Posted on 28-12-2009 Skrevet den 28-12-2009

Help Wanted: Sixteen Hour Workdays, no overtime. Hjelp ønskes: Seksten timer Hverdager, ingen overtid.

Filed Under ( Filed Under ( Personal Personlig ) by Wayne Weisser ) Av Wayne Weisser

Sign me up for that job!!! Meld meg på jobben! Fourteen is bad enough. Fjorten er ille nok.
Gone 500 miles and the day's not done. Gone 500 miles og dagen er ikke ferdig.

Curtis Perry doesn't get paid for eating lunch. Curtis Perry ikke får betalt for å spise lunsj. He gets paid for driving. Han får betalt for kjøring.

In fact, the 49-year-old trucker for Allion earns a living only when his wheels are rolling – not while he's eating, refueling or parked in [...] Faktisk tjener den 49-år gamle trucker for Allion lever bare når hans hjul ruller - ikke mens han spiser, bensinstasjoner eller parkert i [...]

Posted on 21-05-2008 Skrevet den 21-05-2008

Trucks Rural vs Trucks City Trucks Friluft vs Lastebiler City

Filed Under ( Filed Under ( Personal Personlig , , Trucking - General Lastebil - Generelt ) by Wayne Weisser ) Av Wayne Weisser

The other day I had a trip that took me over 450 miles of two lane road. Forleden hadde jeg en tur som tok meg med over 450 miles to kjørefelt veien. No interstates at all. Ingen Interstates i det hele tatt. I would much rather drive small two lane country roads than the boring interstates any day. Jeg ville mye heller kjøre lite to kjørefelt landeveier enn kjedelig Interstates alle dager. But the pay structure the way it is and the timeliness of the job demands driving the interstate [...] Men betaler strukturen slik den er og aktualitet av jobben krav drev Interstate [...]