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Freymiller reviews

3.3
(26)
$600 - $3,808/week

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Former Employee - Jan 15, 2024

To be clear, I am the type that doesn't take home time and runs year round. If you are a solar powered driver or like to take a lot of 34s. It's a good company. That said, they do not keep me anywhere near as busy as I would like to be. I have had it out with my dispatcher multiple times about making me sit on loads and all I get is "it's not up to me it's the planner". I will get a load that is 1300-1500 miles and then they give me four days to deliver without fail. 9/10 I'm either there or really close on day 2 and have to sit on it. Then after delivery it is rare to get a reload same day. So tired of it. With how long I'm out here and willing to run there is no reason I shouldn't be clearing 3000 miles a week easy. Also if you join here DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO AVOID THE TERMINAL. Everytime you go in the terminal you have to go through the inspection bay and they do not care if you and only drop & hook & gone. They will find a reason to red tag you. Then you are stuck at minimum 24 hrs. If you're unlucky 48. Shop is slow slow. Additionally they do have a pet policy. It isn't terrible for dogs. 50 lbs max $750 deposit taken from checks in increments, refundable if no damages. YOU DO HAVE TO PAY EACH TIME YOU CHANGE TRUCKS. the cat policy on the other hand is garbage beyond belief. $1000 NOT REFUNDABLE regardless of damages! And again you have to pay every truck change.

Pros

Good equipment (mostly) Average pay (50 cpm) Easy home time (if you want it)

Cons

They can't keep someone who actually wants to work rolling Cat policy is garbage. Maintenance is slow and inspection crew are a pain

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Response from Freymiller

Thank you for your feedback. We believe every member of our team should feel like part of the family, and we appreciate comments like yours as we work to identify areas of growth. Please contact us at reputation@freymiller.com if you have any additional comments.

Current Employee - Dec 31, 2023

Not very happy here. I was told I would get .50cpm. Then my DM for the run I am on said I would get an additional. 04cpm, but for now only .03cpm until I have been here 3 months. As you can see you do not actually get .53cpm. They split it up so they don't have to pay their company drivers empty miles. You do. What a scam. I have NEVER seen such a thing. Sure maybe a few cents less on the empty or deadhead move..... not this. They are making a killing off of their company drivers.

Pros

Home time good.

Cons

Not .50cpm

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Current Employee - Sep 3, 2023

So after reading these negative reviews I've felt the need to write one myself which I never do... Freymiller DOES have the freight to keep you rolling...95% of my loads are long runs... typically 1k miles plus... I'm on the LP side so if you want to succeed from what I've learned if you drive truck like your a company driver not paying for fuel etc your not going to make it... yes you can run 73 but your about to be paying out the butt for fuel and let me tell you that can make or break you... ask questions and your sure to find your answer and in my experience if they don't have an answer they will find someone who can answer your questions... keep your left door shut... pay attention to all the finer details and you will make money... and one last point they give you every reason you may not want to go LP upfront... but if you do just know if you ruin it like it's your own business you will be successful and have a great team behind you... shout out to Mrs Marla... great FM

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Response from Freymiller

We appreciate your kind words! Thanks for taking the time to share your Freymiller experience with us and the community.

Former Employee - May 10, 2023

STAY AWAY AT ALL COST. They have a great sales pitch to get you in. After that, one lie after another. I've worked in the operation side of the industry as well as mechanic and warehouse. Been driving for 18 years, owned my own truck. They say they have success stories, maybe they do, maybe the LP went and got financing elsewhere..all I know is that 2200 isn't enough to cover truck expenses and take home decent pay. You pay for reefer fuel, that's company equipment used to haul their loads, why pay for fuel on equipment ya don't lease or own ? One load a week , if you're lucky. They blame everything on either drivers, shippers or receivers. In 4 months they said I made over 45k...but take home was only 7k( paperwork to prove it). They say get hold of operation manager or vp if having issues... Doesn't work, they have a line of excuses that could choke a mule. (If you can even get hold of them). As I said, they blame everything on drivers, shippers and planners. There is a major air of laziness in the company.

