Evans Transportation ( Trucking )

Thanks for saving me from making another mistake!! Why is it so #### hard to find a company that's on the level?!?!!

 

I worked there for just over 2 months , wrote the truck up everyday . They had me bring it to the shop every 2 weeks , then when I picked it up thinking it should be repaired , they always said we inspected your truck & have to order parts . After the 3rd time telling me this, I wondered where all these "ordered" parts were going ?? Well took the truck to Texas ,then Arkansas , in Little Rock in a construction zone on by-pass 540 just off 40 a pick-up jumped out in-front of me , trailer empty & riding on fresh laid blacktop , 80+ degrees , I T-boned the pick-up truck . I called the insurance company & tried calling Jodie numerous times ( not there ) was what I kept hearing . Finally the next day about mid-morning Tim Evans called me ( so much for concern ) . They kept me running for the next week , sent the truck to a Tire store & a TA truckstop instead of a qualified repair shop . From Arkansas they sent me to Pa. , then to get a load that would take me to the yard in Butler , Indiana - after 30 minutes heading to the shipper , they called & said go somewhere else instead , a load going up by Buffalo, NY - then back to Pa. to get a load to Chicago . On the way to Chicago I took the truck to Butler , tried more than a few times to call "emergency week-end dispatch " , finally reached a answering service on his phone & left this message ( Your truck is in Butler & I fired myself , goodbye ! This was on a Sunday . Jim Evans called me at home later Sunday night & proceeded to chew my ### out for not delivering the load then coming to the yard , he sounded like a 6 year old ranting away ! He never even knew his truck & I were in an accident ! So much for internal communications . I did get all my pay from them , except for the last load , but that was ok because it was less than I thought they would try & keep .
As for fuel , never had a problem , if I thought I needed more than their $400 card allotment - all you have to do is call your DM & they put it on your card no questions asked !!
I would never recommend this company to anyone , because in my opinion their lease program is a joke . Leasing a truck with over a million miles on it is asking for trouble !
THAT'S ALL FOLK'S !!!!!

 

What are the payments like on a truck with over a million miles on it? Is it like 4 months at 600 a week?

 

I like to say , it is $200 or $400/week . I ran in to a couple in Gary , Indiana that leased a truck , I was rescuing their load(as they say) going to Rockford . They were broke , no money & were ashamed to even ask if I had any more coffee . I went in & bought them 2 Large coffee's , asked if they needed anything else , they said thank you , but the coffee's were enough . When I brought back the trailer to them & re-hooked mine , they were still waiting to hear from the company . After I returned to the terminal , I asked what happened to them . Safety said they "failed" on their payments & lost the truck .

 

That has to be the worst