda crap is that and susan and andrew the guy took every load offered paid for every dime of fuel you can at least square up and i know you told him you would only charge him for a half a tank of fuel when the truck was returned but if he pays for the fuel back to toledo and there is even 1/4 tank of fuel in the truck I think you should be happy to call that even cause I sure aint got no call from you offering me any fuel money to drive 800 miles to pick him up and bring him back to live with me.and you are the ones that replaced him without 3 weeks notice.
its a sad day for that old homeless man.didnt your mom raise you any better than that.