Paschall Truck Lines (PTL)

You do not want to work for this company. Dispatchers do not have the ability to adapt to any problems that my arise with PTL's sub par equipment. Started in September of 2014..In November I got a call form operations about what a great job I did running 10900 miles in the month of October...Big deal! that should be the norm! but everything fell apart in December. For example, I was running a load from Indy to TX...right around Big Cabin...the weld that holds the mud flaps on the tandems broke, which put the bracket into the tires...I couldn't break the second weld..and had to call road service to get the bracket off to re-weld on to the tandems. To make a long story short my appointment time got knocked back 4 days. After the repair, instead of letting me drop the trailer and keep rolling they left me sit for 4 days.. I made a $64.00 check that week. Had to fight for breakdown pay which is only $35 a day after 48hrs...never saw any dentition pay ever. Tons of horror stories from other drivers. Just ask them. I talked to O/O lease purchase drivers that had consecutive negative checks for weeks...talked to one guy that had been waiting for his truck for 28 days. The list goes on and on.


PTL has become a full blown training company and is exploiting students to run teams, paying students $0.15/ml...so they are paying a team truck less than your average solo driver to run 24/7...and have way more drivers than freight. I know this is common practice now with most all of your Mega-carriers...But ####! Your lucky to make a decent check every 3rd week. Total thumbs down!

 

You've got 4 years? You might wanna expand your horizons to a better job now...unless you did something dumb, like signing your life away on an LP contract...

 

Hey your right...and I have...I've gone full circle. From OTR, Regional, Short Haul, and Local. I had worked for PTL before when I first started driving and enjoyed it, before they became a full blown training company. I live in VA...so I loved the lanes they ran...but I can't seem to find a company that's a good fit...I would just like to find a company that's versatile and I can make a decent living as well. I got a tanker endorsement..and hauled milk for a while...hated it! Maybe the dry van thing is not for me? Any suggestions?

 

Lots of folks like Abilene.

A friends son worked for PTL for about a year or so. That's all he could take. Now he's with Builders Transport, and likes them.

 

If you're in Harrisonburg and have the experience try the little Debbie hauls out of Staunton. Not sure what the deal with their solo drivers is but they are apparently top of the line for teams. I think we're just out of the range being outside of Roanoke, but still may give it a whirl in the next year or so.

 

You live in Harrisonburg, Va and have a decent record, getting a half way decent driving job should not be a problem. I would suggest Interchange first of all. Then Appalachian Freight out of Edinburg ain't a terrible job. Take it from me, I have driven for most of all the trucking companies in the valley. Before I would even consider PTL, I would drive for Blizzard--LOL

As a previous post stated, Little Debbie is looking for drivers, but your record better be clean and you are going to run a team operation and unload those cookies. But the nice thing about Little Debbie, you are going to have at least 3 days a week off and make a fairly good check with good benefits.

 

Builders Transport is back in business? They were my first company in 1997.

 

Never mind , I think you meant Builders Transport Company..................as in BTC?

 

Builders Transportation Company is a flatbed outfit out of Memphis, TN

 

Yeah, BTC, Builders Transportation.