What happens when you quit while otr

The best way to leave a company is to put in a time-off request for home and then wait till you actually get home before you even notify them of intending to quit. That way it will be on better terms and you won't have to worry about getting home. Im sure J.B hunt has a terminal within a 1 hour radius of your home as large of a company as they are. I wouldn't have signed on with them to begin with. There are PLENTY of negative reports on them already.

 

I was never told in any of the many, many orientation classes (see my signature) I attended how to go about handling a "quit" situation and what to do with the rig. My trainers always let me in on what to do, though--bring it back to the terminal. Don't leave it sitting out in the sticks.

I was also told at my expensive (way-overpriced) truck driving school that one should never leave a truck sitting and simply abandon it. According to those guys, it was a sure way to be blacklisted especially if it has a load on it. This is understandable. A driver who pulls this stunt should be DAClisted.

I once left a truck sitting in Lauderdale, Florida because the company I worked for had me sitting for five straight days with NO layover pay. But this truck had no load on it, mind you. It didn't even have a wagon on it. Also, he wasn't a DAC outfit, and I had worked for him for only 1 day before going to Florida, so I left him off my future applications. It was ######, but what he was doing to me was ###### as well. I hopped a Greyhound bus back to Salt Lake and was done with him. The next company sucked too, but one company later I found the best job I ever had in trucking. He treated me right and I stayed with him for a good ol' time.

A company isn't obligated to get you home. At least that is how I see it. If there IS some law out there that says a trucking company MUST get a quitting driver home, it is definitely somethin' I've never heard of. The only reasons a company will get you home is as a favor to you (because you may rehire on someday) and to keep from having to go fetch the abandoned truck (a favor to themselves).

No matter what the law says, it is complete idiocy to think that you can do whatever you like with the truck that you drive (but don't own). That's a good way to end up in the back seat of a black and white while wearing handcuffs.

 

Thats what an OFFICER told the driver who refused to bring my truck to me!

 

My friend, can you spell g-r-a-n-d l-a-r-c-e-n-y ? That's exactly what it will be if you move that equipment anywhere without authorization from the owner. (A non-dispatched "joyride") You have no right to be in, on, or around that truck once your employment with the company is terminated. As to your question, the company is under no obligation to get you home. You, however have an ethical obligation to get that equipment back to your home terminal BEFORE you quit. An ethical person would also give proper notice prior to resignation. My suggestion to you is to grow up, buck up, and fulfill an obligation that you willingly assumed. Trust me, when you look back on this after you mature a bit, you'll be glad you did.
Honestly, it never ceases to amaze me, some of the ignorance that I hear and read coming from this industry...
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Get with the program Diesel Dummy...Things in this Industry dont change ....
People Stay the same, and the money's better than anything anyone ever has seen and.... We have all the freedom in the world...

Sorry ( I ) had to refresh your memory.....
Thank me later 10-4...

Matthew / AKA: Overtime

 

ok, so you WERE THERE when the judge told that other driver about it being his truck till he moved out...??

you need to get real here dude. you are believing something another driver told you....?? that driver was/is blowing smoke up yer butt..........but you don't see that do you...?? you only see what you want to see.

well as i say, go ahead and take that drivers advice over mine or anyone elses here, appparently you do not believe any of us, so good luck to you dude, you'll need it.

that truck IS NOT YOUR TRUCK UNTIL YOU GET OUT OF IT.....YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE TITLE OR REGISTRATION. THEY CAN DUMP YER BUTT OUT ANYTIME ANYPLACE IF YOU THREATEN THEM WITH ANY JOB ACTION...

you best better get a clue here rookie.............or should i say newbie....??

 

Have you guys ever heard of such a thing? I still believe this thread is a joke. Surely somebody isn't stupid enough to believe he can just drive the truck home if he wants to up and quit. Surely there aren't people out there who think a company is legally obligated or even morally obligated to give a quitting driver a ride home or come fetch his ### when he decides to quit.

This must be a joke.

 

he's a newbie/rookie driver, upset about his job, taking advice from another company driver.........wadda ya think....??