Oakley Transport, Inc. - Lake Wales, Fla.

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Small, I have heard experiences like this about Jim Aartman. A buddy of mine just quit, because they wanted him to run 800+ miles a day. And when he refused to do it on a daily bases, his boss John P. out of their Ripon terminal, berated him, told him he was a *****, less of a man.

Well, it was sad because he worked their for 3 years, and he said he just couldn't take it anymore. I remember him saying that, he was use to driving 650-700 miles a day. But they usually let him have a day to rest, and catch up on his logbook. But now its just PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, with no rest accept on your home-time. He almost wrecked 3 weeks ago because he was to DARN tired.

Last month I tried to sign-up with them, but when I saw that arbitration agreement, I said, "**** NO!" "NO THANKS." My farther-in-law is an attorney, and said, please don't sign that, if I did, I would have no power, I'd be like a slave. They could treat me however they wanted, and I couldn't do anything about it

DRIVERS BEWARE: Its just another way for them to ***** you.

 

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Man I don't know many driver's could drive 800 miles a day, what a jerk let's see him drive 800 miles a day. It's a good you got the heads up!

 

It has been quite a while since I posted anything, but this caught my attention. I just quit a milk hauling company and I ran into Jim Aartman and Indian River drivers all the time in Winter Haven, Fl and I heard the same type of stories from them. I talked to an Indian River driver who told me that he stayed out for 2 months and when he got home they gave him hell for taking a week off.

The company that I hauled milk for was a pretty decent outfit, but the pay was real low and you spent your time hanging around the dairies trying to get unloaded. When you figured the time involved and the miles, you would hang your head and cry. I would not recommend the milk hauling business to anyone. I had an old black man tell me in Spartanburg, SC that running illegal is just part of the job when you haul milk. You are always dodging scales and fudging on your log. I left Harrisonburg, Va going to Winston-Salem,NC with 61,000 lbs in the tanker, when I weighed in at the dairy, I was grossing almost 91000. And you talk about beating you to death, you get a tanker that is grossing around 47000 and the load will beat you to death.

I dont understand why DOT hasnt come down hard on the milk haulers. The company that I drove for has drivers that turn Harrisonburg, Va to Florence,SC back to back for 3 straight trips. There is no way that you can do this. I know drivers that pick up at the farms and then run to the dairy, they dont even log the farm pick ups. I never would pick up at the farms, I only ran the road.

Stay away from milk hauling.

 

Never, never, never sign an arbitration agreement.

 

Small Thanks for the info on aartmans arbituary agreement. I talked to john out of ripon, and he told me he wouldn't even look at my app if I didn't sign that agreement. Heard the big boss is tired of being sued by drivers. I heard over and over again that they use to be a great driver company, but now like you said they have trash in key management places. Talk to a driver thats been with them 8 yrs, he said there HR director is a complete *********, talks and treats drivers like trash. Thats to bad, that aartman would let some new bad apples run his company into the ground. Its getting bad there, they just shutdown there buckeye, az terminal, just fired all the drivers, didn't even give them any notice. This company might have been good back in the day, but now it seems there just bad news...too bad.

 

To the driver who was with Oakley.....watch your DAC, since you didn't bring the truck where your company requested they can slap you with an abandoned truck.

Anytime you don't do what a company wants explicitly when turning back in your truck they can get you for abandonment.

 

I been away fer a long while, but this kinda thinkin just gits me stirred up. I just dont belief how sorry ### whiny you folks is. You wine when you dont git yer miles. Ya whine when ya get do many miles. Whine whine whine. Git yer own rig, be yer own man, or stop a whinin. Workin for a bad company is like doin time, or being on parole, always lookin over yer shoulder, worryin bout some stupid DAC.

 

Hey Small & Peterbilt06,

Get a load of this ignorant guy...talking about someone whining .

Funny how some people take information & knowledge??? I love how he took the time to criticize this post...but in the most pathetic & tacky way...:smt030 Bumdaddy, next time you post your super intelligent thoughts, please invest in a SPELLCHECKER. To many "fer's and yer's. You just sound dumb.

As far as, "Gittin yer own rig" all three of us our Owner Operater's, and now were in the process of incorporating a business...bumdaddy. I hate to critique another driver, but dude, honor us with some intelligence, something wise. If your an older guy, and you "git on" like this, well I feel sorry for you.
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