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JabberWokky — 2009-05-11 14:36:41

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- * Two companies that have historically hired students are Morning Star Trucking, and Mike Lowrie Trucking. There may be others.	+ * Two companies that have historically hired students are ["Morning Star Trucking"], and ["Mike Lowrie Trucking"]. There may be others.

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JabberWokky — 2009-05-11 14:36:07

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- ["Users/SethNagao"] worked as a tomato truck driver for one summer and Mike Lowrie Trucking for two.	+ ["Users/SethNagao"] worked as a tomato truck driver for one summer and ["Mike Lowrie Trucking"] for two.

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JoePomidor — 2009-01-20 11:10:46

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- * No social life. You will be working, or sleeping, and that's about it. Plus the hours vary and are unpredicatable so you can't really plan out to meet people too well.	+ * No social life. You will be working, or sleeping, and that's about it. Plus the hours vary and are unpredictable so you can't really plan out to meet people too well.

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JasonAller — 2008-09-27 07:14:19

link fixes

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- The tomatoes you see in the grocery store have a thinner, more tender skin. They are generally hand picked and boxed before transport since the automated harvesting techniques would crush and/or bruise the tomato.	+ The tomatoes you see in the grocery store have a thinner, more tender skin. They are generally hand picked and boxed before transport since the automated harvesting techniques would crush and/or bruise the tomato.
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- ["RogerClark"] worked as a driver and dispatcher for three summers.	+ ["Users/RogerClark"] worked as a driver and dispatcher for three summers.
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- ["SethNagao"] worked as a tomato truck driver for one summer and Mike Lowrie Trucking for two.	+ ["Users/SethNagao"] worked as a tomato truck driver for one summer and Mike Lowrie Trucking for two.

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SethNagao — 2005-12-06 21:34:48

Bah, can't get it right

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- * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class B commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to upgrade their class and add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.	+ * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class B commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to upgrade their class, add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.
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- [[Thumbnail(tomato_spill.jpg, 400, right)]]	+ [[Image(tomato_spill.jpg, 400, right, thumbnail)]]

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SethNagao — 2005-12-06 21:33:57

Made rest of sentence consistent.

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- * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class B commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.	+ * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class B commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to upgrade their class and add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.

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SethNagao — 2005-12-06 21:24:50

Changed Unitrans Licensing and Legal BAC (cited Vehicle Code)

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- * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class A commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.	+ * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class B commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles.
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- * No ["Alcohol"]. The legal limit for a commercial driver is .02. That's 1/4 of what you need to drive a standard car. When you are off work for potentially as short as 8 hours. Knocking back a few after work may be enough to make you register when you start again. The common phrase is that you can stand outside a bar and say beer three times and register a .02.	+ * No ["Alcohol"]. The legal limit for a commercial driver is .04 (CA VC §23152[d]). That's 1/2 of what you need to drive a standard car. When you are off work for potentially as short as 8 hours. Knocking back a few after work may be enough to make you register when you start again. The common phrase is that you can stand outside a bar and say beer three times and register a .02.
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	+ ["SethNagao"] worked as a tomato truck driver for one summer and Mike Lowrie Trucking for two. +

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RogerClark — 2005-09-15 09:10:14

Clarified cleaned up a bit of my poor writing.

