Covenant's free refresher course

Discussion in 'Covenant' started by Airhose, Jun 5, 2010.

  1. Airhose

    Airhose Bobtail Member

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    I’m thinking about going to work for Covenant Transport. I haven’t driven a truck in a little over 3 years so I will have to take a refresher course, and with Covenant Transport the refresher course is free. Anyway, after reading some of the threads on this site I was wondering if I will have to team up for six months also like the newbies, because if that is the case then I’m not sure I want to put myself through that mental torture? I was thinking a short refresher course followed by a couple of weeks of training and I should be good to go, and I certainly don’t want to have to team up with anyone for six months. Hence, under my circumstances, will I have to team up like the newbies, and does anyone know how long the refresher’s course last and what the training program is for drivers going through the refresher course routine?

    How about the trucks, what kind of trucks is Covenant buying today? Will the newer ones have APUs and inverters? If not, what is the largest size inverter Covenant will let you put in them. How old are the oldest trucks and at about what mileage do they trade them in? What are the chances of getting a newer one? Is it the luck of the draw or is it done by seniority?

    As for as everything else goes, I’m sure I can handle anything Covenant will throw at me, and I’m looking forward to getting back on the road.
     
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  3. Rocks

    Rocks Road Train Member

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    Nothing is free my friend. :biggrin_25513: They pay very little. You should go somewhere else.

    I have a friend who drove for Werner for a while, also drove passenger bus but when she went to Covenant, they "considered" her inexperienced and made her team for 6 months.... :biggrin_25513:
    It will all depend my friend.... they will lure you to orientation and then hit you with the sad news, depending on how much experience you have and the time you have been away from the truck, they will consider you new, inexperienced driver and tell you to team....

    Better call the company BEFORE you sign up for orientation, give them ALL your profile, experience, what you have in mind, etc so you don't have sad surprise later.

    Teaming lasts 6 months minimum.:biggrin_25521:

    Don't know anything about their refresher course.

    Nowadays Covenant is buying International ProStar (mid roof, very small inside) and Freightliner Cascadia. All these new trucks have APUs and ELECTRONIC LOGS. :biggrin_25513:

    The new trucks are given only to safe drivers with seniority, brownie points, trainers, and teams....

    A new solo driver will get an older truck (maybe Columbia year 2007 or so).

    The oldest trucks are 2007 and are being sold now cause they lost their warranty. The oldest trucks have about 500 thousand miles or more and have no APUs (some have bunk heaters).

    You buy your own power inverter (no more than 1000 watts) and pay $ 100.00 for shop to install them.

    Everytime they switch your truck, if you want to to have your power inverter installed, you pay again.

    Idle is no more than 30 % for solo drivers and co. threats to charge $5.00 per hr if driver idles above their limit.

    Solo drivers at Covenant don't make much money and many end up teaming or training to stay in the company...

    Sent you pm with some more info. Good luck! :biggrin_25519:
     
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  4. Airhose

    Airhose Bobtail Member

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    Hey Rocks I got your PM. Thanks for all the valuable information. I appreciate it. Also, I can't reply to your PM apparently until I acquire 50 posts, but I do appreciate your help. Thanks.
     
  5. cadillacdude1975

    cadillacdude1975 Road Train Member

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    stay far far away from Covenent, USXpress and Star Transportation in Memphis (blue logo tractors and trailers, the entire company is Covenant owned).
     
  6. jtrnr1951

    jtrnr1951 Road Train Member

    Free !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    And perhaps you'll be lucky enough to get per diem also !!

    Ouu, how about up to 1 day off for every 7 worked !!

    So with the one day off every 7 days worked, plus the 2-3 days sitting at Pilot (not running the A/C) waiting for a load, heck you're really getting 3-4 days off a week !!

    What's their phone number ?????
     
  7. Rocks

    Rocks Road Train Member

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    :biggrin_2559: :biggrin_2559:

    BTW, per diem is mandatory! You end up losing money cause Cov. doesn't count all your days on the road and you can't claim it on your taxes... :biggrin_25510:

    Now Cov. is giving drivers $ 25.00 for good roadside inspections!! :biggrin_25519:

    But charging them $ 50.00 for bad ones (this includes warnings too)... :biggrin_25510: :biggrin_25510:
     
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  8. Adicted2Asphalt

    Adicted2Asphalt Light Load Member

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    Covenant and USxpress are NOT owned by the same people. They are owned by half brothers. How do I know this? I have worked on their phone systems in the past.
     
  9. jerryy123

    jerryy123 Light Load Member

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    IM CONFUSED ARE U GOING WITH WERNER OR COVANANT.IM JUST:smilebox:THINKING.
     
  10. MotorCityBadBoy

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    I agree U.S Xpress and Covenant are not owned by the same people. They are indeed owned by two half brothers that dislike each other Max Fuller is the the owner of USX and another guy named Pat I don't remember his last name. I was a driver for U.S. Xpress for five years and I didn't have any major problems with the company. I left the company because I didn't want to drive trucks anymore
     
  11. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    That would be Pat Quinn . He was ATA Chairman preaching speed kills in 2006 when USX was audited while NHTSA was requesting comments on the speed limiter petition . USX was cited and fined for document falsification and given a deficient rating in Safety Management .
     
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