Tanker - Houston

They were editing the O/O side. A&R added a note in blue and gold, 16 point font that says "Thanks for your efforts, Chinatown. We will take it from here."

 

@Chinatown
I hope you understood I was only teasing you. I appreciate the information you give regarding the various companies. Some I've never heard of, some I've never thought about until you mention them. Folks may not end up going where you suggest, but you certainly provide a solid foundation for folks to look at and begin their discovery phase.

 

I, personally, don't know much about Evergreen but I am familiar with them. I can tell you this, though. Almost 10 years ago, my dad left Evergreen as a multi-year driver for them and came to the company I am with. It didn't take long for him to convince several of his fellow Evergreen friends to join him. I joined our current company almost 9 years ago and soon became friends with most of the drivers my dad encouraged to come over.

Why do I mention that? All of them (5-10 drivers) still speak highly of Evergreen, to this day. The reason they all left was because Evergreen was going through some "issues" and came very near closing the doors. My dad and his friends decided to leave on their own terms instead of being forced out. Evergreen never completely closed, but they rebounded quite well. Many of my former Evergreen driver-friends still call the head of the company (Ronnie K) from time to time just to speak to him for a few minutes. They don't want to give up their seniority and benefits where we are currently employed, but have said several times, if our company ever closes the doors, they will go back to Evergreen.

I was not aware of their driving school and those former drivers have not mentioned it either. Makes me think that is a relatively new program.

You are correct in their running area, at least that is the way it was 9-10 years ago...Southeast and Texas. They have dry bulk pneumatic tanks pulling sand, cement etc with day cabs locally and have some shiney pneumatic tanks pulling plastic pellets out of the Pensacola area to a couple of places in the mid-Atlantic states. Back then, everyone was paid on percentage and it wouldn't surprise me if they still are.

One of my friends was at Evergreen 13 years and speaks HIGHLY of Mr. Poole.

As I said, I don't know anything about them from a 1st-person point-of-view, but I know a little about them from hearsay.