Stevens high miles?

Hmmm....What Stevens is NOT telling you in there ad-campaign is all the waiting you will do waiting to pickup produce/meat patch than after YOU do the waiting and not getting paid they will take it from you after you finally start running with it and give to a team (Trainer/Student). To much BS involved in pulling a reefer with those guys.

 

you will be getting about 2300 to 2600 miles per week as a solo. and there will be some 1800 mile weeks also with stevens.

Never believe the hype.

 

whoever you pick at first will not be where you wanna be in a year so just jump in the water is over your head anyway you look at it. what i want from trucking at 59 isn't what a young person wants with a family at home. When i started getting prehires I had no idea of the questions to ask or what kinda truck to drive or freight to haul, When people I went to school call me and tell me about the jobs they have I am glad I am not them but they are glad they are not me. So none of us can really answer your questions except our perceptions. Everyone beats up CRE but some ppl are happy there

 

My advise to any new person trying to get into the trucking industry is beware of Stevens Transport. I just completed a year with them and during that time my total in my pocket income was about $1600 after training + another $1200 during training (an estimate). They will train you and you will drive a really good tractor, but you will not be able to pay your bills. You will find that they will lie to you, and if you catch them in a lie, they'll lie again. I wasted a year because I came to the company with past driving experience and my CDL. Most of my final days with Stevens was spent being frustrated and pissed. I'm only saying make your choice wisely. If you do go with them when you see things not going as planned get out with a minimum amount of debt.

 

Are you really saying that you worked for a YEAR and only pocketed 2800.00 ? DO you seriously expect anyone to believe you worked for 53.00 a week? #### Dude lol

 

It took triple D over 56 days to complete orientation 1. That was in sept. So he did not work for stevens for a year. He is doing exactly what he accuses stevens of doing.

 

It is a common human failing to blame others for our own failures.

 

As I understand it, from following along in this forum, Emulsified, TLeaHeart, and Corporal Clegg, you guys are all Alliance drivers is that correct?

The question I have, do Company drivers get the same miles Solo as the Alliance drivers all things being equal?

I fully expect the newer guys to get the crappier runs to start and as they build confidence get better runs. I think that is true in all lines of work, but adjusting for experience, time with company etc, do Stevens Company drivers see the same miles as Alliance drivers?

 

Your miles will largely depend on you, your DM and willingness to run.
That being said, Alliance drivers have higher averages than most company drivers, but that's due to most company drivers being newer.
There is a percentage of company drivers that do every bit as well, mileage wise, as Alliance. They are usually people that have been there over a year.

Everyone starts out as a company driver. Even if you go into the pre Alliance program, you will be a company driver your first 3 months or so...at least most of Grad Fleet.
It's during that time you establish yourself as co operative, timely and willing to work.
Your reputation amongst the DMs will precede you, often.
Newer drivers, even on the Alliance side, get the runs with extra time. The 1200 mile load with 4 days.
Once you demonstrate you will run and not dawdle, that you will be on time for both pickup and delivery. Once you demonstrate you are not going to gritch the people in the office out because you have a three pick produce load over two days, or a three drop meat load in NY/NJ, you will start picking up better loads.
You earn the better loads.
No matter if you're company or Alliance.