A proper thread for a change

It’s time to get this forum back on track, so I’ll start off with an update on things at the green machine, in case I offend anybody I will leave my own opinions out and just present the facts or gossip, whichever the case may be.

They have a new recruiting office in Winnipeg, it seems that they are doing a pretty good job too, they currently have a driver for every truck.

In recent times they’ve changed the pay structure so that the mileage rate has increased, some other payments such as border crossings, extra deliveries/collections, tarping etc have been reduced, in some cases it is possible to earn more money under the new system, but short runs with lots of deliveries/collections/tarping will earn less.

It appears that long serving (Canadian) drivers get the longer runs so they’ve had a wage rise, the recent employees are stuck with the shorter runs and will be earning less than they would have prior to the wage ‘rise’.

The full workforce has given the people behind the glass the opportunity to flex their muscles a bit and they are threating to fire people for the slightest indescretion, the philosophy is if you don’t like it you can ■■■■ off, there’s another driver waiting to take your truck over.

One driver recently had some time off booked, BFS were good enough to allow him to park his truck in Toronto and fly out from there, I know I said I would keep my opinions to myself, but I like this, I think it’s a very nice thing to do, however the driver had decided to change jobs on his return to Canada, so told BFS that when he arrived back he would work his two weeks notice, effectively giving them four weeks notice. They said that wasn’t necessary and told him to clear the truck out in Toronto and that he was finished there and then.

They then flew a driver out to pick up the truck, I heard from someone that the driver had dumped the truck in Toronto, he told me that was the word inside the yard, it could be driver gossip, it could be that’s what BFS are saying, who knows? I had heard the story about the four weeks notice first, but that doesn’t make it true.

There have also been other instances where trucks are reported to have been dumped, one in BC, others more local, again I have no evidence, so there could be more to it than meets the eye, such as in the case of someone who was fired for no reason, although I also heard that they had lost a load, so in one case it sounds as if BFS are in the wrong, although if the driver didn’t secure his load properly then he should be banned for life, not just fired!

Nothing much, but it’s a start, anyone have anything to add?

Apparently I’m a fat lazy bigoted redneck whose children would’ve been better off if I’d used contraception,so is my viewpoint welcomed?
Back to topic not,how was the Trans Can yesterday ? Total mess this morning with ice and carnage from Regina to Grenfell,as far as I went.Had to laugh cos I grabbed a coffee at the Esso station there and got talking to some skinhead chap with tattoos all over his face who was having a total meltdown over the driving conditions,and he was Canadian !!!
Agree Mark,get this forum back to sensible topics and regular taking of the mick,Where’s Moyles when we need him ?

Who’s dumping the trucks, Europeans, or Canadians?

got talking to some skinhead chap with tattoos all over his face who was having a total meltdown over the driving conditions,and he was Canadian !!!

Now we all know how coffee chatter goes, now was he having a meltdown as you call it or was he ■■■■■■■■ about the conditions. Having driven through that first storm and freeze in Saskatchewan I counted 29 rigs jackknifed or in the ditch. More than one Penner truck, there was a Penner unit between Regina and Brandon in the ditch flopped over on its side. I took the ramp off the yellowhead to the ring wide the guy behind me made a stupid comment about women drivers then proceeded to hit the ditch. We all know how some of you guys like to fluff up your feathers.

Who’s dumping the trucks, Europeans, or Canadians?

It is hearsay, shop talk, coffeehouse BS, speculation by over active minds, No proof. So is hearsay, speculation, shop coffeehouse talk, European or Canadian ?

They have a new recruiting office in Winnipeg

Old news like 6 months old, posted previously
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=65383

recent times they’ve changed the pay structure so that the mileage rate has increased, some other payments such as border crossings, extra deliveries/collections, tarping etc have been reduced, in some cases it is possible to earn more money under the new system, but short runs with lots of deliveries/collections/tarping will earn less

Again old news previously mentioned here on the forums, that was started almost a year ago already hardly recent news.

The full workforce has given the people behind the glass the opportunity to flex their muscles a bit and they are threating to fire people for the slightest indescretion, the philosophy is if you don’t like it you can [zb] off, there’s another driver waiting to take your truck over.

Again this started about 5 months ago so so.

One driver recently had some time off booked, BFS were good enough to allow him to park his truck in Toronto and fly out from there, I know I said I would keep my opinions to myself, but I like this, I think it’s a very nice thing to do, however the driver had decided to change jobs on his return to Canada, so told BFS that when he arrived back he would work his two weeks notice, effectively giving them four weeks notice. They said that wasn’t necessary and told him to clear the truck out in Toronto and that he was finished there and then.

