Arrow driver with $20 in his pocket ?
CCBlack
Arrow driver from Ft. Worth, TX who was stranded in Washington
( State ) when Arrow shut down operations.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Trucking-Community-Gets-Stranded-Drivers-Home-80452332.html
Joe Hill ( driver in this story ) said at the time Arrow shut off his
fuel card he only had $20 bucks on him. He stated he lived in his
truck. Joe stated he had " driven all over the country " with Arrow.
I believe Arrow or Freightliner gave Joe a bus ticket home to Ft.
Worth. And Joe stated he has basically been penniless since Arrow
went under and has been living off the kindness of other drivers.
Okay ... here is what I don't get. A driver living in his truck. I
presume he has no rent to pay for a home or apartment in Ft. Worth.
No major expenses. SO WHAT THE %#*& HAPPENED TO ALL HIS MONEY ?
There really are not enough details about Joe's life on the t.v.
story ... or the online story for me to presume why Joe the driver is
broke.
Joe had no bank account ? No credit cards ? I've known drivers who
blow every penny they make and don't hardly have a pot to piss in. Is
that what's going on here ?
Chris
richard
Some do spend damn near every dime they make every week. Food, cherry
master, video games, etc.
After I started living full time in the truck, I was able to save a lot
more money. With a bank account, the company just deposited the check for
me every week and I used a debit card.
Sounds to me like this guy was giving the reporter something like, "You
ain't gonna believe this shit.....".
Dave C.
> NBC channel 5 ( Dallas/Ft.Worth ) had this story on tonight about an
> Arrow driver from Ft. Worth, TX who was stranded in Washington
> ( State ) when Arrow shut down operations.
>
> http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Trucking-Community-Gets-Stranded-Drivers-Home-80452332.html
>
> Joe Hill ( driver in this story ) said at the time Arrow shut off his
> fuel card he only had $20 bucks on him. He stated he lived in his
> truck. Joe stated he had " driven all over the country " with Arrow.
> I believe Arrow or Freightliner gave Joe a bus ticket home to Ft.
> Worth. And Joe stated he has basically been penniless since Arrow
> went under and has been living off the kindness of other drivers.
>
> Okay ... here is what I don't get. A driver living in his truck. I
> presume he has no rent to pay for a home or apartment in Ft. Worth.
> No major expenses. SO WHAT THE %#*& HAPPENED TO ALL HIS MONEY ?
My guess? Child support. If you're paying child support, it takes
more than 50% of your income. Considering you need about 40% of your
income to live on the road, that would explain how he got stuck with 20
bucks in his pocket. Probably got fired right before payday where he
would have had a little more money in his pocket, after most was
automatically deducted for child support payment. -Dave
tscottme
news:6fbedb54-e4c5-420f...@a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
Some drivers enter/stay in trucking because they think the boss will take
care of them. I can't count all the drivers thay have whined to me over the
years that they have spent all of their fuel card allowance from the boss
and had to beg the boss for more money to buy stuff on the road. Use your
won credit card and stop treating your boss like he's the father and you are
the teenager. Stop feeling sorry for yourself about the high cost of truck
stop food and buy a cooler, DC oven, and groceries. What kind of supposed
adult would recognize their schedule will be twisted by everyone around
them, there is a shortage of truck parking, get stuck at a customer with
nothing but vending machines and still not have a cooler and groceries in
their truck. It ain't the world's mission to put you and your big truck at
a restaurant of your choice promptly at meal times each day.
--
Scott
On September 11th 2001, the government's (1970s) security procedures all
failed, and the only good news of the day came from self-reliant citizens
(on Flight 93) using their own wits and a willingness to act.
On December 25th 2009, the government's (post-9/11) security procedures all
failed, and the only good news came once again from alert individuals.
Mark Steyn
Roughrider50
wrote:
>
>
>Some drivers enter/stay in trucking because they think the boss will take
>care of them. I can't count all the drivers thay have whined to me over the
>years that they have spent all of their fuel card allowance from the boss
>and had to beg the boss for more money to buy stuff on the road. Use your
>won credit card and stop treating your boss like he's the father and you are
>the teenager. Stop feeling sorry for yourself about the high cost of truck
>stop food and buy a cooler, DC oven, and groceries. What kind of supposed
>adult would recognize their schedule will be twisted by everyone around
>them, there is a shortage of truck parking, get stuck at a customer with
>nothing but vending machines and still not have a cooler and groceries in
>their truck. It ain't the world's mission to put you and your big truck at
>a restaurant of your choice promptly at meal times each day.
