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TransAm reviews

1.6
(42)
$300 - $1,923/week

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$300 $891 $1,923
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Former Employee - Feb 27, 2024

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY. Miles compared to pay is not worth. Lease was almost up, called me Monday after doing a load to tell me I was terminated. They didn’t get me a rental car or a bus ticket.

Pros

Absolutely no pros

Cons

Horrible company and dispatch

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Former Employee - Feb 16, 2024

FMCSA has a task force for trucking leasing co. If you have been scammed by this co, as we all were, contact https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2023-0143document. They want to crack down on companies doing this and the hardship they have caused us drivers.!

Pros

None . Trans-Scam

Cons

Contacts FMCSA truck leasing task force

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Current Employee - Jan 24, 2024

They DONT know a thing about trucking it's All automated, if they error info on load &they do ALOT they still call you every 25 min. about it. I drove 2500++ miles for a $317. Paychk, then about 3000 miles and got $355. and they try to JUSTIFY IT! And the IC DRIVER support kid knows everything about his contract BUT is a complete idiot about any part and every real part of trucking. But he will try to convince you he has drivers bringing home a whole $900 a week with enough miles THAT IS A COMPLETE LIE! And EVERYTHING ORIENTATION TELLS YOU IS A LIE! Take heed, it may seem like a job and it is if you want to drive for .10 cents a mile and when you ask, you get the run around and then told try harder! EXCUSE ME I SHOULD HAVE $1800 EASY in my pocket each week not $300!!!! One more thing, they wait until 530 on a Friday before they give you the contract until you have all the time in the world. You need to sign it but you don't have a motel room and you're probably not from this town and you're not getting in the truck until you do that's how they get everybody to sign the contract. !!!

Pros

Teaches us honest hard working folk what greed and idiots look like.

Cons

Too many to list.

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Former Employee - Dec 19, 2023

Don't make rookie mistakes, I did and was given a load from new jersey to Missouri then told to come to depot in kansas fired on the spot..asked how was i to get home to nj, was toldthats my problem...my life was in that truck 2 uber trips to a hotel after told I had 2 hours to clean it out would not even give me my paycheck...totally unprofessional and inhumane...it's ok though KARMA!!!

Pros

None that I can think of...

Cons

Read for yourself up above

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Former Employee - Dec 16, 2023

I worked here 6 months and did a 6 month lease they called me in 4 days before lease was up and ended contrat so they didnt have to pay my bonus for the 70000 i drove for them dispatch is trash i had 5 or 6 week i didnt make nothing working 70 hours a week they will give you enough miles to lay truck payment and what ypu owe them then they dont care and paychecks always shorted somehow also they are a complete scam still trying to get last 3 checks

Pros

There are no pros there is nothing good here if its for the experience do ur six months and get out and dont count on much money either

Cons

Everything literally

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Salary Surveys

Owner Operator - 3 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Olathe, KS on Oct 24, 2023

$673 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 2 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Olathe, KS on Jul 7, 2023

$300 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Owner Operator - 1-5 Months CDL Experience

Surveyed in Tampa, FL on Apr 18, 2023

$1,200 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 1-5 Months CDL Experience

Surveyed in San Antonio, Texas on Jan 21, 2023

$692 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 2 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Olathe, KS on Nov 10, 2022

$577 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Discussions

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Army91W

Aug 7, 2016

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

I am a former TA driver also truck 29012 from May 2014 to June 2015. I enjoyed my time with TA. Keep in mind its an apprenticeship of sorts. You will make a paycheck as opposed to 98 percent of the lease drivers. You will want to move on after 6-12 months. You will do many swaps that may cut into your miles and sometimes you may benefit from the swaps. As a company driver, you will need to do what they need you to do. Its ok. Remember its a foot in the door into the industry. An apprenticeship! To me, trucking has been a godsend, a salvation and a deliverance of sorts. I love what I do. The traveling, interacting with shippers/receivers, even sleeping in the truck. The TA trucks are nicely spec'd! When I was there we could only run 62, but then at a Raleigh NC KW dealer, they turned mine up to 65. 

The reason TA swaps so much is to a) Insure on time delivery and b) to help you get your hometime ontime. They were pretty good at it. 