They then flew a driver out to pick up the truck, I heard from someone that the driver had dumped the truck in Toronto, he told me that was the word inside the yard, it could be driver gossip, it could be that’s what BFS are saying, who knows? I had heard the story about the four weeks notice first, but that doesn’t make it true.

There have also been other instances where trucks are reported to have been dumped, one in BC, others more local, again I have no evidence, so there could be more to it than meets the eye, such as in the case of someone who was fired for no reason, although I also heard that they had lost a load, so in one case it sounds as if BFS are in the wrong, although if the driver didn’t secure his load properly then he should be banned for life, not just fired!

The above is nothing more than Pub talk , shoprumors, coffeehouse chatter, we all know men like to exaggerate thier fish stories.

Brentanna:
… we all know men like to exaggerate thier fish stories.

Now then Brentanna, please consider the fairness of that statement.

Surely, an exaggerated fish story can be told by anybody, but regardless of their gender.

It might be worth spending a little time considering the way in which you word some of your posts, because it’s quite possible to make a point, but without inviting a backlash.

Just a thought.

It might be worth spending a little time considering the way in which you word some of your posts, because it’s quite possible to make a point, but without inviting a backlash.

Could that not be true of many of the posts made, by all participants ?

Is there anyway a big funnel can be attached to the auto sensor, so that any mention of Canada goes straight into one huge thread?

It becomes tiresome to click on a new post with a reasonable title to read the same old crap.

Unfortunately my way of reading these forums is by logging on and clicking “New Posts”

Wheel nut it is winter everyone knows nothing happens until we come out of hibernating in our igloos in the spring.

Brentanna:

It might be worth spending a little time considering the way in which you word some of your posts, because it’s quite possible to make a point, but without inviting a backlash.

Could that not be true of many of the posts made, by all participants ?

Yes, of course it could Brentanna… but speaking very generally now, some posters just don’t pause to think for a minute, or read the forum rules before they hit the keyboard.

Brentanna:
Wheel nut it is winter everyone knows nothing happens until we come out of hibernating in our igloos in the spring.

An Eskimo in the North Pole has been arrested on suspicion of ■■■■.

The Police want to know what he was doing on the night between September and March.

Brentanna:

Who’s dumping the trucks, Europeans, or Canadians?

It is hearsay, shop talk, coffeehouse BS, speculation by over active minds, No proof. So is hearsay, speculation, shop coffeehouse talk, European or Canadian ?

The question was not for you to answer, so please don’t.

WheelNut,

I’m sorry that I can’t come up with anything new, but it seems that nothing has changed at BFS, well not for the better anyway

Brentanna,

Wow, you managed to spit every word you’ve written, are you having hormone problems? To answer your questions and comments, the office in Winnipeg is recent, they’ve been flexing their muscles recently too, I didn’t say a specific date for either, just that it was recently It relates to a new thread because the ‘new’ pay structure seemed that it was robbing Peter to pay Paul, however in practice it means that some drivers are earning more, some are not. As for pub talk, I think not, I have a friend who works inside the glass at BFS and he tells it as it is and that is as much as I’m prepared to say on the matter, the driver that was fired from Toronto is German, the one who dumped the truck in BC is Canadian.

Oh and you say about Penner trucks and such in the ditch, yet you told us that you’re at home and not working and have been ever since your departure from BFS, so which are you lying about? Being at home or driving a truck through SK?

FTTM,

Last but by no means least TC1 was a total ■■■■■, ice and blowing snow all the way to Winnipeg, doing it all again in a bit, heading for Lethbridge this afternoon I should be up your way this evening

I do believe I mentioned something about some guys getting their feathers all ruffled up. Try this read what I write twice then comment… Secondly doesnt matter who is behind the glass at BFS that you are getting your info from. It is still hearsay not one person from BFS has posted anything on it, nor has there been any newspaper story, links or any kind.

You heard it you say it is called hearsay.

newmercman:
It’s time to get this forum back on track, in case I offend anybody I will leave my own opinions out and just present the facts or gossip, whichever the case may be.

In recent times they’ve changed the pay structure so that the mileage rate has increased, some other payments such as border crossings, extra deliveries/collections, tarping etc have been reduced, in some cases it is possible to earn more money under the new system, but short runs with lots of deliveries/collections/tarping will earn less.

