LinkAmerica/Arnold Merger

yes been almost 6 months now and things have got no better here on southeast side of things. to many problems with getting runs,,, and the weekend crew still dont know what the #### is going on,, there solution to a problem is just call back in the morning. had told them myself that at 6 mo here have only made 1/4 the money that i made with link. so i will be out of here soon just looking for the right tanker company to go to,,, tired of chasing the mile,,, looking for something by the load instead ,, it pays more,, one of my friends already left and went tanker and now makes about 3500 to 5000 a week in pocket,, ,, so just saying my days here are short

 

Sometimes all you can do is vote with your feet and move on. I've lined up multiple offers to pick from, all paying .05 per mi more than Arnold.
It baffles me that when the problems are well-known (operations staff, shop), yet nothing changes. That reflects directly upon management.

 

i have been with arnold for 5 years. The link equipment is in very poor condition. Arnold is doing the right thing by parking the link tractors and trailers. They bought link during the slowest time of the year with freight. Recently you can tell it is getting better. My miles are going up and I am having fewer maintenance issues now that the link trailers are getting parked. I am willing to work and getting the bump the dock pay makes Arnolds pay very competitive. I also like the arnold tractors. the oldest unit is a 2009 with most of the units i see are 2011 and newer. I am in a 2012 peterbilt. My fleet manager told me they are ordering 200 new 2014 units. i also saw where you were concerned with the shops. they were very busy with the link tractor and trailer sales. plus they were training new shop techs on taking on the link work. my recent visit to an arnold shop was very good.

 

Sorry, warrior. Not buying it. I see a one-post Arnold apologist, and I challenge you to prove that you are an Arnold driver.

 

Here's a phone number that may be helpful if anyone has questions for Arnold management: 972-313-6032

 

I've never dealt with JAX...they would quickly transfer me back to GP upon getting my truck number. And most in GP have this difficulty in communication...the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing most of the time. My DM was great, but often limited by the others in the bunch. A chain is only as strong as the weakest link-- doesn't matter how strong the strongest one it.

Now JAX CSRs...Never heard from them before 2100, but often after 0000.

 

As a former Link driver, I can agree that some of their older trailers are junk. The Washita and the old Interstate trailers are the worst ones. I've had more problems with the tandems in the Arnold trailers, probably do to more exposure to road salt up north. Some of the older Link trucks are pretty crappy, but they did buy some new ones last year before the merger.

Bump the dock pay? I've earned it, but never got it. Seems I was "in the wrong fleet" for that.

My '09 Pete was a nice truck...liked everything but that dang automatic transmission. Doesn't shift consistently, sometimes you have to do it manually, sometimes you have to "reset" it. It's in the shop for those corrections now, but by the time it comes back out, it would be pointless to get back in it before my resignation date is here.