What you are thinking of is an Owner-Operator. Those guys own the cab and just drive the trailer dock to dock. That's what you see on IRT. My company had everything provided for the driver. They didn't have to buy insurance or gas, the company did. When you are an owner-opererator you pay for those costs and it can be expensive.

My company made local deliveries to stores/post offices in the NYC area. Most jobs were no more than 5 or 6 hours round trip. The drivers would be specifically told that they had to unload the trucks when they got to the warehouse. (So that the van drivers could load up the vans) They got paid by the job, not the hour. So a 5 hour job might pay $140. A 3 hour job would pay something like $70-80. The number of stops was also a factor. One van route took 2 hours to do but paid $80 because there were so many stops. You would drive down the road in the middle of the night and just throw newspapers out the window in front of the store.

The best employees were the ones that were willing to drive both vans or trucks. But you would get these truck drivers w/ 20 years of experience and they would always try to get out of unloading the truck even though they were specifically told it was part of their job when they were first hired.

The good drivers knew how to budget their time and money. One guy worked Tues-Wed-Thursday and made about $800 a week. He would pick up about 6 or 7 pallets of newspapers in PA, bring it to the warehouse in NJ and then deliver some newspapers by van. Just those 2 routes back to back was about $270. The whole thing took about 10 hours. He did that on Tues and Thursday. On Wed. he made about $200 doing 3 or 4 local routes that paid about $50 each.

If I was in the warehouse, I would help unload the trucks. There were 3 or 4 pallet jacks. But I wasn't always there. The operation ran 24 hours a day and it was just me and the business owner that ran the warehouse. A lot of times I would get to the warehouse, and the stuff was still in the back of the truck because the driver "forgot" to unload it or said it wasn't his job.

BTW-That episode where Hugh Rowland said it wasn't his fault that the stuff wasn't tied down tight enough is wrong. It's his responsibility as a driver to make sure the mechandise doesn't get damaged during transport. He has so much experience driving so he got away with it. But if he were a rookie, he would have been out of a job or not able to find other work.

A lot of the stuff the drivers do are LOL bad. The Canadian guy w/ 12 or 13 kids (Alex Debogorski) is awesome though. The guy w/ the blue mohawk (Rick) is a jackass that drives way too fast.

didn't alex get sent home or leave the first day on world's deadliest roads when he sideswiped a car or something?

I was going to mention that ep with the polar bear when people were talking about truckers attitudes. that other guy greg boadwine was like that too. didn't he lie to his bosses about how fast he was going and they downloaded the data from his truck. I cringe at some of the stuff they do thinking their bosses watch it.

I don't know what to make of the new chick Maya, I thought she was like a reality show plant they put on like here go learn to drive a truck and we'll put you on ice road truckers. they already got her in a bikini. just weird the way she reacts to stuff especially if she's been driving in new york.

I'm surprised polar bear still working with rick, just wow at the latest ep was brutal watching him in that situation. felt bad for him. he totally melted down. 22 tries to make that turn, and trashing the outside of the terminal after his busted rim too lolz.

i don't know why but i'm really into this season. can't wait to see the next ep. the preview for next ep was great.

Thoughts on two shows.

- Next Food Network star- maybe 3 of the people they cast have any shot of actually hosting a show and the rest are so bad that they'd never sniff a chance in any context. The girl Whitney is really pretty and should totally go on dates with me.

- There is nothing worse on TV right now than this stupid "please take this show where I die and come back in another body" commercial. COME ON.

Anyone who hasn't seen "Party Down" on Stars needs to see it immediately. It's absolutely hilarious with a great cast. It's on Netflix as well.

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Party Down

You won't find much argument against Party Down being a must watch.

Ahh, sorry. Looked at the first few pages of OOTV and didn't see it.

Wilfred (premiering tonight) looks like it has potential. Sounds kind of Donnie Darko-ish.

rofl any1 watch rhett + link commercial kings on IFC?

they basically go around the country trying to make legendary local commercials

this is amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwTIa_2A9ZU

lolz

Anyone watch FOOL US? It's a magic show with Penn and Teller telecase in the UK I believe.

I came across it randomly online and there's only been 3 episodes but it's pretty decent so far. The theme of the show is that magicians come from all over UK and perform in front on Penn and Teller and if they cant figure out the trick then they get to open for Penn and Teller in Vegas.

There was a chicken and duck act in the first episode that was done really well..

have we talked about Jon Benjamin Has a Van in here yet? I remember posting about it but I can't find a stand-alone thread. Anyway, last week's episode was the best one yet; unfortunately, it'll probably get cancelled due to Comedy Central's policy of not renewing anything that doesn't become a massive breakout hit.

It seems like they are throwing a lot of money at the production, it has a lot more location shoots and special effects then your average comedy central show.

I liked the magic dragon, but overall I thought it was pretty boring and too drawn out. With not enough secrets being revealed.

Yea magic dragon was definately the funniest yet.

I still like the concept, although the execution could probably be a little better.

Who's obsessed with Pawn Stars? I'm watching it religiously...it's a modern version of Antiques Roadshow but I love it.

I like it, I don't go looking for it but if I see it on I watch. My problem is that the sellers could easily get more then what the Pawn shop will give them if they just put it on ebay or craigslist. I'm sure the show pays the difference or something like that.

I got hooked on Storage Wars also, they had 4 or so episodes in a row and I watched every one.

Lol Combat Hospital is terrible. The worst of hospital dramas with the added pain of terrible military motifs.

As a big Jon Benjamin fan I've been a little disappointed in the show so far. This week started great though with Jon hiding behind the microphone in the first bit and it just built from there with the WereJew and finally the WereGayJew, lol.

Alphas premieres on SyFy tonight at 10. It's basically the Heroes premise with a much lower budget. Reviews have been decent.

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-al...uperhero-story

http://www.avclub.com/articles/alphas,58685/

Way better then expected, really solid. Just hoping its not heroes 2.0.

Anyone been watching Angry Boys? I find it quite watchable and occasionally amusing, with the exception of s.mouse, which is terrible. http://www.hbo.com/angry-boys/index.html

I watched alphas when it was on. Its an alright concept but im not sold on it just yet. It at least tries to break new ground on the superpowers concept but the characters seem a bit too stereotypical so far.

"...with partial custody of a four year old son who thinks I masturbate for a living"

I really enjoy this show

Alphas:

Bad, just bad.

JB has a Van is awesome. Took me a while to watch it cos the logo made it look like some kind of touring gay rights show but gave it a chance when i finally worked out last week that Jon Benjamin is the dude from Archer and Bob's Burgers. The episode with the space door parodying Stargate was a bit meh, but the rest were awesome.