FCC--Fremont Contract Carriers

runningman0661 · Aug 21, 2018

They just got in a bunch of 2019s freightliners and Kenworths.

supersnackbar · Aug 21, 2018

runningman0661 said: ↑

They just got in a bunch of 2019s freightliners and Kenworths.
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680's?

truckerim2055 · Aug 21, 2018

supersnackbar said: ↑

680's?
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Yep.

supersnackbar · Aug 21, 2018

truckerim2055 said: ↑

Yep.
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Too bad I am happy where I am, or else I would have give FCC a try.

The Diesel Diva · Aug 22, 2018

runningman0661 said: ↑

FCC is based out of Fremont, Nebraska. The have a dry van and a flatbed division, with three different divisions, Mid-West regional, South West regional, and the long haul fleet. Living in SC I am only eligible for the long haul division. They have approximately 360 tractors, almost 2/3 of those are either O/O's or L/P drivers, with the rest being straight company drivers. I started here 3 months ago, and wanted to wait at least 90 days before starting this thread to get a decent feel for how things are done here.

Orientation is 2.5 days, depending on where you live, they will offer to fly you in for orientation. I wanted to rent a car so I could bring most of my gear with me, and hit the ground running after orientation. They reimbursed me the full amount for the rental, and had someone pick me up at the Omaha airport. Our orientation class had 4 people including myself, the other 3 drivers went in the Southwest division.

Most of the drivers can be home weekly if they run either regional division. I have been staying out about a month at time, but this time I'm going going home after 3 weeks. In three months I have run 39, 156 miles on the odometer, with 36, 972 of those being paid miles. I have averaged 3081 paid miles per week.

On the Longhaul fleet, I usually pull a load out of the SC coming out of the house headed to Nebraska, then pick up a load out of Nebraska headed to the West coast. I have been to Oregon, Washington, and California coming out of Nebraska. Usually reload from the West coast headed right back to the Midwest. My average length of haul has been 1506 miles, and they have a great customer base, the majority of the stuff I have done thus far has been has been drop and hook. When I have had to live load/ unload it has been a painless process. In three months I have only had to put in for detention once.

They mostly run freightliner midroof cascadias, they have a few Volvos, internationals, and a few Peterbuilts in the fleet. All trucks have refrigerators, Apus, flatscreen tv mounts, and inverters. Company trucks are governed at 65 mph. The trucks and trailers are well maintained, and as long as you communicate with the shop, and tell them when you will be through the terminal, they get you in and pretty quick.

Things I like so far, small company feel, every person I have dealt with in the office has been great. Well maintained equipment, no micromanagement, they send me my load, and leave me alone. Average length of haul, and our running lanes.

I will try and update this thread weekly, any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
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The Diesel Diva · Aug 22, 2018

What is involved in the orientation process? Is there an agility test? How much does orientation pay?

truckerim2055 · Aug 22, 2018

The Diesel Diva said: ↑

What is involved in the orientation process? Is there an agility test? How much does orientation pay?
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Orientation was easy. I dont remember the pay. 2 days long. U will have the agility test at the end of day 1. Wasnt to bad just exhausting.

runningman0661 · Aug 22, 2018

The Diesel Diva said: ↑

What is involved in the orientation process? Is there an agility test? How much does orientation pay?
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Depending on where you live they will fly you to Omaha, (I chose to rent a car) two days of orientation, simple road test, physical, drug screen, videos, etc. The hotel they put you in provided breakfast, they give you several gift cards to various restaurants for lunch and dinner. I think the agility test was simple (but I’m in decent shape). If I remember correctly orientation pay is $150 per day. Hope that helps.

The Diesel Diva · Aug 22, 2018

runningman0661 said: ↑

Depending on where you live they will fly you to Omaha, (I chose to rent a car) two days of orientation, simple road test, physical, drug screen, videos, etc. The hotel they put you in provided breakfast, they give you several gift cards to various restaurants for lunch and dinner. I think the agility test was simple (but I’m in decent shape). If I remember correctly orientation pay is $150 per day. Hope that helps.
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The Diesel Diva · Aug 22, 2018

Yes that helps thank u. I'm not in the best shape lol but do they ask u to do anything crazy? Also I have to do another physical even if I have a 2yr card already? Oh do they cut your hair? R their trucks manual or automatic?

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