โNov-15-2021 09:17 AM
โNov-20-2021 02:35 AM
ajriding wrote:
no, for OTR truckers there is no speed limit. what kind of question is this? In SC they are generous with speeding tickets and you see cars pulled over all the time, but not trucks.
Speeding is one thing, but police can take a look at the OTR's log books and calculate their average speed for long trips based on start time to where they got pulled over andn can issue a speeding ticket based on that. Truckers sometimes keep two log books.
โNov-19-2021 05:18 PM
cummins2014 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Grit dog wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
I do care as when I explain how I want a project done and it gets done wrong when someone says they understand and in reality they donโt it gets very expensive. If I try to tell someone not to push short PCs of wood thru the table saw between the fence and blade and they loose a finger because they donโt understand that is not okay!!!
Donโt tell me โIโ should learn other languages!!!
The way you put the first part, yes that is a concern. One that most of the country is somehow able to overcome all day every day.
But you didnโt get out much. Lucky you worked in the PNW.
Your philosophy wouldnโt work in the majority of the US. It would be a 100% non starter. Now, and 30 years ago.
True.
If I didnโt get my way I would have gone back to pounding nails.
Yup , youโd been pounding nails , you apparently have led a sheltered life.
โNov-19-2021 04:09 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Grit dog wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
I do care as when I explain how I want a project done and it gets done wrong when someone says they understand and in reality they donโt it gets very expensive. If I try to tell someone not to push short PCs of wood thru the table saw between the fence and blade and they loose a finger because they donโt understand that is not okay!!!
Donโt tell me โIโ should learn other languages!!!
The way you put the first part, yes that is a concern. One that most of the country is somehow able to overcome all day every day.
But you didnโt get out much. Lucky you worked in the PNW.
Your philosophy wouldnโt work in the majority of the US. It would be a 100% non starter. Now, and 30 years ago.
True.
If I didnโt get my way I would have gone back to pounding nails.
โNov-19-2021 01:36 PM
Grit dog wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
I do care as when I explain how I want a project done and it gets done wrong when someone says they understand and in reality they donโt it gets very expensive. If I try to tell someone not to push short PCs of wood thru the table saw between the fence and blade and they loose a finger because they donโt understand that is not okay!!!
Donโt tell me โIโ should learn other languages!!!
The way you put the first part, yes that is a concern. One that most of the country is somehow able to overcome all day every day.
But you didnโt get out much. Lucky you worked in the PNW.
Your philosophy wouldnโt work in the majority of the US. It would be a 100% non starter. Now, and 30 years ago.
โNov-19-2021 09:35 AM
โNov-19-2021 08:24 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
I do care as when I explain how I want a project done and it gets done wrong when someone says they understand and in reality they donโt it gets very expensive. If I try to tell someone not to push short PCs of wood thru the table saw between the fence and blade and they loose a finger because they donโt understand that is not okay!!!
Donโt tell me โIโ should learn other languages!!!
โNov-19-2021 07:03 AM
โNov-19-2021 03:20 AM
cummins2014 wrote:way2roll wrote::B:)
Man, this topic went sideways.
Hey , Iโm still talking about highways . :B
โNov-18-2021 05:23 PM
way2roll wrote::B:)
Man, this topic went sideways.
โNov-18-2021 04:05 PM
โNov-18-2021 03:44 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
I do care as when I explain how I want a project done and it gets done wrong when someone says they understand and in reality they donโt it gets very expensive. If I try to tell someone not to push short PCs of wood thru the table saw between the fence and blade and they loose a finger because they donโt understand that is not okay!!!
Donโt tell me โIโ should learn other languages!!!
โNov-18-2021 12:34 PM
ford truck guy wrote:
When it comes to drivers, I for the life of me cannot figure out how they received their CDL โAโ without being able to read?? And I would think that being able to read street signs would be a benefitโฆ
โNov-18-2021 12:20 PM
โNov-18-2021 11:58 AM
cummins2014 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:ford truck guy wrote:
I have seen the trucking industry take a 180 degree turn over the past 35 + years... The old hands are not driving anymore, its a new age of driver, and not one I agree with...
With all the regulations, there has been a huge uptick of old drivers retiring and new, non English speaking drivers coming in.. I don't have a problem with them, its the fact that most cannot read English either which is a problem in many ways.
I would bet that we take 12 or 15 trucks a day in just 1 or our warehouses, and I bet 2 or 3 of them cannot hardly back into the 14' wide bay door. Then once unloaded, we have to go through all the paperwork and determine what is ours as they have NO CLUE... I have met a few, non English speaking drivers that were awesome, they are now working for us, and speaking English ( kind of )
Being a Construction Superintendent I required everyone to be able to communicate in the language of English on my job sites. It was all about being able to instantly communicate in an emergency situation. Never had an issue with this policy.
I was a fabrication manger in a steel company , and if I had that policy , you wouldnโt see any bridge railing or guardrail ,or safety end treatments on a good portion of the highways and freeways here in the western states . I have been retired going on 12 years, and even then about the only guys I could hire to stick around were not English speaking. I may add also the majority of those men were the best I had . Loyal , and hard working , and glad to have a job .
I had one that spoke good English , and was one of my foremanโs , it worked out great .