Considering US Xpress. I have Questions.

Anyone care to answer some, or any of these? I'd appreciate it. I have about 19 months experience between Schneider & PTL. I do solo OTR dry van, and am willing to cover the whole country, although Northeast is my least favorite area so far. I do like how PTL gives you the option to opt out of Northeast, if you like. I'm used to staying out at least 4 weeks/home 4 days off. I'm just about always on time (unless its out of my control, breakdowns, ect) and prefer to drive 400-680miles everyday, or using my whole 70 before having to sit alot, if they can keep me running like that. So here goes a bunch of questions..


Estimate of what an experienced driver's pay would start out at?
Average miles per week?
What is the age range of the trucks? What year are the oldest?
Do they have APU's.. all, some, or none?
Are pretty roomy? I'm 6'2" and have quite of bit of stuff I like to bring along
What speed are they governed at?
Can I drive all 48 states, or just eastern half? (I live in Georgia)
Is there a quarterly bonus program? Details? How about raises?
Do trucks have EZ pass/Pre Pass? And are there a lot of toll roads you have to avoid?
What is breakdown/layover and detention pay? Are they good about actually paying the detention?
Rider/pet policy?
Do you sit a lot on weekends, waiting for receiver's to open on Mon?
How many trucks does US Xpress have? Big company?
How are the Terminals? And how many are there?

That's about all I can think of at the moment. May have to come back later with a few more. I prefer answers from drivers, over recruiters ya know. Thanks in advance if you answer any of that.

 

I agree. And probably will, but just in case I get totally fed up with PTL in the next few months, I thought I should have a backup plan. Also, I found a company called Climate Express that sounds very nice, and not full of b.s. But they require 2 yrs. so I'm waiting to possibly give them a shot.

 

That's sounds great for me, I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip!

 

I'm familiar with them. A friend who started at Schneider with me, went there next. Sounded really good, except they do mostly heavy loads, a lot of Northeast, and there's cameras in the side view mirror always recording, that are supposedly only accessed if you get into an accident, but kinda creepy sounding to me. I haven't ruled them out completely, but I hope to find better. Thanks though.

 

Actually, I was terminated at Schneider for 3 very minor preventables in my 8 months there. Sounds worse than it was, but of course understood them firing me. It was a rough start to the industry, but I learned a lot. They actually put on my DAC that I quit, which was nice. But they had to let me go, I was warned after the 2nd. After that, my choices were limited of course. Filled out about 40 applications, and it came down to Swift, Big M Express, Superservice, or PTL. I liked that PTL had APU's and the Northeast optional + 70% of business is outta TX, and a lotta runs to GA. I love TX and I live in GA.

After researching other companies in these forums, PTL really isn't as bad as their reputation is, but I believe I can do better. Btw no accidents or tickets, since being here. I'm more careful, and feel a lot more safe in my 2012 Prostar, it just drives and handles so much better than those p.o.s. Columbia's I drove at Schneider. Schneider was like my trucking bootcamp learning experience