On 9/21/2013 9:34 PM, Califbill wrote:
skin a cat wrote:
On 9/21/2013 7:12 PM, Califbill wrote:
skin a cat wrote:
On 9/21/2013 11:37 AM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 9/21/13 2:25 AM, Califbill wrote:
skin a cat wrote:
On 9/20/2013 10:06 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:24:34 PM UTC-4, Wayne. B wrote:


Funny...Wayne has NO idea WHAT is involved in being a Truck Driver.

$50,000 is **** wages, considering you have to feed yourself while out on
the road. That is deducted off the top line, leaving you **** all really.
Truck Companies DONT give a **** if you have a Family, they just want the
**** going down the road.

He should find himself a job..

The truck driver has to feed himself each day, wether he is driving or
watching Oprah.


Do you seriously not understand the difference in dollars, buying
prepared food on the road, or cooking your own at home? When we go
racing, we easily save $50 bucks a day by brown bagging compared to other
teams... It's a lot different working and living on the road and trying
to eat well, than it is stuffing in carbs on vacation or on a long weekend...

You travel for business, you learn to eat reasonable. You do not go out to
the 3 star eateries.

Do you ever leave home? What is the cheapest decent meal you can find on
the road? What do you actually consider "reasonable" compared to the
average 4 dollars or so per meal Jess and I can "brown bag" on the road?





Traveling for business and driving a long-haul truck on the interstates
doesn't mean you eat at the same places. The truck drivers are pretty
much limited to eating at truck stops, where their rigs can be parked,
fueled, accommodated. Some truck stops offer a wide variety of food and
some have that food at decent prices but even so, eating three hots a day
while driving a big rig isn't inexpensive. If you are driving your car,
you can easily get off the interstate and find the kind of place you'd
prefer to eat that will accommodate you and your car. On the interstates
around here, "Cracker Barrel" restaurants seem very popular at all three
meal times, but you rarely see the big truck rigs in their parking lots
because those lots are not built to handle those sorts of vehicles. A
decent meal at Cracker Barrel runs $10-$12, easily. A similar meal at a
truck stop likely is more expensive.

Cite.


LOL,

I probably travel more than you. And over the years traveled a lot for
business. Business travel included an expense account, but I still did not
overspend for meals. I am well to do, and still eat at diners and truck
stops. Driving a crew cab pickup and towing 25' of trailer, makes parking
a chore. I still get out for $20 for two of us most the time. Seems as if
there are a lot of truckers on the road, surviving well on their pay. But
more are needed. But seems as if a lot of people figure society will take
care of them. Pay their medical bills, pay their rent, food stamps and
welfare payments to eat from.



Two people, twenty bucks, three times a day does not work for a working
slob who doesn't have an expense account and won't be home in his warm
bed on Thursday night.... The point is, you spend ten dollars a meal
when you are on the road all the time, and it's much more expensive than
eating at home cooking your own meals... Why is that so difficult for you
to understand? 60 dollars a day is what your *expense account*
spent, instead of 15-18 or so when we brown bag it and we eat better than
anybody at the track....

Go to subway, get a $5 12" and add a drink or combo. Way less than $10.
Fact is wife and I split a 12" and get 2 combos and we are still out there
for about $10 for 2. We are discussing truck drivers. Figure rack person
separate. They are paid separately. And they probably net $50k after road
expenses.
http://w3.primeinc.com/driver-benefits for PRIME.


You didn't live on 5 dollar meals.... you had an expense account, you
ate other meals, you were not going through 3000+ calories a day and
doing your "business" in extreme conditions. When we are on the road we
pack real food, and cook it as needed. Cause like truckers, we might be
able to find a Subway here and there on the road, but in general, we,
like you, can not, *and did not* live on Subway sandwiches and a bag of
chips three times a day...