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Wooly Rhino

Aug 5, 2016

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Satellite radio (you have to pay for that yourself, but I can handle that), Satellite tv with HBO and NFL Sunday Ticket and a DVR, refrigerator, cb and an inverter. 96" condo cab that a guy 6'4" can stand all the way up in and to top it all off it's a KW. Pay sucks as all your second tier companies do but I'll be very comfortable while I rack up the time and miles it'll take to be hired by a top tier, well paying company.

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Big Don

Aug 11, 2016

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Do learn that manual!! Know it backwards and forwards. Only way to know if their screwing you or not. Training can be spotty, and that manual can truly help you out.I did my 1st comcheck, right out of the book.

Make sure you know how to get into the employee system to check pay. Remember, they are only required to keep a copy of your logs for 6 months. Ask how you can get a download of it. You'll need it for tax purposes.

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Ex-Con-Trucker

Aug 15, 2016

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

spent all my years as a company driver with transam. Transam is designed to keep their fleet at 70% lease drivers and 30% company drivers.
Company drivers do a lot of swaps (repower load). When you get a swap it probably won't be because load is on time. In order to make sure you don't get blamed for the late load you have to let your dispatcher know over qualcom (treq) that it will be late and it's previous drivers fault. It's best to make sure your DM knows on mon thru fri. The Night and weekend dispatch may not make notes on who caused late load.

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

bamalife123

Sep 1, 2016

Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Main issue with the hometime request is that you enter your request by qualcom/treq unit, then that request goes into their computer system to see what days are open. I believe only 25% of drivers can be on hometime at one time. So drivers will put request in 3 weeks or more ahead of time. They tell you to request 8 days ahead but you would not get days you want in that short of time frame.
(If you want 4 days off such as friday to monday. You request thursday at 2001/8:01 pm till Tuesday at 0759/7:59 am.) This way you end up getting 5 days at home and you can always tell your DM you can't leave till a day later. (excuses; doctor, lawyer, dog ate homework, etc.)

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Adrienna Brown

Apr 6, 2016

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the other part that you need to look into is truck speed. I'm governed at 65 and I pass Trans Am trucks all the time, just something to think about

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Adrienna Brown

Apr 6, 2016

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They have a 11 day training program for newbies and then they let them go on their own.
They do push lease , all you have to do is refuse a lease.
Just stay company.
They have great trucks KW 680 & 700's
Fridge , APU and I think inverters.
The swaps come because people run out of hours so they give their load to someone who as hours and then you will take their load that still has plenty of time on it.

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ethos

Apr 6, 2016

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TransAm at least has top of the line equipment with all the driver ammenities.

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Adrienna Brown

Apr 7, 2016

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Trucks at transam are governed at 62 if ur company 65 if u lease which I don't recommend at all they are scam artists

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Steven W

Apr 17, 2016

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The trucks are good and you get the direct tv, so resets won't be too boring. You will average about 2700 miles per week. My advice is go company for at least 3 months, even tho they will push lease on you hard. No sense learning how to manage your time and fuel on your dime when you can do it on theirs. Yes, the lease always sounds good, I mean .84 instead of .31, but untill you learn time management and fuel management, you'll make more getting that .31cpm.
Otherwise they aren't too bad a company to work for as starter companies go. After 6 months to a year you can then go about anywhere and start making more.

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Steven W

Apr 17, 2016

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TransAm has a terminal in Rockwall Texas, a suburb outside of Dallas. If you do go to TransAm, you may want to move from Houston to the Dallas area, to be much closer to the terminal. During home time, you could park your truck at the terminal for both safety and repairs / maintenance that may be needed on the truck. 

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Steven W

Aug 3, 2016

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Can't say nothing bad about them at this point. I started out lease, first check was $727 after all expenses for 2725 miles. Little less miles the next week but will get close to 3000 this week.

But if you want to spend your time in truck stops or 4 days at home, lease probably isn't a good idea.

First 3 days are classroom, the next week 4 days of pad, backing etc. Then 11 days out with a trainer. Was worried at first about only 11 days, but if you got common sense you'll be fine when u got your own truck.

I'll keep this updated for those thinking of leasing and let you know how things go. Heard a lot of bad things but so far I got no complaints, but then I'm not sitting but driving. I mean that's what I get paid for and a sitting truck makes no money.