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- The huge white bins are filled to the brim with ["square Tomato" processing tomatoes]. These are made into Tomato Sauce, paste, ketchup, salsa, etc. Things that need ["tomatoes"], but don't have to look pretty like the ones in the produce aisle of the grocery store.	+ The huge white bins are filled to the brim with ["square Tomato" processing tomatoes]. These are made into tomato sauce, tomato paste, ketchup, salsa, etc. Things that need ["tomatoes"], but don't have to look pretty like the ones in the produce aisle of the grocery store. Canning tomatoes are small and have a thick skin to survive the harvesting and transporting process. + + The tomatoes you see in the grocery store have a thinner, more tender skin. They are generally hand picked and boxed before transport since the automated harvesting techniques would crush and/or bruise the tomato.
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- A fair number of the drivers locally are ["UCD"] students. Many companies recruit and train UCD students heavily for several reasons. - * The harvest runs from Mid-July to Mid-September. This coincides with the UCD Summer break better than other schools that return to class in late august.	+ A fair number of the drivers locally are ["UCD"] students. During spring quarter, tomato hauling companies have placed ads in ["The California Aggie"] and had booths at the summer job fair. Many companies recruit and train UCD students heavily for several reasons. + * The harvest runs from Mid-July to Mid-September. This coincides with the UCD Summer break better than other schools that return to class in late August.
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- * Two companies that typically hire students are Morning Star Trucking and Mike Lowrie Trucking. There may be others.	+ * ["Unitrans"] drivers already have a class A commercial license, so there is even less training. They just need to add an endorsement to their pre-existing license, and familiarize themselves with the vehicles. + * Two companies that have historically hired students are Morning Star Trucking, and Mike Lowrie Trucking. There may be others.
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- === What to expect if you do work ===	+ == What to expect if you do work ==
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- * Lots of work. A typical day can run from 8-16 hours depending on where the loads go. Given the hectic pace of the work.	+ * Lots of work. A typical day can run from 8-16 hours depending on where the loads go.
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- * No ["Alcohol"]. The legal limit for a commercial driver is .02. That's right 1/4 of what you need to drive a standard car. When you are off work for potentially as short as 8 hours. Knocking back a few after work may be enough to make you register when you start again. The common phrase is that you can stand outside a bar and say beer three times and register a .02.	+ * No ["Alcohol"]. The legal limit for a commercial driver is .02. That's 1/4 of what you need to drive a standard car. When you are off work for potentially as short as 8 hours. Knocking back a few after work may be enough to make you register when you start again. The common phrase is that you can stand outside a bar and say beer three times and register a .02.
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- You can tell where every serious bump on the roads around here are because there is alway a nice spread of tomatoes 100 feet past it where the fallen tomatoes come to a halt.	+ You can tell where every bump on a road is around here, because there is always a nice spread of tomatoes just past it where the fallen tomatoes have come to a halt.
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- - Clarification request: Roger, are the square variety used in the supermarkets, processing, or both?

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SteveDavison — 2005-09-14 19:26:13

Fixed a long-standing edit error

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	+ * Mike Lowrie stopped hiring student drivers in the Summer of 2004.
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- * Mike Lowrie stopped hiring student drivers in the Summer of 2004.
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- * Get paid by the load - This is not an hourly position, you get paid by the load, so slow days can mean lots of sitting around not earning any money. But once the season is in full swing, there - Lots of work. A typical day can run from 8-16 hours depending on where the loads go. Given the hectic pace of the work. - No Days off. Unless you get approval WAY in advance, most places have so much work they can barely keep up. A truck out of service is a cramp in the planning, and throws stuff off.	+ * Get paid by the load - This is not an hourly position, you get paid by the load, so slow days can mean lots of sitting around not earning any money. But once the season is in full swing, there is lots of work. + * Lots of work. A typical day can run from 8-16 hours depending on where the loads go. Given the hectic pace of the work. + * No days off. Unless you get approval WAY in advance, most places have so much work they can barely keep up. A truck out of service is a cramp in the planning, and throws stuff off.
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- ["RogerClark"] worked as a driver and Dispatcher for 3 summers.	+ ["RogerClark"] worked as a driver and dispatcher for three summers.
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	+ + Clarification request: Roger, are the square variety used in the supermarkets, processing, or both?

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SteveDavison — 2005-09-14 19:18:07

another photo request

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- ["photo request"]: one of those white bins being filled alongside a harvester.	+ ["photo request"]: one of those white bins being filled alongside a harvester. Also, a close-up shot of the tomatoes.

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CarlMcCabe — 2005-09-03 15:03:10

photos of tomatos

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- ====What to expect if you do work==== - * Get paid by the load - This is not an hourly position, you get paid by the load, so slow days can mean lots of sitting around not earning any money. But once the season is in full swing, there	+ === What to expect if you do work === + * Get paid by the load - This is not an hourly position, you get paid by the load, so slow days can mean lots of sitting around not earning any money. But once the season is in full swing, there
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- *Hurried Loading - With some loads being picked in as little as 15 minutes, and a charge per load by the hauler, a lot of growers try to get as many tomatoes in as few trailers as possible. This means filling them to the brim and a little over in order to save costs.	+ *Hurried Loading - With some loads being picked in as little as 15 minutes, and a charge per load by the hauler, a lot of growers try to get as many tomatoes in as few trailers as possible. This means filling them to the brim and a little over in order to save costs.
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- ["photo request"]: a tomato truck full of tomatoes, one of those white bins being filled alongside a harvester.	+ ["photo request"]: one of those white bins being filled alongside a harvester.

