JBS Carriers Greeley Colorado

ok well last time I checked JBS has same trucks that all other trucking companies use so the breakdown thing must be bad luck. you know stuff happens. I did drive for them but I took a driving job that pays better and I'm home everyday oh and I work 4 days a week (12-14 hr days) so for me I left for better opportunity. I do wonder if they didn't let you go would you still be there? also if it was so bad why didn't you quit before they let you go? Also name any company as big as JBS that is any better and Im sure I could find disgruntled x-employees saying how bad they are. I do remember when there was always a few Drivers complaining about something.
I'll be right next to Greeley Terminal tomorrow picking up at the Meadow Gold milk plant. Maybe I can stop by and see if Darrin will hire you back.

 

Wow we have 680's and 700's and a few Pete's still left. I'm not sure where you get your info, but the 680's are doing a superb job 55,000 on the odometer awesome fuel mileage, and rides like a champ. I did have a wheel seal go out on me, but that was fixed pretty quick. Other then that. Everything is gravy. . Picking up a load @ Greeley Millard heading to La Porte in the morning. Kid D is back quiet

 

No no, my bad, this time I was not implying it was JBS's trucks only. I was just talking about the T700 as a whole. Even before I worked at JBS, I had a couple of these, 4 total. The 700 is just the worst piece of junk ever made. In one year, from Jan to Dec, I had over 70 days of brake down. Almost 1\5 of my time out in a hotel. At first it was ok, good hotels, then they started to say it had to be the cheapest in town. Well, I'd break down, call a few, find a cheap one. Then, when it came time to get reimbursed, I guess someone would call around and see if there was a cheaper one. Of course, they didn't tell me this until I realized I wasn't being reimbursed for them. I lost about $700 this way. Man, I forgot all about that one.

 

HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED or CONSIDERED " HAULING SAND, WATER, CRUDE or CHEMICALS for the OIL FIELDS" ? Either way, Dinomite: your sincerity is greatly appreciated; Beerslave: got any suggestions of where or who can I drive for and show over $63k on my W-2 at years end? and who or what company will pay a 6 year exp'd driver w/ clean DAC over $0.41 cpm and/or offer and/or guarantee 3,000 or more mpw driven safe and completely legal as it is written? cause 2300 @ $0.39 with H. benefits and 401k plus as many days off or on as you want, is probably the norm and may not make you rich but one can at least afford a vehicle, clothe, food, and at least rent a room. Definitely cant afford a house the first year after coming out of the hospital with prior debts and no family nor wife to help out, but at least is income as opposed to the $10/hr warehouse or $7/hr fast food job. So, HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED or CONSIDERED " HAULING SAND, WATER, CRUDE or CHEMICALS for the OIL FIELDS" ?

 

hey trucsuma5 I just want to say oil field is where Im going to head when my youngest graduates high school (3years) when I do all my research says to haul Crude its sounds like that's were the best $$ is. oh my opinion is that DAC is overrated lots of good companies don't mess with that sheet. But a good DAC always helps if you are applying for big mega.

 

You will have to look into companies as far as the oil gig goes. Try looking in North Dakota, oil is booming there and so is the economy. Like I said though, they work you hard and most people don't last longer then a year, if that.
but look, the .41 and above per mile for a single is not really around much. Sure, you might be able to find it in companies like Heartlad, or even .40 at JBS. The problem is, you can get paid .50cpm but it doesn't mean much if you don't get the miles. Up to 2008 it was no problem finding a company with miles. The key to this are companies that do coast to coast runs. But, after the economy tanked, most companies went to shorter runs that had a higher yield so, bye bye miles. For years, I worked for Crete at .42cpm then, 2008 happened. I went from 3200+ miles a week to 2700 just because of this change in freight..
So now, I'm at .35cpm BUT, there is another .05-.06 in really obtainable bonuses but, let's leave those out right now. To me, .35 isn't real good but, when I'm getting 3500mi+ a week, it's bring HOME around a grand a week. So that's 48K take home without subtracting what you don't make during home time. But don't forget, I just gave take home, I'm not including taxes. Then, you add bonuses, that put you with another 10K+ then add the taxes, I'm looking at mid 60K total earned this year.
so I told you all that just to make a point; don't worry about finding that .40cpm+ gig, worry about finding one that can give you miles. Do the oil gig if you want, I wouldn't, only because of the harsh conditions and work. You can still make money in dry van or refer, you just have to find it. If I didn't get laid off from JBS, I would have never of found the company I'm with. It took that and two months of looking and being patient and picky who I went with. So take your time, put a lot of thought into it, and do the leg work. When you find a company, use every means possible to look into them, don't even talk to a recruiter till that's done and keep your eye on the big picture, miles, not cpm.

