KLLM lease purchase southeast regional question

I was making decent money with them. I was running the southeast region out of the Atlanta terminal. But I would look at other lease purchase opportunities before signing on with them. I just felt like a glorified company driver.

when I got to orientation it was pretty much all new trucks to choose from meaning a super high weekly truck note. I lgot a 2012 cascadia for 395 per week for a 3 year term. But there is no trailer rental fee and you get reimbursed for reefer fuel.
Running the southeast region you are paid on % and they don't tell you what the load actually pays before they take their cut, so that leaves you wondering, ( like #### I know that this load should pay more ). But it all seems like cheap freight to me.

you don't get to choose your loads nor do you have access to a load board. Once you are empty and put in your empty call you wait on your manager to send or call you with a load. You may get lucky and get preplanned over the weekend. If you turn down a load you may sit a while(almost like punishment). but they do have some high paying loads and good runs.

you have to put in for home time/time off. Once my driver manager made me deadhead from winter haven fl back to Columbia sc because she forgot about my off time for my military drills.
( I was like you mean to tell me that their is no freight at all in fl it's Wednesday I don't need to home till Saturday morning, and their is nothing Along the way that I can pick up?)

overall it it was ok my time their was draining, not because I had to run hard, you don't have to run hard to make it at kllm just gotta be in the right places at the right times I guess.

i left because I had got called up to go to Afghanistan, before I left they told me that all the money that I paid towards my truck would be applied to another truck upon My return and upon my return they wouldn't honor the deal and wanted me to sign a new lease on a brand new truck for 6 years.

 

Sarge... you do know how to cut n paste, for sure. I've run across every one of your 8 posts, and that's the third time I've seen that one.

 

That's right. The only way for me to respond to and send PM's was for me to have 7 posts. Now that I have my 7 out of the way you won't see me reposting the same thing.