Look out for changes at Quality Carriers

I'm an OO , so I don't know about The ins. part. As for Safety , its driven me to look elsewhere. I've been with QC for 25 months , and the Safety Dept. , and other issues , have made me decide to look for greener pastures.
QC is owned by a large Wall St. firm, so bottom line for them is all that counts.
I hear the Co. , on the whole , had more Rollovers , in the first two months of this year , than all of last year.
That's what comes from trying to fill seats. They take people with no tanker experience , and minumum driving experience , who are trying to make just in time deliveries , and , bang, you get what you deserve. The tanks are Expensive , the loads are Costly to clean up , the DOT starts harassing us , not my cup of tea. Not to mention , their "Safety" dept. has gone Bonkers.
Tanks and Snow and Ice , do not play well together.
I just Know I'll hear from some Rambo over that remark, but that's OK. Hope Rambo isn't in the same state I'm in , when he crashes. I've been at this to dang long , and have taken too many chances , when I was foolish , and the roads less crowded , to worry about it.

 

Yea. That's all about being competitive , with the likes of Schneider and Prime.
Back when , QC decided to keep the FS for themselves , not give Any to O-O's. They lost so many Good O-O's , they reinstated it , but not fully.
Happy for you , with Groendyke . Hope you still feel that way in two years . Two seems to be the max , before the bloom comes off the rose. I've been with some for five or more , but there always seems to be a time when some little Squirt , with delusions of Grandeur , gets between you and your happy Life. Most times , you can't go thru , under , or around 'em , and its time to move on.

 

Thanks. I appreciate that.

 

I used to pull for the QC affiliate in Joliet, Illinois. It was a great little terminal, I was actually a company driver for the affiliate, not QC.

I noticed this week actually that that QC terminal on Terry Drive, is now a Highway Transport Terminal. So it appears that maybe Nick sold it to them. They had a lot of great business. I really enjoyed working for them, great folks...and never would have left had I not gotten Married and gotten off the road.

I'm soon going to be retiring from the Post Office, Wouldn't mind getting back into tanking...I going down there today and check out what the heck is going on.

 

Many of QC's tanks weren't that expensive . You could see faded Montgomery Tank Lines logos on some of them I pulled .

 

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My terminal just purchased 10 new trailers. Terminal I'm at has some good accounts.....for now.

Thanks for the info

As a truck driver it is Always a good idea to keep an updated resume/work history. And 6 months wages in mason jars in the yard, 8 paces from the big tree.

 

Well I was wrong, I went and checked the Joliet Terminal for Midwest Services QC...they had about 8 brand new Macks sitting there. So they are still running strong. It appears they leased part of the building out to Highway Transport.

 

That happens a lot, tank washes with one or two companys on same lot