 

Oh, one more thing, the majority of companies still use DAC as a tool. Not as much as they did now that we have CSA but they still do. Any company that reports to DAC, also uses it when hiring. So, disregard that info.

 

I guess there was a few reasons why I did not leave sooner. First, the miles started dropping in Febuary, which is a few weeks late but still around the slow time. Then, after a couple months, when I realized it wasn't that, I waited to see if it would get better, it did not. Another reason, I wasn't looking all that hard for another company, but I was looking. All the ones I looked into I said pass. Even though I thought JBS turned into a joke, better the enemy you know. Another one is I'm a cancer patient. I am getting close to my 5 year remission anniversary which means, lots of test to make sure I'm free and clear so, I wanted to use the insurance but,,,, could not afford to use it. Then there was the thought that they must be cleaning house soon and getting some people that actually knew what they were doing in ops. Really, who in their right mind would let that financial train wreck continue? The company has never been in the black and money is just thrown everywhere. It's like what Darin Taylor said when I went through orientation, "we are still learning how to do this job." Well how long does that take? You could have earned a degree from a four year university by now. Well, after even more time, I learned that was probably not going to happen and the ops staff are pretty much there to stay. Then there was the fact that I'd been there over a year and that I really hate changing jobs unless I have to.
But, even with all those reasons, I think the biggest one was that I just got lazy and would have rather put up with the JBS nonsense then to fill out more applications. Truth be told, I might even still be there if they didn't lay me off, I don't know. What I do know is it was one of the best things that could of happened. A grand in my pocket, unemployment insurance and all the time I needed, financially, to find a good company.
So, am I mad that I got laid off? Well sure, I would have liked to have left on my own terms, not theirs. Am I bitter about it? No, JBS could have been a really good company and like I have said, it was, at least when I started there. They made a choice what kind of company they want to be and it's the kind of company you go in as a new driver, get your year in, and leave because, why stay?
Now I have a question for you. You have said you left JBS for a better gig. Why did you leave if JBS wasn't such a bad company? Also, you have given me some €%#^ for posting my expeiriences with JBS saying some offensive things about me. So let me tell you one of my favorite phrases in trucking, "don't worry about what I'm doing, worry about what your doing." What I'm posting and why is really none of your business. Nothing that I do needs to be questioned by not only someone that doesn't know me, but also by someone who has pretty much just started in the industry what, 3 years ago? I don't think so. You are still learning this business and it shows, especially with your misleading DAC post.

 

ok why I left because I make the same or better money working 4 days a week and sleeping in my own bed and being home with my family. on my days off 3 days each week I can go to the YMCA and exercise. I like to cook meals from scratch and boy that sure beats a salt filled processed food on the road. While i'm writing this I'm enjoying a nice cold beer (I don't work tomorrow) my insurance for my entire family is 148. dollars a month. In five years I will be fully vested in the pension. Its a union job. That is why I left and as far as my rookie status I've chained more times going over I-70 to Vail,CO then I ever did with JBS. Ok now the bad I start work at 1am and work 10-12 hour days and I don't just bump the docks I unload too! oh and I down stack it. Its physical work but it burns the calories. If you think a driver that has been driving for 3 years is new then I guess I be new. some stuff I wrote to you was just to get a reaction from you and some stuff was just playing around. I wouldn't ever go back to a mega company (Because of my experience) I now could pretty much pick where I want to work. I'm not sure why you think I Mislead on the DAC report I have fully investigated and had hireright send me my copy. I'm probably just aware that not all companies use DAC. But I really don't give a sheet because I don't have sheet to hide.

 

The misleading thing about the DAC, I believe you told someone their DAC report isn't that big of a deal, that's what I was talking about. JBS has only 700 trucks, not even close to a mega but I hear what your saying about the bigger companies. Now, the important question is, what kind of beer?