Anyone Know About D.m Bowman ?

DONT GO!

i know many many guys who gone though there...including my dad a few times

he worked there back in the early 80s and it was good, no problems...he quit sometime in late 80s he quit, i dont know why, cant tell ya that one...but he went back in 99/2000 and it went down hill, just not the same...

i know a few others who said they just aint worth it...plus who wants to run 64mph?

 

This one i can help you with! For the record--they can only go 62 mph--go over 62 more than 2 times you get a free 3 day vacations without pay! No matter if your goin down the mtns--you better not hit over 62! They are overall not that bad to drive for--depending on your dispatcher. I was home every weekend--normally not till midnite on friday and you was expected to leave out on sunday afternoon. I mostly got 2900+ miles per week in general. You stay up north a lot or i did. Not too much nyc but a lot of new england states. I was bases out of NC and you would normally get a GA run to get home but they expected you to leave out way too early. I did many hazmat loads. They all suck at communication but no worse than any other company. The company was pretty decent to me though--I would work for them again if i felt like stayin up north! LOL Gotta be careful with the hazmat loads though--they were always overweight. I had no problems in general with DM Bowman. Most loads were live--a few drop/hook but not really a lot. I dont really have a lot bad to say about them. They are an ok company to work for but gettin home every weekend--your not gonna get rich!

 

yeah they are big on the so called fuel savings...they know everything about the truck at anytime, they record your RPMS, they hate over revs, a lot of stuff like that

where you from Treetopflyer

 

I will inform you of what i know. There is 5 terminals--2 in maryland, 1 in pa, 1 in Indiana, 1 in NC. Otr drivers get home everyweekend or what I say 1.5 days--not a weekend to me but people differ. They are an ok place to work but you stay on the east coast pretty much all the time--north and south. They suck at paying though. Low pay--but you get miles. They kept me hopping pretty much. Normally leave out on sunday afternoon and home friday nite sometime--it was usually after 9pm for me but sometimes before 5 pm. They are not as bad as some of these other "beginner companys" -- could be a lot worse i am sure! Any other questions anyone has--i may be able to help with.

 

Hey all. Just started CDL school today. I already have a pre-hire with Gordon Trucking so I'm really all set but I would still like to look into other companies and was wondering if anyone knew anything about how good of a company DM Bowman is. The main thing I'm looking for is good mileage and decent hometime. I should be able to take whatever BS a company wants to dish out. Thanks.

 

Bowman runs good equipment and they usually stay busy. Nothing fancy mind u.

 

BTW/they run 465s and trade in at 4 yrs I think or 500,000 mi and run mostly daycabs.

 

Hi Im new here does anbody know anything about D.M Bowman out of Fredericksburg Md?

 

daycabs out of york pa run bulk they all are slipseat operation so u share a truck with another driver gotta have hazmat equipment is good pay is good