Hoosier Tradewinds in Arcadia Indiana

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  1. gregorkoe67

    gregorkoe67 Bobtail Member

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    This company that i have worked for for three weeks now has bounced every paycheck so far to me. I would suggest you stay away from this company. If you are thinking of joining this outfit...do not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian morals go out the window when they hire you!!!!!! Hypocrits is what i think!!!!!! Bad business practices. You cant fuel when you need it. They have to transfer money everyday to the fuel account to get fuel. You are only allowed to get 400 dollars worth of fuel at a time. You cant even fill up if you want to. Poor history with the bbb and attorny general along with several othe state and county prosecution offices! Stay away! You have been warned!
     
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  3. Rollover the Original

    Rollover the Original Road Train Member

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    After the first bounced paycheck their truck would have been back at their yard!
    If you have copies of the bounced checks where it was stamped insufficient funds from your bank, keep them incase this scum sucking BFI tried to say you did something wrong! Nothing makes a company look even worse when you have the proof from your bank to back up your comeback to a bad DAC or reference!
    In fact, you can't be sued if you were to post those bounced checks on line as it's not liable but the truth! Remember a picture is worth a thousand words! I hope you also posted to the Ripoff Report!
     
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  4. Bakers Dozen

    Bakers Dozen Bobtail Member

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    Not exactly sure the details of your experience but I have had the total opposite experience. I am a Lease Purchase driver for them. I have been with them for 2.5 years. When I started lease purchase I had to build up my escrow and it did take a couple of weeks to start making the money I needed but since then it has been great. They are a smaller company of 100-120 trucks so everyone knows your name. I love this place and the people involved. They really helped me become an owner operator....put guidelines in place on expenses and guided me thru it all.

    Just when I see bad stuff written about them I have to state my experience because it isn't fair to just get one side of the story.
     
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  5. J P

    J P Light Load Member

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    Bakers Dozen, with all DUE respect, i think you are full of #$#%! I work for this company and have for 2 years now. I read in one of your other posts that you have worked for this company for 6 years and now you say 2 1/2 years. So which is it. And if you think this company is good you need to go work for a good one. This company flat sucks. I have had 6 checks bounce!! So many that my bank was going to put a 10 day hold on any check that came from them no matter the amount. They had to put me on "direct deposit" because I wasn't going to wait 10 days to get my money. So now what do they do? They put the money in when they feel like it because now they actually have to have the money to put into my account which is never. I am supposed to be paid at midnight on tuesday night and many times its Thursday before it hits my account. Now they don't even do that anymore and are now depositing paper checks in there on their own because they don't have the cash to deposit. If you are not having this problem B.D. then you must be the owner because I have even talked to office people and they are having the exact same issues. I am on my third dispatcher in about 3 months because they keep quitting. Why do you think that is B.D.? Can't wait to hear your response B.D. (or should I say Ben, Andy, or Matt?). To anyone else this company sucks go elsewhere. I am in the approval process with 2 other companies already for those who are wondering why I am here to nip that in the a@#. I like to try and work things out and give the benefit of a second chance but enough is enough! Sorry for the longwindedness (is that even a word?!?) but this subject pisses me off, and then to see someone saying lies like B.D. tops it off.
     
  6. J P

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    Oh yeah B.D. by the way I am an O/O not a piss ant company driver. I hope you are not a lease driver with them because the writing is on the wall for you to go down in flames with this BS going on. No way in he#$ I would agree to a LP with them right off the bat like so many of these ####### do that I talk to that are with them. Who does that?!? A lease purchase right from the start with a small, virtually no name company that you know absolutely nothing about other than the LIES they tell you. Blows my mind, but then again thats a lot of the people and things out here these days. Unfortunately this country is just BREEDING stupidity it seems nowadays! Still waiting for your response B.D.
     
  7. ras454ss

    ras454ss Bobtail Member

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    Is this company that bad. Just got appl. But if its like this than no go
     
  8. J P

    J P Light Load Member

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    I just quit there and yes it's that bad. There's about 3 other threads on here about them that I have also posted on. I strongly encourage you to read them and make your own educated decision before you do it. Don't be another disgruntled driver on here that got screwed.
     
