Driving OTR with US Xpress

Just my .02. We are a team so Wedge is a much better source for solo info. USX has been great to us. The things that matter, like home time, have never been a problem at all. We have been on time or early home with only one exception (12 hours later than we put in for) We take home time all over the country. Like SheepDog, we are on the reefer board and we are also getting very tired of the sitting and mis-communication. Our Fleet Manager experience has been 180 degrees different than his however until they changed our FM a few months ago. Our daytime FM is a nice guy who sucks at follow through and communication. For that reason alone we are planning on going back to dry van and our old, awesome, FM. Seems kind of silly really since the miles are great but in trucking you live with the job 24/7 so little things can become big things pretty quickly. Miles are good, freight is solid, pay is good and equipment is the newest in the industry. The other thing that makes us love the company is that we have always been treated with caring and respect by every department including fuel, breakdown, permits and safety.

 

That's a great idea to go back to dry van at this time of year. Freight is going to start humping and there will be no sitting. Pretty soon you will be begging for a little time off.

 

Do you drive reefer in the summer time for a special reason? And then back to dry van in fall/winter? Just trying to understand it all.

 

I was wondering why all of a sudden I went from being in the NE to being in the SE. My FM quit and, boom, I was TX bound! Don't get me wrong, I would much rather be in the SE than the NE!!!!!! I was loving it. Now I just have to get the rotator cuff issue healed so I can get back out on the road. I head to the Dr. here in VA on Wednesday to see if I'm able to start driving again. I'm getting ansty to get back on the road. I had heard everyone say once you get a taste of the life, you don't want to do anything else and thought, "yeah, okay.", but it is the truth. Kind of like getting a tattoo. Once you get one, you want more.

My new FM seems to be a lot better than my old one. I was getting a bit frustrated because for 2 weeks, I had no regular FM and was getting the run around. Once Janice stepped in, she worked with me to get the pay I was owed for breakdown and layover. And she was getting me decent miles. So, hopefully when I get back, it'll all be good. I just hope I get a decent truck.

 

Still confused what with some positive and some negative comments. Communications issues with FM'S a big concern! Gonna wait for more input before I decide!

 

I was going to say "Welcome to trucking", but you've been around long enough to know how it is. Anyone who is all positive or all negative is probably full of crap. You have to take the good with the bad.

 

Kudos to you for sticking it out. You must got it bad...LOL

 

Out of hrs as well/ 7,000 miles last week for us. We have been kept extremely busy. We have been out for 4 weeks and have 4 weeks to go until hometime. Hope the miles keep coming.