Profile For Samuel P.

Basically, it is the wording that even if the truck doesn't start it's on me. All they needed was a simple clause in there such as "if we deem it the drivers fault" and it's okay. If I was assigned a different truck, for example, and something mechanical showed up after home time by the way they worded this policy it's coming out of my money. Being responsible to take care of the truck or watch over the truck is reasonable, and I understand this. It's just the legality of how everything was worded on paper. I asked another driver who has driven for years and he never heard of anything like it before as well as saying he would never sign it like that.

Welcome Samuel.

I understand your concern but at the same time I'm not sure what you're expecting a company to say about you taking their truck home. Obviously they're not going to relieve you of any responsibility. They're not going to say it's OK to take their truck home and drive it into the river or use it for target practice.

What are you expecting the policy to be if they allow you to take their truck home?

I've seen the post here about manual training carriers, but I would like current information on this topic. It's wise to train with a manual so after the one or two year mark more possibilities are there (including local jobs). I was advised that it will be years before this industry is totally automatic. So... what starter companies still train in a manual transmission? Any current information is appreciated.

I'm wondering what most companies have as a truck policy. I was at WEL companies, Inc. orientation but left because their truck policy was worded to leave the driver wide open and responsible to pay for ANYTHING that happens while the truck is parked at the drivers house. They said to park at the terminal if you live within a 75 mile radius, but I lived too far to use this option. Anyway, I was told that this was only there if you took out a fence turning into your house or left the lights on, yet for some reason, WEL's lawyer worded it as they did leaving it with wide open responsibility to the driver. I asked other trucking people and had a hard time finding someone who would sign a paper like that.

So, my question is as follows: What other companies have a crazy truck policy like this?

I want to be able to avoid them like the plague. Wasting my time at orientation isn't my idea of fun.