  9. J P

    J P Light Load Member

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    Here's yet another Ripoff Report filed on them.




    Report: Hoosier Tradewinds
    Reported By: Karen (China Grove North Carolina United States of America)
    Hoosier Tradewinds Bouncing Checks stealing your hard earned money Arcadia, Indiana
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    Hoosier Tradewinds
    1318E 236th Street
    Arcadia Indiana 46030
    United States of America
    Phone: 800-831-6097
    Web Address: www.tradewinds.net

    Category: Trucking Companies

    Submitted: Wednesday, March 02, 2011
    Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2011
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    I was told by another Owner Operator that I can contact you concerning a Trucking Company that is hiring Owner Operators and not paying them . This Company is Hoosier Tradewinds of Arcadia Indiana. DOT #666953.

    We joined them in October 2010 and towards the end of November Thanksgiving time their checks started to bounce. This happened twice in November's pay period , I demanded from them that they start using there Automatic Deposit as promised in Orientation and Melissa Henshaw, the Payroll Account Clerk said that she would have to get this approved from Brian Cook the Owner of the Company and Head of Accounting before she could start doing this.

    By having them do this , this changed the day we would be paid from Friday to Wednesday at Midnight. Which they did not tell me until I called them asking where was our money.

    And when that day rolled around they stop putting the money in the account all together. Then I had to start calling and begging them to deposit the money in our account. It got to where I would have to call my Creditors and tell them what was going on.

    They also started charging my Husband for Shop repairs that did not happen. I would audit their Payroll Settlement Sheets and then request copies of the repairs they were deduction only to get a apology for their accounting errors. They I would have to demand reimbursement for those errors. They need to have a DOT AUDIT done . They need to be Shutdown.

    It has gotten to when I had to have Surgery I did not have the money for the simple things just to prepare for the Surgery and I had to reschedule the Surgery, I got to where I had to Beg them to pay us money by crying over the phone to them that I needed the money to pay for the Surgery and with out the Money I may have health issues ..

    This has stressed out my Husband so much that he give them Notice and worked out the rest of the notice . For that last week they would call him every day asking if he was going to keep the load or deliver it. As if they wanted him to do what they were doing to him so they would have a reason not to pay him.

    He final told them that just because they were not men of integrity doesn't mean he was the same way. He said that he was a man of his word and expected the same from them.

    Unfortunate for us they are not.

    They owe us for two week of pay and our escrow account. One of the weeks they owe is has already bounced, and the other checks they owe us have not arrived to the house.

    When you look at there Website www.tradewinds.net they lead you to believe that they are a Christ Center Company and they us Billy Graham in there advertising to get drivers to believe that they are Christ like( SEE THERE WEBSITE, then look at What is the Good News?)

    I know that Christ is not about cheating people. I firmly believe that they are stealing not just from my Family for from Many Owner Operators that join their Company.


    I want them stopped from hurting another Owner Operator, I want to warn all the drivers and Owner Operators that are looking for better work to steer them clear of this Company. I am willing send you Documentation to back up what I am saying has happened to us.

    PLEASE lead me to the Authorities that can stop these Thieves.


    There's also 4 other ones on there if you want to read them. For fun, google Hoosier Tradewinds and just read all the info. Pretty interesting how that small company is all over the internet with so much bad stuff being said about them isn't it? Can't all be false can it? Don't pay attention to Bakers Dozen or Big Charlie on these and Ripoff Report forums they are company moles on here trying to salvage their crap reputation and make it seem like everything is better than ever. Heed the warnings!!!!
     
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  10. ras454ss

    ras454ss Bobtail Member

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    Wow after reading all this ,time to rip up appl. really don't need checks that bounce. Just left one company hauling containers that got creative with pay,but what you expect when half of fleet don't check there weekly settlements. Thanks for the headaches,it would have been costly since I live in the north east.
     
  11. scubaghost

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    Looks like they haven't changed much. I ran for a short time for them about 5 years ago. They sucked then too. I lived in Indiana until a year and a half ago.
     
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