LW Miller - All that glistens isn't actually gold.

Hey Texas man nice to finally hear from a fellow LW's driver i worked for the company back in 05/06 i was 1 of the many drivers who came over on a H2B work visa same deal we got to meet LW Miller in person i thought wow yeah and the nice lady in safety real cute I'm not sure whether you ever met Dale at Dispatch we all thought he had it in for us Aussies and Kiwi's you know the old don't trust the foreigner retinue they'll steal your job however I've since spoken to a few American drivers and he was giving them just as much of hard time the good news however is Millers finally gave him the boot of course he heads for the opposition down at Hyrum EA Miller however they had far less patience with him then LW's and he got the boot again hopefully he's working for Central or Swift, he'd get along just fine with them. Apart from him though i can't really complain about the company they always paid on time never once did i have an issue with pays Brian in Accounts did a splendid job and Tammy out at the front desk was brilliant i hope she's still working there? Well anyways i wonder what happened to all the guys that got green cards are there any Aussies kiwi's or Brits still there?

 

Hey Tex nice to hear from ya wow only 3 foreigners left it really does look like LW's are going down hill i'd actually heard that Larry had died although someone else said it was the other Larry the guy in charge of Maintenance . I was thinking of going over and asking about a job but not sure whether theres anyone there that still would know me is Brian still doing the Pays? Well anyway stay say dude.

 

Its so long ago well 7 years i though it was Brian that did the pays but i may be mistaken, that was back in the days when we were allowed to go upstairs and talk with the safety officer and accounts they were always pleasant to talk to, i see all the buildings been renovated i went to go to the office last time and saw the door and been moved where Larry's office used to be is now the main entry i'd heard that Larry sold off his live stock division in Greenly CO i noticed they don't wash as many livestock trailers now .

 

well its interesting i just had a chat with an immigration Lawyer he was telling me quite a few guys that came over from Australia New Zealand and England had been scammed by the lady that had organized the visa's back home in Oz . Apparently none of them got there Green cards although i caught up with 1 bloke back in 2008 and said he'd gotten his right to work card , another 1 got a green card cause he married a US citizen not sure whether anyone else has heard anything about this . As i've mentioned previously i had no issues with LW Miller but then i didn't apply for a green card.

 

Just an up date on things i must print a retraction the immigration lawyer who told me the aussies and kiwi's and Pommies didn't get there green cards was actually incorrect was mistaken i was repeating what he apparently claimed i've since spoken with one of the aussies who did get a green card although it did take about 7 years which meant they had to get a right to work card and special permission to leave the USA and come back but yes TFU did a good job apparently some guy from NZ was quite upset i think he went under the name examerican basically blaming LWM and TFU for all his problems the truth is if you come to the USA on a H2B work visa it clearly states it is a temporary work visa so at some point you must return home so its important to consider if its viable to come over to the USA in the first place, personally if i had a young family theres no way i would do that its unviable which is what examerican did and paid the price. If your single or married with all your children gone from home then yeah come on over and drive i personally found LWM paid a good rate of around 32c per mile the guys that stuck with it are on around 38c per mile now which is pretty good you can probably find better rates but then what kind of company do you get. Millers were always reliable they paid on time and kept there trucks in good condition.

 

Lets see 1 I should've never left lw miller not to sure why this Texas guy still works there if I had all the neg stuff I'd leave ok so I left right after Reed got there I think Craig got the raw end of that deal but really Craig's intimidation factor is not there I never saw it he is right about Dan though all the dispatchers kept me busy didn't bother me because I did WHATEVER it took to be on time the thing about running outlaw it's more the drivers choice I knew plenty of drivers at lw that ran legal myself I ran to make money and learned real quick how to pencil whip a log book I stayed out a week longer and when I got back to Logan I bob tailed home to San Diego ca Darci there's no reason to piss her off it's more fun to keep her smiling Brian didn't miss a step after Dan left and that all had to so with the cattle div when the state red taking away bonuses that's when I started looking elsewhere and ended up at JCT and gave that one up to run team from San Diego to Columbus, Ohio home three days every week and gross 1100 a week but would still drop it and go back to lw but when I left I turned my truck in on Sunday no one was thee and reed claims there was damage I'm calling bs on that all in all I did whatever was asked of me got all the miles and never kissed one persons ### it's still the best driving job I had someone tell darci Alan Postema said hello

 

Love to hear from anyone that's still with LW's we were one of the smaller transport companies in the USA so not as many in here as the larger companies, with smaller companies at least you get to personally know your dispatcher i found Millers dispatchers overall quite good like they had their issues however so did i it was just good to know they were understanding i find if you speak and treat people well you will always get on with most people.