Whoever says Cypress is a "great" company is out of their mind and has clearly NEVER been to the Jax terminal. I was going to orientation with them as an o/o a few years ago. I drove onto their GHETTO ### lot to find hundreds. and I mean HUNDREDS of wrecked "parts" trucks. Yeah, they keep their hundreds of destroyed trucks around so they have parts to fix their "good" trucks. They then wanted to lower my suspension height to get my 5th wheel to 27". When I refused stating I would do it myself and or take it to the dealer they told me this was unsatisfactory. They then wanted me to pay for my physical and drug test. This was the last straw. I got in my truck and bobtailed down the road to the Landstar Terminal. Cypress Truck Lines is a joke.

They gave me a 1992 freight shaker.. and its in the shop at least one day out of every two weeks.

Well lets see, my Cypress truck is a 1992... #### breaks on it all the time, but its never nothing major.... New breaks and tires... like all of there trucks. I go through a safety lane every single time I enter and exit a terminal. When it goes in the shop, its usually out in a few hours. They never once question when I put it in a shop, they just fix it.

But in trade for not having a impressive truck.. I am home every single weekend.. my dispatcher is awesome..they don't bother me at all. I make my runs and never hear a thing from them. I can even work weekends if I want to pick up some extra miles. My average run is about 500 miles.. and most of my loads are tarped. Once you get the hand of it, tarps are a joke. I get about 2000-2300 miles a week, and considering the shape of the economy I am not complaining.

People like to piss and moan about Cypress... but in all reality they are not the worst company to work for. Although I don't plan on staying with them for ever... I am not going to run away because of an ugly truck.

Just tell anyone who tells you to drive a truck that is unsafe that its against the law to tell you those things and that you will pull that truck into a DOT scale and tell them my company just told me I must drive this truck that I feel is unsafe. Trust me after the Manager spends a year in jail with 1000s of dollars in fines he will never do that again...

I'm truly sorry you had a "bad" experience with Cypress Truck Lines. For me, it was one great company to work for. I was not a "number". I had a name. Not only did they have one heck of a saftey officer (Lon), folks working in dispatch, and the OWNER of the company, I did my job as they wanted me to and was rewarded for it. If I needed time off, they gave it to me. No questions asked. And when my wife broke her leg, they sent me back as soon as I found about it.

I had the best truck in the fleet. 49011. I took care of it even if it did not belong to be. When it rolled into the Jacksonvill yard, it showed. That WAS my Pete. Being a flatbed driver is hard. It takes a special person to be one. The heat and the cold. Flatbed drivers are the best! You got to have in you to become one. If one is lazy, go to vans. But if you want to keep rolling without down time (i.e., loading and unloading) flatbeds are great. I never waited for either.

By best guess you either did not care, or was just looking for a paycheck without doing your job. Cypress is a great company. Got my son to join them. I can only say you did not have it in you to work for Cypress. They treated me well. With that, going to give you my full name: Lloyd .

Thank you Cypress for allowing me to work with you!!!!

Cypress is one of the few that hire in my area. What is their idle policy? Also, do they have a rider policy? Do they allow TV's, refrigerators, and home items?

KH

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I've been thinking of them more and more. I think I'll be looking into "Sage" in Ft. Pierce, then maybe trying to get on with "Cypress". Just kicking around some ideas....

Apparently you have a reading comprehension issue. I read the original post and nothing in it implys the poster was whining about hard work. Its a SAFETY issue. You remember that concept??

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