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Everything

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Response from Freymiller

We are not sure why the reviewer says we lie, Freymiller has a solid reputation for being honest. Technically the driver is correct, he pays for reefer fuel, but what the reviewer failed to mention was Freymiller has a Reefer Fuel Rebate to reimburse the driver for reefer fuel. Freymiller has the miles, should an Independent Contractor want to run them. However, a lot depends on the driver. Do they deliver their loads on time, are they available for dispatch, how much home time do they take, etc. all go into how many miles the drivers get. Freymiller does not blame everything on the driver. If you or anyone you know attends a driver Orientation with Freymiller, our owner tells each class “We are not perfect, we make mistakes. But we would do everything within our power to make things right if we did something wrong.” He will also say, if you are not getting satisfaction from any member of my staff, come knock on my door and I will look into it personally. So, all we can say, if this driver didn’t feel he was getting satisfaction from a VP or the operations manager, they did have options to go higher up. Only taking home 7K out of the 45K the reviewer earned. We see this sometimes when a driver has child support deductions, garnishments, advancing money against their settlements, etc. With Freymiller’s deductions for lease purchases, owners can easily meet the deductions and bring home money to support their families. What we tell everyone is when Lease Purchasing you are going to bring home the same amount as a company driver (depending on how hard you run) until your truck is paid off. You are investing in your business during the leasing period. Freymiller is not a lazy carrier, if we were we would not have been in business for over 50 years. We hope the reviewer finds what they are searching for. At Freymiller we wish all drivers success whether it be with our company or another carrier.

Current Employee - May 5, 2023

I’ve been with Freymiller for over a year now and have a dedicated run between Tulsa and Illinois three trips a week without fail. I am home Saturday afternoon and Sunday and leave Monday. The pay is fair we could always use more but my DM is a great human and great at her job and her name is Melanie and if you’re lucky enough to have her as a DM she really does work with you to get you home. Get you loads. Whatever you need she is a very supportive person even if you’re struggling, she’ll talk to you for a little while, they really are there for all your needs getting your truck serviced is always inconvenient. My case is if I turn some thing in on Saturday when I get back I miss my first load the next week because it doesn’t get serviced in time that’s my only complaint.

Pros

Great, DM’s , great equipment, great people. Money on time. Home time

Cons

Maitinence not running full shifts on weekends , I’m affected because I return Saturday evening if I write my truck up I don’t get it back until Tuesday and I miss my first trip

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Response from Freymiller

Thank you for the kind words. We love it when we hear how much Freymiller drivers love working for our company. You are right Melanie is an awesome driver manager. Sorry about truck being serviced timely, we are looking to add mechanics to our shop staff to help get the trucks serviced faster. We are so honored you have chosen to make Freymiller your carrier home. It is drivers like you who make Freymiller the great company we are.

Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oklahoma City, OK on Dec 31, 2023

$600 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oklahoma City, OK on Sep 3, 2023

$1,500 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oklahoma City, OK on May 5, 2023

$1,058 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oklahoma City, OK on Jan 26, 2023

$962 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in on Nov 24, 2022

$1,923 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Discussions

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bamamac

Jul 4, 2016

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Pay on the company side is low but they will keep you moving to make up for it. I never feel below 3k miles a week unless i went home or truck was in the shop. The started at.39 cpm when i was there. They have a pretty good lease program but you have to drive company with them for 6 months and catch Don in his office to discuss that. They treat you like a professional and if you do a good job for them then they will bend over backwards to do you right. Trucks ate pretty much all pete 579's with a few 386's still there and they have kW"s for teams. And when i left they had gotten 10 freight shakers as an experiment, doubt they will last long but they are nice as well, they are all cascadia evolutions and all trucks are o/o spec'd with apu's and the shop sells fridges for them deducted weekly and for the trucks that don't have inverters, they will install one up to 1500 watts if you buy it.. all in all they are a great company, especially if you hate the n.e. and love the west coast

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bamamac

Jul 4, 2016

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Been with them for 10 mo. Still here for now. It's been up and down for me. +nice equipment, + treat u like an adult. +if u give them the day you need to be home u will be there (okc for me. No idea if it works for others who take time off in other parts of the country.) No matter how inefficient they are at it. And by this i mean if you're 200 miles from home you could sit for 2 days until they give up and have u deadhead home. But u will be home when u asked to be. Nevermind the 2 or 3 days u give up for free to get there. 

My biggest peeve is detention a lot of these shippers and recievers are chronic detainers. It's out of control. It's not exclusive to freymiller but I think the only way to get this problem under control is for it to cost the shippers and recievers money. As it is now there is no recoarse for these clowns. They can keep a driver and equipment tied up for hours for free. How many millions of dollars of driver and equipment hours are lost to this each year? If it affected their bottom line the way it does drivers it would cease to be a problem. Now if reputable companies like freymiller keep bringing them freight on time in spite of chronic detention it will never change. There are some great shippers and recievers that treat our time as valuable and that is awesome it's a real treat to go to those places. The answer so far has been to punish and regulate drivers into poverty. We are skilled valuable human beings that tolerate crazy amounts of bs from government regs to company policies and stupid traffic deal with maddening delays for absolutely no reason other than "we can now leave".

 


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bamamac

Jul 4, 2016

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 I drove for them for 2 years. Never,not 1 time ever, did they get me home on the day I requested. I'm from Western NC. The miles are low, the unpaid detention is very high. It's not unusual to sit at a dock for 5-7 hours. I made EVERY appointment on time, unless it was out of my control. I tried my best to get good miles. Nope. I went all the way up the ladder, and used the open door policy,and spoke to David Freymiller himself about the crappy miles.

