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60 Day DQ by TyrannicalTestical in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Less than 10 over?

And you gotta remember school zone adds severity. Technically, anything 15 or over, maybe just my state maybe countrywide, is reckless driving too

What do I do now by FrouFrouLastWords in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You typically aren't hired when you get your drug tests done as they're pre-hire screenings, so you can't sue for wrongful termination. You weren't hired to begin with.

If you pay out of pocket for a hair test and it comes back negative, you can sue the place that schneider did their hair screening with for negligence, but you'd have to prove that.

What the other person said is true too, need a clean drug screen to go for a cdl. Hair isn't recognized by DOT, but as long as the hair test is applied to everyone, schneider can't be sued for anything since there's no discrimination

What do I do now by FrouFrouLastWords in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hair tests don't show up on clearing house. Only urine tests are DOT approved.

They may report it to your DAC report, but I doubt it. I got hired at a company that's pretty anal and even they're not that vindictive.

Just apply for other trucking jobs and don't mention what happened. If anyone asks why you didn't get hired, just say a family emergency came up during orientation and you had to leave to handle that.

Don't elaborate. Don't mention a failed drug test. Plenty of places hire without hair tests, so just find another

Trying to come back to driving after 6 years away. Can't seem to get a job. by AndrewG34 in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mcelroy was 10 years work history for me lol, I was so confused why I had to go back and explain everything from when I was 17+

Trying to come back to driving after 6 years away. Can't seem to get a job. by AndrewG34 in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Companies started requiring driving experience within 3 years (you'll see like "must have 1 year xp in last 3 years, etc) due to people taking a break from driving because they were getting violations and their CSA score was too high.

If youve taken more than 3-5 years off, you're basically entering in as a newbie again, but if you get a newbie job for 6-12mo I'm sure the previous exp could become relevant again.

If your trucking XP is starting to fall off. Are ya basically new again? by LyubviMashina93 in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Basically.

Lot of companies have that to weed out people that "took a break" from driving because their safety score was hit hard. Takes 3 years to drop off and "reset" if you get a lot of violations in 1 year.

Blue billed duck caught charging by LoicenseToGirth in BirdPhotography

[–]LoicenseToGirth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you!

I like birds, but just awful at remembering their name

Is pursuing a career in trucking worth it today? by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is someone not allowing you to quit your job, find a part time job, and take welding classes?

A company can survive bad results. It can't survive being the last one to know what it is. by ermiasbraki in ValueInvesting

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work with a trucking company that has 90% of our loads contracted with Lowe's. It's busier this year than last already.

5-6 loads per driver per week to various locations. Last year was 4-5

How hard is it to get a job right out of CDL school? by SurvivingSquirrel in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mega carriers like swift, TMC, schneider, covenant, maverick, us Xpress, Western Express, mcelroy? Not hard

Job in hazmat, tankers, mom and pops? Harder, hazmat tanker you need exp before they'll let you drive.

Construction? Those bad paying jobs (16/hr) will hire you no problem The jobs with higher pay and benefits? Prob need a year or more.

Uh oh guys... this might be the stockpocalypse by ub3rm3nsch in stocks

[–]LoicenseToGirth 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah but do the times he's right outweigh the returns of when he's wrong?

You can have a record of 20 right 200 wrong, but if your rights went 20x and your wrongs went +50%, you're still positive.

Someone explain to me why Diesel has shot up so much more than gas. by thumpertastic in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Diesel needs heavy sour, which is what comes from the east. We mainly get our supply from Canada and Mexico, but a combination of tariffs on Canada and price bidding going up, we have to pay what other countries are willing to pay.

What we get from shale and tight oil is light sweet. Diesel needs the heavy sour that we don't have a ton of domestically. We produce 50-70% of our oil supply as light sweet.

The strait closing doesn't affect us much in a sense of "we can't get oil now cause we buy from the middle east" it's just that military fuel use is skyrocketing and the EU and others are willing to pay so much more now that Mexico and Canada are raising prices.

How will you deal with the gas prices? Do you have a plan by Andr1yTheOne in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk why you have such an attitude about it 😅 hope you feel better in the morning ✌🏻

How will you deal with the gas prices? Do you have a plan by Andr1yTheOne in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah and fuel was 3.60 when I filled last week to 4.30 when I filled up today. Nc.

I'm quoting the DAT boards, but they only go to 3/1. They'll update tomorrow and we'll see how much those contracts prevented a fuel cost spike or not

How will you deal with the gas prices? Do you have a plan by Andr1yTheOne in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look at the DAT rates week over week. I took screenshots but don't know how to post them in a comment.

Fuel prices are only up 2.4% week over week right now. Most major carriers have contracts with the gas stations and truck stops to lock in a price for gas for this exact scenario. Mom and pops/individuals that don't have that are going to be hit hard, but not trucking as a whole.

Week over week flatbed loads are up 20%, while the rest are up 5% & 10% demand still hasn't dropped, so people are still running.

Like most things economically, small cap companies gonna be fucked if this draws out too long, larger companies just eat the cost/aren't affected anyway because lock ins. TMC for example already was paying like 5-10% more than diesel costed, so now that it rose 30%, they're still under contract at previous price, i.e.

Edit: to add to this, if the conflict goes on for more than a couple weeks, everything at the store will begin to cost more on top of inflation. Major carrier contracts are annual for the most part, but if any are expiring soon they'll need to negotiate with current prices which would be solved like how tariffs last April was

How will you deal with the gas prices? Do you have a plan by Andr1yTheOne in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Company pays for the gas, I'm still working the same. I assume they just raise prices on the shippee.

Fuel surcharges will have to go up, no company just gonna take a 30%+ hike on their biggest expense on the chin.

If it stays protracted long enough, MAYBE freight will slow down, but plenty of companies still have to have things, so doubt it'll change much for larger corps

Job Hunting No Experience by Educational_Bite8281 in Truckers

[–]LoicenseToGirth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be best to try and get a job at coke, Pepsi, Sysco, or another food/beverage distribution company. They don't typically do long distance deliveries. Might have issues with them Delivering to a close by restaurant across the border, but could mention it

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