Lessors Inc,out of Eagan Minnesota..
They are a smaller company,with about 200 trucks,and 5 or 6 dispatchers.They have good equipment that is well maintained.
They run Cascadias,older Columbias with tri packs and EZ Pass.They pull newer 53 foot reefers.
They just don't have miles.The benefits suck too.I'll touch on that later..
I ran mostly from the yard in Mn to points east.A lot of times you go to Front Royal Va,where you will often sit for 2 days waiting for a re-load.
They also run the hell out of the east coast too.So if you like Philly and Queens,grocery warehouses, I-95,then you'll love these guys. It never bothered me much.Miles are miles.
They were good for a while but then went completely downhill after they bought a company in Florida.Since then,miles went way down,to 1,700 -1,300 mile weeks,sometimes not even that.
The benefits are a scam ,and what they are doing is probably illegal.They wont tell you until you get to orientation,but you have to run 10,000 miles a month to be eligible for benefits.Seems easy enough,but not if your sitting for days waiting on a load.So,after not reaching 10,000 miles for 3 months in a row,you will get a letter sent to your house,telling you that since you didn't make the quota,you lost all benefits,vacation pay,and are not eligible for a raise.Of the all the time I drove there,most months I didn't make the quota.
Don't look for a dime in detention pay either, because you won't get it,regardless how long you sit on a dock.They don't pay it..Layover pay will become a staple of your income, but first you have to sit a day before they ok you for 50.00 bucks ..
Hometime isn't bad if you can afford to take it.They give you about a day for 5 days out,and are usually pretty good at getting you home.
Dispatch is freindly and mostly laid back.Payroll is accurate.
They let you log however you want,and when they have miles,they never say anything about running as long as you want.They ask that you log a fuel stop the SAME DAY you fuel.That's about as strict as they are in safety/logs.
All in all,it wouldn't be a bad company if they could at least keep you moving.But when you take everything into consideration,low miles,no benefits,no detention, no possibility of a raise,the constant layovers, etc.It don't add up.You just get LESS AT LESSORS.
I can't recommend them,especially if you need health insurance for your family and hope to pay your bills with some regularity...Too dicey there..
Less with Lessors
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by Harry Boland, Nov 13, 2008.
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Duddie,I got your P.M.
Yes,Brian,one of the 2 recruiters at Lessors will run your DAC.
Going by some of the derelicts I saw staggering around the yard there,they don't seem very discriminating.Not as bad as some companies I drove at where the only requirments seemed to be that you have a pulse..
I can't stress it enough..YOU WILL NOT MAKE MONEY AT LESSORS.
If your looking for a N.E. Company,you might think about A.Duie.Pyle.-I think they're OK..Last edited: Nov 13, 2008
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Lessors SUCKS! I mean to tell you do NOT get on with that company! I used to work for V.K. Putman out of Belgrade, MT., I loved them...Lessors bought them out and destroyed it in no time. I quit them within about 2 weeks after being bought out. Lessors sucks...it is ALL about them and, as far as they are concerned, you can piss off. I mean it...you have been warned. Be VERY wary of Lessors!
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Have you complained to OOIDA about Them? It may help you.
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drvrtech77 Thanks this.
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OOps,im new on here,somehow i pulled this guys post,sorry.I drove for Lessors back in 2000 and they were a pretty good company back then.Great trucks,miles.Ok pay.i drove out of the Va beach Hub.Things probaly have changed since i was there from some of the post i've read on hear.Shame they went down hill.
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Lessors bought out a company I worked for for many years called VK Putman. I could only stand about 2 weeks with them and was gone. They were a ROYAL pain in the ###!
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I have a friend who works for Logistics Services just down the road from Lessors and he thought Lessors had gone out of business because there was never any movement out of the Eagan terminal (and this was 9 mos. ago when things were still ok, volume- wise). I'm sure they're still doing fine because the bad ones never seem to go out of business.
In my limited dealings with Lessors, I have found them to be dishonest and disorganized. When I first started trucking, one of my mentors was a former Lessors driver, and he hated the company and despised the owner, too.
There are a lot of good carriers based out of up here, but Lessors is an exception.
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