Decision,Decisions

I'm not sure if they'd ever use you for extraboard. You'd probably just cover linehaul vacations for schedule drivers who are home everyday. You can probably get some good info about that here: Estes Express Lines

 

I'm telling you, Estes is clearly the better option. When I got hired, I would've taken anything to get in. The TM was so honest and even admitted I shouldn't take combo. I told him I didn't wanna work docks and he ruled it out. Extra board isn't bad. I don't think I'll switch to a scheduled run because I don't wanna work nights.

SAIA must be desperate. They are advertising like CRAZY. The rules are forcing drivers away.

 

FWIW, the company I work for is currently getting a big influx of drivers coming over from Saia. We've got a lot of ex Con Way/XPO drivers too.

We don't have any former Estes drivers.

 

Hell yea I took extra board. I was local and Marten transport and hated it. I needed to hit the Road again so I did extra board. I usually leave Friday and be back Tuesday night sometimes Wednesday morning. I'm a Friday start. It may sound bad, but terminals are closed on weekends. When I get there, I tell Central dispatch what I want and they give it to me more often than not. Anything near 3K miles is almost $2000 here. Last week I ran 2796... Gross $1796 taxed to $1321.

 

They're just doing too much. I'm not working anywhere with driver facing camera.

 

Dave, you sound like you're REALLY thinking this out, and kudos for that. You know how it works in this industry, and one day your wife will get it(took a while for mine, too). And you understand that the more desperate they are to hire you, the more it should raise red flags. Saia used to be a good job until the safety department started thinking they ran the company, and now drivers are fleeing like their hair was on fire.

If I lost my gig at FXF, the first place I'd apply would be Estes. XPO, Central Transport and Saia are the three LTL companies at the absolute bottom of my list, meaning I'd sooner go back OTR than work there. Saia for their insane micromanagement, XPO for their drivercams, and Central for being totally ghetto.

I think you know what to do.

 

CT has better equipment now tho. New trailers is what I've been seeing lately.

 

It ain't the equipment, it's the attitude. From everything I've heard, they don't care if they have to run the freight through a woodchipper to get it in there, and that's an outlook I don't countenance in the slightest.