Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

welcome to maverick

 

welcome to maverick

 

Maverick has truck washes at two of their terminals, HQ at North Little Rock and Madison terminal. They are open 24/7 unless closed due to being out of soap or maintenance issues, etc. Any driver is allowed to run their truck through once a week at the washes at the terminals. We also have a contract with Blue Beacon. It used to be once every 30 days for a wash at a "streakin beacon" but they reduced that number to 21 i believe, due to what i was told, SW seeing alot of his trucks filthy looking and also to facilitate trailer brightening. The washes at the terminals i believe had the trailer brightening chemical added to the mix cause it seems like since the beginning of summer after running the truck through the wash, the trailers do seem a bit brighter than after a normal wash. The wash at the terminals is free but Maverick pays for the washes at the streakin beacons (unless you miscount the days on your calendar and go through a day or two early, right sewerman?) and of course if you are sent to some mudhole to pu or deliver, you can send your fleet manager a message to get approved for a wash before whatever time period it is nowadays. I'm sure some drivers do wash their trucks at home but what they choose to do with thier home time is up to them. "home time is home time" is what i say and tell my students as well. you'll have plenty of time in the truck all week to do whatever you want to and hey, 10 hours and one minute of down time if you want to handwash your truck in the truckstop parking lot. lol

I'm glad you are asking alot of questions and love it when my students do the same.

 

I'm sure sewerman told you he and i ran "jim's hours" this week. I'll take my 6 to 8 or 5-7 anyday. "morning Jim. . .morning Jim" friggin hilarious. still waiting for one of your wooden nickels. lol.

Pardon for using your thread for my next comment but i loaded at st louis cold drawn yesterday afternoon and it was nice to see true teamwork in action 3 mavericks and 2 tmc's helping each other to get back on track after cold drawn's crane broke down. great job everyone!!!

 

If you dont care then why are you pissed off? As for calling you a liat I just said you'll have to show me because I have seen noone since June on paper. As for how long you have your truck I didnt dispute when you would get anything. I just corrected your incorrect assumption that trades were done specifically in order of number. They are not. Ive been here 8+ years and Ive seen more than one newb give false or bad info on here and I call it the way I see it. You dont like it I could give a rats behind. Just be sure of your facts before you give advice to someone asking questions. Otherwise be prepared to have someone correct you.

 

Gentlemen please, I have known jim for a long time. All information that he posts is exactly what he was told from maverick. Dan what you said about the trucks is true it's not just the year but mileage and maintenance. jim just posted what he was told and yes he is still on paper logs and there are still more good drivers that are on paper logs. And Jim I think it started with yes and no I don't think anyone was calling anyone a liar. Both of you gentlemen are good sources of information for drivers on this board. Like the old saying goes sometimes a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. My favorite saying is I am correct 98% of the time and wrong 2% it's up to you to figure out what that 2% is. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Let's get back to being professional flatbed drivers and not be acting like a bunch of sissy doors swingers. Just my two cents.