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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1837755" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I didn't know all the particulars...didn't know they had a VDOT emergency employee status... but at that money, HE// yes... Still 12 hr shifts are tough when you got cattle to deal with...</p><p>Son has always been on the night shift 8pm-8am.... so that he can do feeding and such in the daylight, and then get some sleep to go back in again at night... until the boss went out on medical... Now he has to be on days, but is doing 12-16 hr shifts with doing all the planning, decision making and getting the crews out and then all the checking up on complaints and all by the public... he takes off 1-2 hours in mid day to go and do the silage feeding with it okayed by the "bigger boss" since he cannot get it all done after work .... luckily the headquarters is 10 minutes away. That is the one reason he does not want to be the head super.... they have to work days... and he does not want to. The crew he "heads up " for the night shift are pretty good and have been on his shift for several years so know their jobs and pretty much do them... but the private contractors have to be monitored constantly.... </p><p></p><p>I have several dairy farmers that have tractors contracted out to VDOT road work... plows on them and all that. There are several guys with trucks here that get the bids for winter roads, and such... it is alot of headaches with the insurance and all that nowadays... and several have not been able to find drivers for their trucks to push snow either... I wish I was younger, I would be glad to do it in a tractor for $50/hr.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1837755, member: 25884"] I didn't know all the particulars...didn't know they had a VDOT emergency employee status... but at that money, HE// yes... Still 12 hr shifts are tough when you got cattle to deal with... Son has always been on the night shift 8pm-8am.... so that he can do feeding and such in the daylight, and then get some sleep to go back in again at night... until the boss went out on medical... Now he has to be on days, but is doing 12-16 hr shifts with doing all the planning, decision making and getting the crews out and then all the checking up on complaints and all by the public... he takes off 1-2 hours in mid day to go and do the silage feeding with it okayed by the "bigger boss" since he cannot get it all done after work .... luckily the headquarters is 10 minutes away. That is the one reason he does not want to be the head super.... they have to work days... and he does not want to. The crew he "heads up " for the night shift are pretty good and have been on his shift for several years so know their jobs and pretty much do them... but the private contractors have to be monitored constantly.... I have several dairy farmers that have tractors contracted out to VDOT road work... plows on them and all that. There are several guys with trucks here that get the bids for winter roads, and such... it is alot of headaches with the insurance and all that nowadays... and several have not been able to find drivers for their trucks to push snow either... I wish I was younger, I would be glad to do it in a tractor for $50/hr..... [/QUOTE]
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