Now now gremmie dont exaggerate it more like 3 
Brentanna:
Now now gremmie dont exaggerate it more like 3
Quite right, there are no problems at H&R and I’m sure you are both very proud to stick up for them, and take great pleasure in ignoring the plight of families who don’t earn enough to feed their families, but by the time they get new LMO’s for other companies have often passed the point of financial disaster.
Serves 'em right for trying to improve their lives, eh?
BTW Gremmie, your guestimate is WAY out.
I have posted about this before yes a number of companies have drivers sit around alot Big Freight is another one but as part of a persons look into a move they should be asking that type of question to people who are already there or coming over for a few days and checking things out. Lack of research on thier part is partially to blame for thier problems. Within a couple days or a couple weeks at best they should have been able to guage the work through talking to others.
Brentanna:
I have posted about this before yes a number of companies have drivers sit around alot Big Freight is another one but as part of a persons look into a move they should be asking that type of question to people who are already there or coming over for a few days and checking things out. Lack of research on thier part is partially to blame for thier problems. Within a couple days or a couple weeks at best they should have been able to guage the work through talking to others.
So,when they realise it’s a rip off and they don’t have the ability (lack of LMO’s at other companies) or finances to stay, they should return to the UK and STFU? and then, when people TRY to do research they don’t see any factual reports about said companies, because if they try to report actual facts, then people like Gremmie (who has never worked for H&R) try to present guesses as truths, and you Brentanna support his ridiculous defence of a chit company.
There are of course people here who have never turned a truck wheel in anger, but still spout nonsense on a truckers forum, and ASSUME that my wife slagged off the company in an internet blog, without even ASKING what the censored post was?
and you Brentanna support his ridiculous defence of a chit company.
First of all I did not support his statement I just made light of the numbers, there is a difference. I know you have a great hatred for H&R did you look at their DOT numbers do you think maybe some of the drivers have alot to do with their own problems. I cannot sit here and judge the company I dont know them I have never worked for them I have talked to a few of their drivers at stops. I am currently researching companies for when I am ready to go back to work, I am going to have a little bit different list of what I am looking for than alot of the lads and Lasses coming over, but I wont be ready to go back for at least 7 months. I am asking questions and talking to drivers, I am checking their dot records ect.
Brentanna:
and you Brentanna support his ridiculous defence of a chit company.
…I know you have a great hatred for H&R …
No you don’t.
You have assumed that I ‘hate’ a company?
I am disgusted by their treatment of temp foreign workers, particularly those with families, which does not mean I hate them.
Perhaps, as you have family involved in immigration, you could ask about the number of TFW who have left H&R and made complaints (just for your own research), but you could then let Gremmie know if his figures (guesses) are accurate.
I do accept that there will be some drivers who are architects of their own failure in Canada, but most of the people I have spoken to say they were willing to graft, but ended up sitting around unpaid for many hours (we can all accept a bit of delay), it’s the exact same story from H&R every time, so it should be posted frequently to warn new members.
mickfly:
Brentanna:
and you Brentanna support his ridiculous defence of a chit company.
…I know you have a great hatred for H&R …
No you don’t.
You have assumed that I ‘hate’ a company?
I am disgusted by their treatment of temp foreign workers, particularly those with families, which does not mean I hate them.
Perhaps, as you have family involved in immigration, you could ask about the number of TFW who have left H&R and made complaints (just for your own research), but you could then let Gremmie know if his figures (guesses) are accurate.
I do accept that there will be some drivers who are architects of their own failure in Canada, but most of the people I have spoken to say they were willing to graft, but ended up sitting around unpaid for many hours (we can all accept a bit of delay), it’s the exact same story from H&R every time, so it should be posted frequently to warn new members.
I dont defend H&R nor any other company for that matter, the industry is what it is ,their will be days when you will as a driver have to wait for your next set of instructions. Many drivers from H&R claim they have received the lay over pay with out a problem, and i know from many other drivers of other companies that the drivers get the lay over with out any problem. It is not in the companies interest to have trucks sitting arround .
Somebody should explain that to the village idiot at the Big Freight shop
Gremmie:
I dont defend H&R nor any other company for that matter, the industry is what it is ,their will be days when you will as a driver have to wait for your next set of instructions.
We can agree on that, but not waiting all day or numerous days, unpaid!
Gremmie:
Many drivers from H&R claim they have received the lay over pay with out a problem, and i know from many other drivers of other companies that the drivers get the lay over with out any problem.
I’m sure that some do get layover, but not without a fight, which has been documented by more people than me.
I got it once after numerous phone calls, but was also told on occasions “you MUST take a reset now”, when I was willing to drive, and had hours left.
These are facts Gremmie, as they happened to me and other drivers, not sour grapes or BS. A single man or couple living in the truck could put up with it, but family men who don’t arrive with a sack of money to feed and house their kids need every penny they can earn.
Gremmie:
It is not in the companies interest to have trucks sitting arround .
Then why have so many trucks and drivers sitting in Delta, Calgary and Lethbridge, as well as the shippers yards?
In my opinion, it must be to their advantage to have trucks and drivers sitting unpaid at the High River kill plant (for instance) to be ready to move a time sensitive food load the instance that Cargill says ‘jump’.
