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Can anyone tell me about tenant truck line out of Il

 

Well I understand that 3 of their key dispatchers just quit.
Friend of mine also called and told me, his wife is starting there Monday as a permit person.
These were 2 different phone calls

 

CPAPE will know I think their families are acquaintances

 

They haul equipment and steel. Have accounts with Deere and CNH. Just built a new terminal in Orion or Colona, IL (can't remember) and have drop lots/terminals in GA, MD, and one out west in the Dakotas or NE. They've made growth a real priority and now have over 150 trucks (maybe closer to 200 now days). They run late model pro-stars and dabble in a little bit of everything (dry van, step, RGN, flat, and heavy multi-axle stuff). I've seen a number of their drivers have blatant securement issues which leads me to question either the level of training they receive or the level of oversight from management. Growing pains I guess. Overall that's what I've observed not a bad company. I don't know anything about key personnel quitting but I haven't talked to any of the Tennant boys since March at the TCA conference.

 

Thank you for getting back to me on this I appreciate all of the info from all of you. I've been made an offer and am trying to decide what to do

 

I don't like them because as a broker they always offer me terrible rates on tractors out of Baltimore. However, I was in their Colona facility to pick up a load through Mercer the other day and it looks like they have decent equipment and I also notice they have a lot of older drivers. I usually figure if a place has a good percentage of experienced drivers they are probably treating them okay.

From what I've seen most of the stepdeck stuff they haul is pretty light and no tarp. Might be a pretty good place to drive.

 

Cool yeah that does sound good. Having guys stay around a place does tend to speak well

 

another plus, since most of their stuff is agricultural. Well, like you're not going to be delivering to downtown Chicago or Atlanta when you're hauling a tractor or tillage equipment. lots of small towns or outskirts of cities I would imagine.

All I know is if they're paying their drivers decent and buying equipment and yards and things then they're making enough on those loads to offer me some better rates !! lol.

 

True good points

 

Not always true about city delivery i dropped in atlanta running with hunt