Osborn Transportation, Gadsden, AL
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I currently work for them. I have never been so disappointed in a company as I am osborn. I drove for Tyson Foods for 7 years before they sold the plant I worked at to Koch Foods. After 6+ more years there I just got burnt out. (Hauled live chickens). So I decided to go OTR. 5 day driving week. Off weekends. I am on my 5th straight week out because I have had so many breakdowns in this absolutely atrocious thing they call a good truck that I can't get my miles in during the week. I broke down 3 times in 18 hours in Chicago when the temp was -23. You pay for scales, tolls, etcetera up front and they reimburse you. Yeah 2 weeks later. I am supposed to get paid weekly. The last 3 weeks I have had to have new checks cut because they keep getting lost in the mail (yeah right). My truck is a 2003 freightliner with 1.2 mil miles on it. They paid less than a thousand dollars for it and spent 6 months making it road "worthy". They were just purchased by Celedon. I have heard (not saying it's true) that celedon is going to cut driver pay. Their equipment is absolute garbage. I have not had heat all winter. I have worn coats and extra socks all year. If I rated them on a scale of one to five I promise there is not a number low enough to actually show how much I detest this company. I'm going to Tyson on April 7. I've only been here 6 months. I will say one good thing about one person. That's my dispatcher. Greatest ever. Gets me loads and let's me go where I want. And in return I pull loads for him no one else wants. He is truly a great guy. But you have to drive out of Montgomery, Al to have him as your dispatcher.
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A good dispatcher is everything to me.I have a good one now.Its nice to have someone that shows mutual respect for drivers that give it.. -
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Osborn is suddenly all over Craigslist in SC....now I see why. Didn't know about the Celedon buyout.
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I haul for a company that runs honda out of lincoln and I have yet to see these new prostars. Osbourne really does have some horrible equipment. I see them every day when I go pick up my trailer in Lincoln. Cab extenders missing, bumpers hanging off, and one looks like the took the air dam off of a truck that burnt and put in on another truck. I'm not recruiting or anything but there are a few FAR better companies in the area running the exact same freight with a lot better equipment.
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They initally received 4 Prostars. 2 were damaged. They were supposed to receive 27 more. I haven't been through Rainbow City enough to notice as I drive out of Montgomery. For that I am thankful. -
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