i think your full of it no company can promise that you get home on time every time and that much miles every week wake up quite lyin

Originally Posted by CaptJack

I've been running for Covenant for about 4 months now..when I first started with them for the 1st 3 weeks I averaged sitting 3-4 days a week. Yes, 3-4 days per week, and no, I wasnt making squat for a check. But things have picked up, I get home when I want, get offered more frieght then I can haul and things are pretty good right now. Are they the best co. I've every drove for? No. They need more dispatchers cause right now they are waaaayy understaffed. They have like 1 dispatcher for every 50 or so drivers. But I run the loads I'm given, even if I dont want to run them, I get my miles in and I'm doing pretty good. I do have crappy weeks, but thats with every company. Everyone has a bad week. But your experience with a company is what you make of it. I know some drivers here that dont get squat for miles. I know a team that often runs less miles than I do per week (no they arent happy), but I get my miles and my $$$ so I cant really complain.

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Originally Posted by bart

its not a bad company it has bad drivers

Good companies don't hire or keep bad drivers

[QUOTE=meat999;517071]im not understanding this-- everything most of you guys have to say about covanent is bad, yet you have drove for them. and then for one of you to say I just cant drive for a godly company sounds like a crock of ###### . if you have never drove for them stop acting like you know all--heck maybe you do But they gave me the chance to get my foot in the door and im running with it. And from the people i know that work there, you will get the miles as a team at least 6500 a week and they are happy. So i tend to think if they were that bad they would be no-more. but I am a newbie but i got a brain to think with!! and by the looks of this web site- there is something wrong with every dang company-- some people just cant be happy!![/QUOT


I know this post is so old, but darn I couldn't I agree more.

I have been with Covenant since April/08. It's just a big company like any other one. It's a training company but they are now expanding their business to O/O and so far all the 3 O/Os I've talked to who are leasing Cov trucks are satisfied and running good miles. I am solo, run on a dedicated account, have a great load planner and dispatcher who keep me busy, rarely give me any problems, and help me whenever I need. The pay is not that spectacular but there are some conveniences hard to find anywhere else. Folks in the company (log dept/ safety dept/ fuel dept/ breakdown, shop, etc) have been very nice and I have no complains.