dont ever drive for MCLEOD EXPRESS

I used to work there in the frameless dump division and it was OK at best but from everything I've seen there the dry van side is a nightmare. I talked to one guy there who had to sit for 2 days without pay just waiting to get a comcheck for a lumper, then one guy said they tried to make him drive illegal after they refused to give his very late preplan to another driver who had the hours to run it and told him he "wasn't allowed to go home".

 

Their drivers are useless! I worked for a local company shuttling trailers back and forth and McLeod hauled Wal-Mart trailers into our facility. Idiots would always bust landing gear, drop trailers way too high, would take 5 minutes to straight line drop a trailer, etc. Was so glad when they were dropped from the account...

 

they have new people running the company and they keep claiming it has gotten better. i bet u cant find 5 drivers who agree with that... as far as i can tell nothing has changed besides it getting worse for the drivers and they are losing more drivers now then they have in the past.. i think best thing for that company is a for sale sign in the front yard.. take care all.. from the warm south

 

Hello,was wanting to know the millage people been getting with Mcleod and is it pretty bad out fit was sopose to leave in couple weeks for orentation idk maybe I should rethink my options thanks..

 

There all the same none perfect!!
Always Goin to be a flaw,in Every company,also to dtp when setting up to do a straight line back you should know driving a yard jockey truck,or a day cab for that matter it's totally different! ! THAN IN A SLEEPER TRUCK! 5 min ant bad

 

......without drivers they don't have job , so if it's getting worse for the driving force , it's just a matter of time before there's no one there to get the load there for em

 

I drove for McLeod for 21 months. (March 2013 to December 2014) There is some degree of exaggeration on here as to how bad they are. Mileage is good. I only had five or six weeks out of the total time I was there that I did not make the guarantee. However:

* They like to cut home time short, especially if you're OTR. I once overheard two dispatchers who are no longer with the company joke about how short they could get away with cutting driver home time before someone filed a human resources complaint. One time my "weekend" was a mere 17 hours. I made them cancel my "scheduled weekend to work" which was the next week, and when they resisted, I threatened to quit.
* However, if you wind up getting kept out several weeks (happened to me once when I was voluntarily on Walmart runs out of Spring Valley, IL) you can usually get some extra home time.
* If you're running late through no fault of your own, they will not call a customer to reschedule. They are seriously afraid to call a customer.
* Read carefully the delivery times of any load you accept or refuse. Dispatchers will try to run you annoyingly tight. You can refuse something that's not possible. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They cannot write you up or hold it against your guarantee pay. Safety has backed me up on this.
* Try to get on the Walmart runs whenever possible. They pay pretty well, and you can pretty much set your own home time if you're working out of a terminal close to home. Also very easy.

 

17 hour weekends? Wow. I always get the whole weekend off plus a good part of Friday too but I work in the coal and ash division out of Springfield.

 

They're not as terrible as most companies, but be prepared to fight tooth and nail for your home time if you want it. Some (not all) of their dispatchers will cut you to the bone on home time if you let them.