I drove a Pete 386. It was the SLOWEST truck pulling a mountain. In my opinion, you can do a lot better than Freymiller.

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Solarpower818

Jan 24, 2016

Freymiller

Hey everyone, I thought I'd start a thread and just talk about my experience with Freymiller. I didn't post anything when I was working there, because I was always busy and always had more important things to take care of. But I'm home right now, taking some time off, and didn't see any recently updated threads about them.

Just want to say first off, that everyone's experience with a company is different, so keep that in mind. There are a lot of variables involved.

I went to orientation in Sept. '14 and quit in Nov. '15 because I was so burnt out. I had a lot going on in my personal life while I was there there(divorce, health problems, moving, etc.), plus they ran me really hard, so although in my 5 1/2 years trucking, this was my favorite company, I had to quit so I could rest up and get some personal stuff straightened out, and then see about whether to go local or return to Freymiller.

I always do a lot of research before I apply to a company, and Freymiller looked good, but the main reason I went with them in the end was because they were one of the few that would allow my 85lb dog. But some other things that attracted me to them were the equipment, the APU's and refrigerators, the pay, the insurance, and then the fact that I couldn't find many people with anything bad to say about them.

With about 4 years' prior experience, they started me out at .39/mile, which I know some will say is low, but I consider it to be pretty decent for an OTR company. They processed my application really quickly, and flew me out to orientation in OKC on the date of my choice. When there was a problem with my flight and it almost got cancelled, my recruiter stayed in touch with me, and helped work out the details of how to get to my hotel since the shuttle wouldn't be running by the time I got there. They ended up reimbursing me for a taxi. The hotel was the Extended Stay America, which was a decent hotel. Not top notch, but clean, safe, and the rooms have a full kitchenette. They send a shuttle to get you in the morning, and it brings you back in the evening. The driver is really nice, and might make a quick stop on the way, if you need something. He will also take you to Walmart if you need to get a few things.

Orientation was three days. Typical orientation, so I won't go into details. I will say that the physical shouldn't be a problem for you if you're healthy. However, I am a small female, and I had a little trouble lifting the weights above my head, and with the push/pull test. In fact, I think it was on the push test, I couldn't get up to the desired amount of force, no matter how hard I tried. I just didn't have enough weight to put into it. Finally they asked me how much I weighed, and then called someone at Freymiller and told them that my weight was not much more than the amount of force they expect, and they passed me. So all this to say, they are not looking to fail you for any little thing, and they are very nice people. Also, I had experience and a clean record, so they knew I was capable of doing the job.

At the end of the third day they assign you your truck. We were not given a choice on color. They have red, yellow, white, black, blue, and purple trucks. Most of us did not get the color we wanted. After you get your truck, you inspect it and fill out an inspection sheet to note any damage or repairs needed. Then the fun part. They claimed that our trucks had been detailed, but this was not true. Mine wasn't too bad, but I know that at least a couple of other drivers got really nasty trucks. The common factor among all was that they had been smoked in, a lot, and not by clean smokers. I helped one driver clean his truck after mine was done, and we scrubbed and scrubbed, every inch of that truck. So I would say expect that you will have to do this, if you want a clean truck.

I was put in a 2012 Peterbilt 386. Most of their trucks are 386's. Mine was in decent shape. I had to write up a few things, and they fixed those, and also gave me all brand new tires, which was awesome, especially in mid-September with winter approaching. After my truck was ready to roll, my first load was a relay from the yard going to Maryland, to get me home to Virginia to pick up my things and get my dog. When I got home, they let me take a couple days off, even though I hadn't even been driving for them for a week yet.

From an old facebook post at the time, I can tell you what my first few loads were like, although I didn't record dates. However, it looks like I got home on September 17th, and my post which I will copy below was on October 6.

["Oklahoma City, OK to Upper Marlboro, MD - 1,361 paid miles

home for a few days

Harrisonburg, VA to Pauls Valley, OK - 1,235 paid miles

OKC yard for repairs

Elk City, OK to Keasbey, NJ - 1,559 paid miles

East Rutherford, NJ to Houston, TX - 1,628 paid miles

Waco, TX to Pleasanton, CA - 1,787 paid miles"]

That adds up to 7,570 paid miles in less than three weeks. If you take away 2 or 3 days at home, and probably 1 or 2 days for repairs, I'd say that's pretty good.

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Sti400

Dec 24, 2015

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Hi ive been in this forum since july of this year. I went to school and got my cdl and i decided to come work for freymiller. I spent 7 weeks with a trainer and i just upgraded to my new truck got my first load 1400 miles. Everything has gone well so far with this company, i hope to learn more as time goes by if any one has any questions about freymiller i will be glad to answer them.