Trucking company A with 5 trucks and drivers sitting waiting near a customer must have an advantage over company B, who may have to give a pick up time a few hours later as their drivers are busy driving.
y " Sarcastic" bull crap as you call it is usually aimed the likes of Big Truck and your good budy MFlyn, oops even you are now getting tired of his allergations and inuendoes to those of us that have survived more than 1 “Winter” here in Canada. The pair of them hardly totaled 12 months here together, but pontificate like seasoned veterans, quoteing and miss qouting what others have said.
Your getting paranoid Gremmie,
I haven’t posted anything about OTR trucking in Canada in months 
Just so we all know:
How long have you ACTUALLY driven an OTR truck 
Queue RROOOBBBBBBBBIIIEEEE’s gimp master Yawn,off to bed.
flat to the mat:
Queue RROOOBBBBBBBBIIIEEEE’s gimp master
Don’t have time anymore to argue/debate, if they are still going over in their 100’s to work for the “usual suspects” more fool them 
Total shame that the Canadian Government after all this time is not doing something official to stop it 
I still find it amazing that some posters who run “■■■■■■■■” OTR will admit to being total “cowboys” with ref to their logs on an open forum 
If you run US regs you never run out of hours. Dont know if you would consider that being cowboys or in my case a cowgirl. Run 10 hours a day still gives you 14 hours a day to relax and do things like take photos go for walks shopping ect.
Brentanna:
If you run US regs you never run out of hours. Dont know if you would consider that being cowboys or in my case a cowgirl. Run 10 hours a day still gives you 14 hours a day to relax and do things like take photos go for walks shopping ect.
Thats how i did it, well 95% of the time any way. And thats how i try to dispatch the trucks aswell, well 95% of the time any way
Brentanna:
If you run US regs you never run out of hours. Dont know if you would consider that being cowboys or in my case a cowgirl. Run 10 hours a day still gives you 14 hours a day to relax and do things like take photos go for walks shopping ect.
Very far from the truth and way off the mark, you can drive 11 in US plus fuel stops plus pre trip you can easily run out in 7 days
you are allowed 10 driving cant go past 11th hour so if you drive for 8 hours from your start time have a nap wake up 4 hours later too ■■■■ bad you sitting because you are past the 11th hour on you days log. If you stick to 10 hrs total a day you never run out of time never have to do a reset.
Brentanna:
you are allowed 10 driving cant go past 11th hour so if you drive for 8 hours from your start time have a nap wake up 4 hours later too ■■■■ bad you sitting because you are past the 11th hour on you days log. If you stick to 10 hrs total a day you never run out of time never have to do a reset.
WTF■■?
11hrs driving in a 14hr spread is legal in the US, you cannot work beyond the 13th hour though.
It is perfectly legal to do a 15min pre-trip on line 4 (on duty, not driving) then drive for 11hrs and spend 1hr 45mins on line 4 again without taking a break, if you have an hour off during the 14hrs you can legally log 14hrs from start to finish that day.
I recently went through a level 3 inspection in Sheridan WY, all my logs had 11hrs driving and a 15min pre-trip on them, at the time of the inspection I was on 66hrs in 8 days and was running to Casper to start a reset, I passed the inspection and my logs were as tight as they could possibly be while still being legal.
The only way to run 365 days a year in the US is to log no more than 8 and a half hours driving a day plus a 15min pre-trip, it’s 70hrs in 8 days down there remember, 70hrs in 7 days in Canada only, but up here you have to have 24hrs off every 14 days, so it’s impossible to run 365 days without a day off.
You may want to read through your HOS rule book before posting inaccuracies 
Gremmie:
Then we have others pontificating on how great we all are that have survived the first few years, and that the natural selection method of survival of the trucking industry helps weed out the " weak and not so good immigrants"
Pontificating? That’s a big word for you and spelt correctly too
Unfortunately you used it out of context, what we (the self righteous) are doing is telling the other side of the story, that’s not pontificating, it’s called balance mate, it shows that it’s not all doom and gloom and even when it is, it’s still possible to come out a winner. None of us are claiming to be something special, yeah we’ve overcome a few obstacles to get to where we are now, we’re not looking for a pat on the back though, the reason we post is to show that it is possible to make it if you’re prepared to do what’s necessary 
I did wonder what our Gremmie was saying there, and your response was bob on, Mark.
Big Truck, are you just being extra unpleasant because…:
A> Gremmie is posting
B> You have been so quiet for so long that the pressure is killing you
C> You still belive the crap you have posted for years without knowing what you are talking about
Just curious, you understand. 
bobthedog:
I did wonder what our Gremmie was saying there, and your response was bob on, Mark.Big Truck, are you just being extra unpleasant because…:
A> Gremmie is posting
B> You have been so quiet for so long that the pressure is killing you
C> You still belive the crap you have posted for years without knowing what you are talking aboutJust curious, you understand.
Rob,
I can totally and honestly assure you if I hadn’t been mentioned by Gremmie in one of his “holier than thou” posts I would not have posted ANYTHING
Me down me gone. 