The full workforce has given the people behind the glass the opportunity to flex their muscles a bit and they are threating to fire people for the slightest indescretion, the philosophy is if you don’t like it you can [zb] off,
there could be more to it than meets the eye, such as in the case of someone who was fired for no reason, although I also heard that they had lost a load, although if the driver didn’t secure his load properly then he should be banned for life, not just fired!

Nothing much, but it’s a start, anyone have anything to add?

Just like it’s been here for years then.Zb local work unless your face fits.

But the saga about the rumoured lost load might not have been the driver’s fault he just might have listened to all the bs about sheets being part of the load securing system.

Brentanna:
I do believe I mentioned something about some guys getting their feathers all ruffled up. Try this read what I write twice then comment… Secondly doesnt matter who is behind the glass at BFS that you are getting your info from. It is still hearsay not one person from BFS has posted anything on it, nor has there been any newspaper story, links or any kind.

You heard it you say it is called hearsay.

There’s a thread just below this one that you may wish to read

As you’ve been put on pre mod recently I would think that it applies to you more than most of the users of this forum

I’m going to put you on the ignore thingy from now on, your posts only serve to wind everyone up so by not responding and invoking your response to them there may still be a forum which can be of use to people, see ya

Carryfast, I think losing your load from a flatbed is grounds for immediate dissmissal, the face fitting thing is also very apt, that’s the way it is at BFS, so it can be a good job if you have the pretty face, I can curdle milk by walking past a closed fridge so I was always going to be in trouble there

I’m going to put you on the ignore thingy from now on, your posts only serve to wind everyone up so by not responding and invoking your response to them there may still be a forum which can be of use to people,

There is far more than one person putting this forum at risk- it is a joint effort and no one person is going to be singled out, a number are equally to blame. today alone I have 2 mails from registered members who felt due to the current atmosphere of bullying and cyber intimidation they dont feel willing to participate on this forum.

Well done guys , congrats to all involved.

now it ends, you all have had your chances, been requested, asked almost to the point of being begged by me to stop, and most have chosen to ignore that… and now it does end. and when we are asked why we dont have an ex pats forum in the future the answer will be simple… a few people could not excercise a little self control and stuffed it up for everyone…

The pay change at BFS was a a rob Peter to Pay Paul pay increase. When doing the calculations and what I had been getting for the various things I determined for me at least the old pay scale was better. There are those who were doing runs down to Texas and back for them the new system would have been more to their advantage. I did not sign on for the new pay system. I believe all the new drivers do sign up with the new pay system and are not even offered the old. What would be interesting if you man behind the glass can tell you is what changes have they made for the owner/ops with the increases in fuel and other costs.
I dont think anything will ever change at BFS I believe since the boys took over that there has been this drivers are a dime a dozen attitude, which has left some lads with families struggling to get by until they get PR or are forced to move back. It is really too bad, I am sure many of them would have loved it here once they got established. Canada is a really good place to raise a family, and it is not so crowded that you are hitting your neighbor in the head with the handle of your rake while doing your grass. Even in the smaller communities like Steinbach there are lots of things for kids to do, without all the crap you get in the larger centers.
Now BFS has all its trucks full and can hire the one or two drivers a week to fill vacencies. That means there are like 20 or so more trucks they have on the road and 20 or so more drivers not in the pool of avalible drivers. It would stand to reason then that there will possibly be more companies maybe looking to hire from the UK in the near future. Anyone thinking of doing the move maybe should start looking at the costs of living ect so they can make an informed decission when the time comes. It will be coming there are some recent arrivals from other lands usually living 3 or 4 to a cab, companies will not even look at soon, most of them couldnt drive a sharp stick up a dead dogs ■■■ with a sludge hammer. So there is no doubt that companies will again be looking and hiring from the UK and Europe they will get better drivers in the end.

newmercman:

Brentanna:
I do believe I mentioned something about some guys getting their feathers all ruffled up. Try this read what I write twice then comment… Secondly doesnt matter who is behind the glass at BFS that you are getting your info from. It is still hearsay not one person from BFS has posted anything on it, nor has there been any newspaper story, links or any kind.

You heard it you say it is called hearsay.

There’s a thread just below this one that you may wish to read

As you’ve been put on pre mod recently I would think that it applies to you more than most of the users of this forum

I’m going to put you on the ignore thingy from now on, your posts only serve to wind everyone up so by not responding and invoking your response to them there may still be a forum which can be of use to people, see ya

Carryfast, I think losing your load from a flatbed is grounds for immediate dissmissal

I’d just blame it all on Kerri and say that it was all contained securely by the sheet before it fell off.