Gilster Mary-Lee

A couple of years ago I drove for gilster. My truck was old 3rd rebuild (they do all the new drives that way). But I never had a paycheck less than 1000, good insurance, never sat for a load except the last. The are a food manufacturer so the need the trucks back to the their DC in in Southeast Missouri. I drove back from Canada empty because no back haul available. I was home every weekend unless I asked for a weekend load as well as at least once through the week. I wish I could go back.

 

Oh yah they exists. But I had a bad winter with them.

 

At that time they also reimbursed your cell phone cost

 

In 2008 I was driving a 98 and I believe it was a truck ordered with no engine or transmission and put one in out of a wrecked truck. It would only register 999,999 on the odometer. I figured it rolled over a couple of times. I know right before I left they rebuilt the engine again. It was also scheduled to be come a local only in a few months. But there are people who have been there a long time that had brand new trucks. For all I know they dropped that engine and transmission in a new truck. 559 was no longer her services able.

 

They pay by the hub so even the time I got turned around on I-69/96 in Michigan (where they split) on my way to Canada I got paid for 200 extra miles

 

I haven't seen many FLD's still out except locals. But that was what I wrecked. It only had 2 or 3 drives before me I was told and it was ten years old. Interior was acceptable. I bright my own mattress as I did at every company. I only had enough downtime to sleep so I never worried about much else and was home for my 34 each week. They do have some of the best driver retention in the industry. They do take newbies between March and October so there is a change a truck we b t trough a couple rookies. And senority get you a newer truck.