If you ever pulled a Papa John's trailer

Bzzzzt.

They spend a lot of time manually unloading, actually more so than driving, unless you are out of Denver or Boise, where the stops are few and far between. Everything goes in the store one hand cart at a time.

It takes 2 guys to unload a stop. In the past, when 3 went out, all 3 worked the stop. The only way I could see it working is if one guy gets to sleep while the other 2 work. Since all 3 get...

....all 3 typically work the store. Dunno, maybe it's changed. I've been gone for quite some time from there.

Three to a truck. Top bunk has a restraint system, so I do believe it's legal per DOT guidelines. Don't know if any of you have attempted to sleep in the top bunk of a condo when it's bouncing down the road, but it's an exercise in kidney pounding to say the least. If an accident does happen, like a rollover, I would hate to be the poor s.o.b. sleeping up there.

Personally, I do feel that especially for long haul, teams are the way to go. Less downtime, less congestion in truck-stops, better vehicle utilization, etc. On the downside, I don't think the quality of sleep is as good when the truck is moving vs. parked, especially if you happened to be paired with a co-driver who can't drive smoothly. But get ready, boys and girls, when fuel prices spike and the H.O.S tighten yet again, it'll happen.

I just see this whole 3 to a truck thing as a convenient way to run the trucks stuffed to the gills, round the clock, back to back, non-stop and turn in nice tidy paperwork. Does driver #3 keep a paper log, while the other 2 use the electronic logs, BTW?

You'll make money, but I wouldn't call it "legal tender...."

For the record, I hope I'm completely wrong. It would be nice to see them actually practice "safety" than just preach it.

 

My bad. I love to joke around in other threads, I'm not so lighthearted here. Sorry if I missed the joke.

I actually got a little skeptical about even responding to the resurrected post. It's kind of funny, I got a few PM's from people confirming exactly what I iterated to begin with.

In all my years of driving and fighting to stay awake, I would have to admit that my stint in the pizza hauling bizniz was the most dangerous. Unfortunately, most people who experienced what I did are reluctant to step forward for fear of being called a crybaby or soft and wimpy.

So, nobody will listen until some family gets killed by an exhausted pizza hauler. And then the parent company will roll over and pretend they had no clue the drivers were pushing too hard. Which is c.o.m.p.l.e.t.e. bullschnizit.

"Oh, but we had 3 to a truck..... there's no way they were running illegal...."

If this industry would strike for one thing, and one thing only, it would be reasonable pay for reasonable hours worked.

Ya, we want to make 65K a year, but we break every law written to do it.

Show me one person in this industry who does $1300 a week and logs completely legal and legit. Just one.

It's why I'm out. For a few years anyway. I'll only get back into it because:

a. I love it and miss it and don't really need the money.
b. If it becomes half of what it used to be 20 years ago.