I have noticed over the years that I have been in this occupation that
there has been quite a change in the profession and the type of person
entering it, so this is not surprising. Getting the proper amount of
nutrition during the day has never been a problem for me (most of the
time). I remember the first time I took a load to Miami Florida and
had it all figured out. I would just pop down 27 find a nice little
truck stop on the north side of Miami, have a nice relaxing dinner,
watch a little TV and get a good nights sleep before going to the
receiver the next morning. Didn't happen. There are no nice little
truckstops on the North Side, or even close to Miami. I ended up
camped out at the Hollywood truck stop. They didn't even have anything
to eat there let alone a nice relaxing dinner. Couldn't even get
anything worth watching in English on TV. Ditto for the next morning
as the grill in the truck stop didn't open till after I had to leave
to make my appointment. Not even a vending machine where I unloaded so
I figured I'd wait until I got my next dispatch and grab a bite on the
way over to load. Wrong again..... big emergency, had to get right
over to load or the world would come to an end immediately. Arrived at
the shipper to find out there was a big lineup and it would be 4 to 6
hours before reloading. I was starting to know how the Donner party
felt when one of the locals informed me there was a Cuban deli about
two blocks up the street. To this day I have no idea what it was that
I ingested but at that point it was extremely good.
That was a learning experience, never let that happen again. The last
OTR job that I had I carried a portable refrigerator, an inverter, and
the microwave oven. It not only saved me a lot of money, but made
things a lot more efficient as I didn't have to take special time to
stop and eat, I could use my idle time at the shipper or receiver to
have a meal.
Another thing I have learned over the years is do not depend on
anybody but yourself. The people whose names on the door of the truck,
in all probability, could care less if you live or die as long as you
get the freight hauled. Your wants, wishes, and desires are
meaningless to them. While what happened at Arrow isn't that common
place it does happen in one form or another to a certain degree on
occasion. Make sure you have a backup plan!
.
The problem with socialism is that eventually
you run out of other people's money."
-Margaret Thatcher
Kujo
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:50:06 -0600, "tscottme" <blahb...@blah.net>
last year when I ran the road I had a truck with an A.P.U.! I cooked
in the truck with an electric skillet and microwave. I spent maybe $20
a week eating in the truckstops. The rest of the time I ate right in
the truck.
I know people like this arrow driver. They blow every dime on
hookers and video games. not saying thats where his money went but you
would think he would have had more than $20
Paladin
If the company was getting tight with their money, they
may have been limiting advances, even for legitimate
things like tolls, windshield cleaner, etc. Tolls
alone can easily run more than $100 per week.
Kujo
> CCBlack wrote:
> > NBC channel 5 ( Dallas/Ft.Worth ) had this story on tonight about an
> > Arrow driver from Ft. Worth, TX who was stranded in Washington
> > ( State ) when Arrow shut down operations.
>
>
> > Joe Hill ( driver in this story ) said at the time Arrow shut off his
> > fuel card he only had $20 bucks on him. He stated he lived in his
> > truck. Joe stated he had " driven all over the country " with Arrow.
> > I believe Arrow or Freightliner gave Joe a bus ticket home to Ft.
> > Worth. And Joe stated he has basically been penniless since Arrow
> > went under and has been living off the kindness of other drivers.
>
> > Okay ... here is what I don't get. A driver living in his truck. I
> > presume he has no rent to pay for a home or apartment in Ft. Worth.
> > No major expenses. SO WHAT THE %#*& HAPPENED TO ALL HIS MONEY ?
> > There really are not enough details about Joe's life on the t.v.
> > story ... or the online story for me to presume why Joe the driver is
> > broke.
>
> > Joe had no bank account ? No credit cards ? I've known drivers who
> > blow every penny they make and don't hardly have a pot to piss in. Is
> > that what's going on here ?
>
> > Chris
>
> If the company was getting tight with their money, they
> may have been limiting advances, even for legitimate
> things like tolls, windshield cleaner, etc. Tolls
> alone can easily run more than $100 per week.
I used to spend dang near $150.00 a day running NYC. back and forth
between the boroughs. I will never do that again!
Dave C.
>
> If the company was getting tight with their money, they
> may have been limiting advances, even for legitimate
> things like tolls, windshield cleaner, etc. Tolls
> alone can easily run more than $100 per week.
$100 per week? You must not be working OTR, where you can come close
to $100 in tolls per HOUR at times.
--
Dave C. <no...@nohow.never>
Paladin
I hear you. Leave NYC deliveries to New Yorkers.
Paladin
I seldom run north anymore; never east of Chicago
anymore. FL is where I get socked with tolls.
Rocky
"richard" <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:110v5gs2rajt2.1...@40tude.net...
>
> Some do spend damn near every dime they make every week. Food, cherry
> master, video games, etc.
> After I started living full time in the truck, I was able to save a lot
> more money. With a bank account, the company just deposited the check for
> me every week and I used a debit card.
Thanks to a post by Amy we might know why he didn't have any money. Her
post stated:
"Eischens had no money because his previous Arrow paychecks bounced, his
family said."
And if Arrow had "no money" they probably weren't messing with direct
deposit either.