The OOIDA tour trailer sets up on Ohio-Indiana state line on I-70

New Paris, Ohio, is the following cease for Marty Ellis and the OOIDA tour trailer.

He plans to be on the New Paris Petro at I-70 and U.S. 40 on Might 19-20. That’s Exit 156B. New Paris is on the Ohio-Indiana border.

The New Paris Petro has parking for 197 tractor-trailers. The Iron Skillet eating room is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Throughout U.S. 40 from the truck cease is a big cross on the New Creations Chapel. The cross is fabricated from corrugated metal and constructed to be seen from the interstate.

After New Paris, Ellis plans to take the OOIDA tour trailer to the American Truck Historic Society Higher Cincinnati Chapter Truck Present in Honor of Jerry Howard on Might 21 in Lima, Ohio. That’s about 90 miles away: go east and take a left at I-75.

Drivers on compensation

There have been some concerned discussions about driver pay across the OOIDA tour trailer. Ellis shared a few of his ideas and what he’s heard from different drivers on Friday’s Land Line Now broadcast.

Ellis usually discusses what he sees on the highway and hears from drivers on Friday Land Line Now broadcasts.

“The corporate drivers, they’re actually all for making an attempt to get some honest compensation as a result of for years we’ve got not been paid for the hours that we labored. It’s simply plain and easy,” Ellis mentioned on Land Line Now. “I bear in mind placing pallets beneath the pallet rack of trailers earlier than heading out to California as a result of that was, quote, your job, however you by no means technically received paid for it. What you’re instructed is, ‘Nicely, it’s in your mileage price.’ All proper, no, it’s not. It sounds good. It’s simply the boss doesn’t wish to pay you throughout the time that you just’re doing it.”

It additionally occurs with drivers having to comb out a trailer, or getting their trailer washed out, and likewise the hours a driver spends in line ready to verify in or take a look at, he mentioned.

“There’s simply so many issues like that that you just simply don’t receives a commission for,” Ellis mentioned.

Drivers receives a commission by the mile and don’t wish to log the hours spent doing these issues as a result of it eats into paid time, the time once they could possibly be racking up paid miles, he mentioned. That results in the issue of making an attempt to inform federal authorities that drivers are spending all this time at docks however aren’t recording it. It could be simpler to clarify the issue if drivers had at all times been recording that point on responsibility, so it was all in black and white, Ellis mentioned.

“Corporations actually don’t wish to pay as a result of they haven’t. ‘We’ve achieved it this fashion on a regular basis.’ Nicely, in some unspecified time in the future in time we as an trade actually have to have a look and do we have to make some adjustments to make that proper,” Ellis mentioned. “Guys, you recognize, needs to be paid to comb out a trailer. They need to be paid to load pallets. They need to be paid to sit down at a dock, as a result of even if you happen to can document it within the bunk, you’re nonetheless there ready, able to go, however you’re not making any cash. It doesn’t do your loved ones any good.”

Take heed to the Land Line Now dialogue right here.

Ellis additionally touched on velocity limiters, one other sizzling matter amongst drivers.

Cease by while you see The Spirit

Should you see the OOIDA tour trailer, cease by and say good day. Ellis seems to be ahead to visiting in regards to the Affiliation’s actions and present points. There are copies of Land Line Journal to choose up there. You’ll be able to be part of or renew your membership for $10 off the common value at The Spirit. Face masks can be found at The Spirit for anybody with a business driver’s license.

Right here is the schedule for The Spirit. LL