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CarlMcCabe — 2005-09-03 14:59:57

Upload of image tomato_spill.jpg.

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CarlMcCabe — 2005-09-03 14:59:45

Upload of image tomato_trailer.jpg.

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CarlMcCabe — 2005-09-03 14:59:21

Upload of image tomato_truck.jpg.

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ArlenAbraham — 2005-08-25 15:00:58

company info

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	+ * Morning Star Trucking requires that you be 21 years old. This is an insurance issue. + * Mike Lowrie stopped hiring student drivers in the Summer of 2004.

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KalenRidenour — 2005-08-16 09:24:51

grammar

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- *Time - To tarp a load would mean hiring someone to tapr these loads, untarp them for state licensed grading (required of every load), retarping, and then untarping again at the cannery.	+ *Time - To tarp a load would mean hiring someone to tarp these loads, untarp them for state licensed grading (required of every load), retarping, and then untarping again at the cannery.
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- Yes a truck can be ticketed for dropping tomatoes, but the incidence rate is so low that it is calculated risk.	+ Yes, a truck can be ticketed for dropping tomatoes, but the incidence rate is so low that it is calculated risk.

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RogerClark — 2005-08-16 08:15:35

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- California produces 90-95% of the processing tomatoes used in the United States. You County is the second largest producer in the state.	+ California produces 90-95% of the processing tomatoes used in the United States. Yolo County is the second largest producer in the state.
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	+ * Two companies that typically hire students are Morning Star Trucking and Mike Lowrie Trucking. There may be others. + + ====What to expect if you do work==== + * Get paid by the load - This is not an hourly position, you get paid by the load, so slow days can mean lots of sitting around not earning any money. But once the season is in full swing, there + Lots of work. A typical day can run from 8-16 hours depending on where the loads go. Given the hectic pace of the work. + No Days off. Unless you get approval WAY in advance, most places have so much work they can barely keep up. A truck out of service is a cramp in the planning, and throws stuff off. + * No social life. You will be working, or sleeping, and that's about it. Plus the hours vary and are unpredicatable so you can't really plan out to meet people too well. + * No ["Alcohol"]. The legal limit for a commercial driver is .02. That's right 1/4 of what you need to drive a standard car. When you are off work for potentially as short as 8 hours. Knocking back a few after work may be enough to make you register when you start again. The common phrase is that you can stand outside a bar and say beer three times and register a .02. + + + ===Why are there so many on the road?=== + You can tell where every serious bump on the roads around here are because there is alway a nice spread of tomatoes 100 feet past it where the fallen tomatoes come to a halt. + + So many people will ask why they are transported open top. The reasons are multiple. + Time - To tarp a load would mean hiring someone to tapr these loads, untarp them for state licensed grading (required of every load), retarping, and then untarping again at the cannery. + Quality - A tarp would trap heat in the tubs, and potentially degrade the quality of the product. + *Hurried Loading - With some loads being picked in as little as 15 minutes, and a charge per load by the hauler, a lot of growers try to get as many tomatoes in as few trailers as possible. This means filling them to the brim and a little over in order to save costs. + + Yes a truck can be ticketed for dropping tomatoes, but the incidence rate is so low that it is calculated risk. + + ["RogerClark"] worked as a driver and Dispatcher for 3 summers.

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ArlenAbraham — 2005-08-15 15:52:44

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RogerClark — 2005-08-15 12:27:40

3 summers of hauling, I got plenty more to add

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	+ These lovely vehicles are seen throughout the area during the ["Summer in Davis" summer months]. And the products they haul are seen all over the roadways during the summer months. + + The huge white bins are filled to the brim with ["square Tomato" processing tomatoes]. These are made into Tomato Sauce, paste, ketchup, salsa, etc. Things that need ["tomatoes"], but don't have to look pretty like the ones in the produce aisle of the grocery store. + + California produces 90-95% of the processing tomatoes used in the United States. You County is the second largest producer in the state. + + A fair number of the drivers locally are ["UCD"] students. Many companies recruit and train UCD students heavily for several reasons. + * The harvest runs from Mid-July to Mid-September. This coincides with the UCD Summer break better than other schools that return to class in late august. + * UCD Students are generally intelligent and pick up things fast, so the learning curve is shorter, steeper and more cost effective. + * Davis students are only looking for a summer job, and aren't too upset when the season ends (Usually they are pretty happy about it).