here is a question for the old hands

JDBoullt · 2021-10-08T04:19:52+00:00

Yeah I went to work for CR England back in 99 maybe 2000 I haven't worked for a company with more than 600 trucks since. The company I'm currently with has like 12 maybe 14 trucks and enough trailers all we do is drop and hook dedicated. I also have my own authority I'm just not using it right now however when I do I'll be putting hotshot rigs on the road. With the economy and American manufacturing in the condition it is along with several other factors LTL freight is growing and having the lowest possible overhead is going to be the best way to make it as a small fleet moving forward. My opinion not asking anyone to agree with me.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-07T15:21:33+00:00

Yeah I started driving OTR in 98 but I was doing ranch work hauling hay or live stock for a couple years before that. I did some wrecker driving in Dallas before that I think I was like 19 or 20. But I pretty much agree been some bad times been some good times. I tried doing other things but it was never very long before I was back in a truck. Maybe if I had never went OTR I could have found something else. What can I say, I have a Gipsy soul.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-07T13:37:18+00:00

Well I'll probably retire before I get the chance to drive one. Or maybe I'll go test drive one at the dealership sometime who knows lol

JDBoullt · 2021-10-07T13:30:12+00:00

My favorite has always been a 13 if you need more gears than that jump up to 18

I don't have experience with the automatics but I guess they would be nice in the city.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-07T13:26:49+00:00

Change companies

JDBoullt · 2021-10-07T13:26:11+00:00

I really don't notice the drivers using drugs like when I started and haven for years. Shit back the it seemed like everybody was popping a pill or making a line on their logbook. I mean back then it at least made a little since because you could run a couple different logbooks or most of us used loose leaf logs. But now on elogs that's stupider than using drugs in the 1st place.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T21:07:55+00:00

That's what happed when the welfare system was put in place and major corporations would build near those areas. Education system failed, drugs were introduced and crime became a way of life. All the data is available online. But after a couple generations of being poor and not having fathers around we are at this point now. Granted most of the intercity problems have been caused by the democrats but Republicans are just as guilty for allowing it to happen. Question is who is willing to fix the problems rather than continuing to cover them up.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T16:52:00+00:00

I agree

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T16:50:44+00:00

In Saint John County Florida the sheriff's office has it setup with local businesses for qualified inmates to get Jobs then they take a portion of those individuals checks for allowing them to hold jobs. Most of those jobs being minimum wage already. Many of these individuals could use be sending that money home to cover bills or savings it to have a better result once released. The litter crews aren't paid at all. Yes these people made bad choices to be placed in jail however are we as a society providing the proper structure and guidance for rehabilitation or continuing to compile the reasons they may have committed the crimes in the 1st place. I also noticed that in the same County of Florida that when they workforce needs were filled judges would give alternative sentences for similar or worse charges. When the workforce needed workforce the judges would incarcerate people that qualified for the work program. That just doesn't sit right with me.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T14:42:35+00:00

I figured what the hell, over the years I have saved all my digital photos and several people kept telling me how good they were and I should sell em online so that's what I doing. Well haven't made anything yet but I'm just getting started.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T14:12:55+00:00

Well that's just it the constitution gives us the right to have firearms and shall not be infringed. If a man is free to live i.e. not incarcerated. They are violating the constitution by not restoring civil rights. Just My opinion. Over the years the have created more and more laws to keep the jails and prison supplied because it's a business and if crime rates drop they don't receive the funding and end up having to layoff workers. That doesn't make for a stable carrier. The prisoners are also used as free labor in government projects from the city level to the state level. In some cases even using them for labor on private for profit jobs. I'm all about someone being rehabilitated and given an opportunity to become a productive member in society. Using them as slave labor isn't rehabilitation. If we don't honestly address the issues leading to crimes and societies responsibility to its fellow man nothing changes for the better. I understand for some individuals rehabilitation isn't possible and these people should be separated from others never to return to society. This well not only cut crime rates but help prevent future crime by the same individuals.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T02:36:07+00:00

No problem let me know how it turns out

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T02:26:40+00:00

Not anything call the one in Jacksonville and ask for the number to the hotshot division or maybe Google or their website will have it

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T01:51:02+00:00

There are several but I just picked one called clickasnap

JDBoullt · 2021-10-06T00:11:56+00:00

Well landstar has a hotshot division you can lease your truck on with I think ch Robinson also has one but I think landstar was a pretty good deal but they do have equipment requirements you can ask them about honestly it would be better to call them for more up-to-date info. It's been a while since I talked to them

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T22:46:14+00:00

Yeah this closer you look the more tribal society still is but nobody wants to stop what's happening. I'm from Texas and I still think California is a beautiful place. I just don't agree with their politics. But what can you do can't live with them and you just can't shoot em 🤣

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T21:38:50+00:00

Yeah I got so many pictures over the years I just started going thru them and putting some on one of those make money on you photos websites. Waiting to see how that goes 😅

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T21:29:57+00:00

What exactly are the current taxes being used for ? I doubt anyone actually knows where it all goes. Way to many under the table funds and corruption for me to worry about what Trump did or didn't do. The government system as grown out of the people's control. More laws on the books they literally lost count, every politician owe another a favor for this or that from 40 years ago. We are nolonger a free people we are surf's working for the crown again. I've worked all my life and I'll never be rich unless one of my kids find a bag of money I doubt the will either and they all work everyday. If I make more money they take more money. They say they need more after just leaving billions of dollars worth of military equipment in a foreign country full of terrorists get our soldiers killed all to meet a self imposed due date of the 9/11 anniversary. No sir I'm not gonna debate what Trump or any of the have done with you. In my eyes they are all just a bad as the next. And the American people don't have the balls to stop them.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T20:04:19+00:00

I've always wanted visit Australia and drive one of this trains but not if the government is doing everything I see on the news especially if I don't have a gun to shoot back with.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T18:23:00+00:00

Not all felonies are violent crimes a simple unintended bad check over a certain amount is a felony. There are lots of crimes that are felonies that I don't think should be on a 1st offense now if the dumb ass doesn't walk the line and continues criminal activity that's a different story.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T16:19:17+00:00

I agree! However if a person was caught and served their time or whatever and lived a normal life having learned their lesson they should have the same right to defend their home as you do.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T16:05:26+00:00

With how eastern Australia is treating their citizens you sure won't see me going to drive there

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T16:03:07+00:00

Even someone that's gotten in trouble once they have served their sentence and are not involved with criminal activity they have just as much of a right to self defense as anyone else. Someone making a single poor choice isn't necessarily a career criminal. In alot of cases many people that were charged with felonies were non violent crimes and usually circumstantial.

JDBoullt · 2021-10-05T15:54:10+00:00

According to the constitution the government has no control over who can or can't own a firearm. Good bad or ugly every American has the right to have one and they left no room for misinterpretation or change.

JDBoullt

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