Phenix Trans West Shut Down?

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  1. b.hubsher

    b.hubsher Bobtail Member

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    Has anyone heard any information about Phenix Transportation West out of Forest, MS being shut down by either MSDOT or FMSCA? The owner is Ricky Wilkerson, and the company was pretty bad about pushing drivers to go beyond their driving hours.
     
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  3. ShortBusKid

    ShortBusKid Heavy Load Member

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    If they did it's not on SAFER yet. Shows a compliance review on 9-18-2013 but authority is still active with no out of service info.
     
  4. b.hubsher

    b.hubsher Bobtail Member

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    I dont know this SAFER site. Got a link?
     
  5. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    google fmsca/snapshot.Once you get on that site click on snap shot then either type in the companies name or their dot number and there you'll find all the dirt on them.
     
  6. fr8te_sh8ker

    fr8te_sh8ker Medium Load Member

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    fr8te_sh8ker Medium Load Member

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    Their BASIC has 26 violations in 2013 alone, with 150 drivers that had to get them in trouble.

    Who do they hire? Maybe they hired Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed to run that Mississippi moonshine.
     
  8. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Actually from what ive heard,Mr.Reed has never drove a trk,didn't know anything about trking and was short.I really enjoy his music.
     
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  9. fr8te_sh8ker

    fr8te_sh8ker Medium Load Member

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    lol but that IS a great movie. Love love love his music... and he was a cutie back in the day.
     
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  10. Stars Shine

    Stars Shine Bobtail Member

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    I have a friend that drives for Phenix, I will ask him....Hmmmm
     
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  11. b.hubsher

    b.hubsher Bobtail Member

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    They woulda hired them as long as they were as into fiction as they were driving. Phenix pushes drivers hard to drive without regard to DOT HOS regs.......one woman drove from TX, to MS, expecting to relay her load, but was told to take it on to Orlando for an unreasonable delivery time the next morning. As regional drivers, we were supposed to be home weekends, but they kept jerking us around like puppets, and pushing us to keep wheels rolling, getting the load to delivery on time "however we could", until we finally said enough. After a chat I had with FSCMA I have been waiting for the hammer to drop on the company, and had heard that it had happened within the last two weeks, and was just wondering if anyone knew whether it had or not. The man has a fleet of new Volvos and reefers and keeps adding to the fleet....kind of makes you wonder if there is more than just lettuce in that box but thats another muse, entirely.
     
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