Super-B experience

In the oil patch you could have 3 different jobs before lunchtime, and somebody will be more than happy to throw keys at you in the afternoon. Most of that ridiculous BS disappears once you get away from the truckload freight sector. But you might get your hands dirty.

 

Rumor has it no money in it, might just be for o/o's tho

 

A good company wants driver to stick around for years. They make sure that the employee is well suited to the job and understands the commitment to employment;
..plenty of crap companies who will hire a person over the phone and leave the keys in truck for them...I worked for one 3 months,,hired me on a cold call to run west coast...another I just phoned and they left keys and trip info at office...didnt even check to see my license No road test at either.

 

Trimac doesn’t pay sh$t for local work here in the toronto area i see ads for local work $23 a hr and ot after 60 hrs what a deal and to haul chemicals to boot.

 

I was pulling dry vans into he USA as an owner operator. Company I was at also did flat decks and super b flat decks. I was there for two years when I decided to try super b, seeing as they liked my performance to date, they let me give it a go.
Later I went to hauling super b hoppers.

 

How is "OT after 60 hours" even legal?

 

Under Canadian federal labour laws that apply to many in trucking.



Pete

 

A lot of local driving companies don’t pay OT until after 60hrs . one big reason i’m having a hard time leaving my mega carrier company .We get Ot after 9hrs and have set start times that stays the same every day for at least us night shift guys days we have the same start times every day .


here’s the trimac ad


AZ Company Driver Local - Dundas, ON - Indeed.com

 

If you want to make money doing local you have to find a union company.

 

$23 an hour seems low for them; and for pneumatic work. I’d say that’s probably not the extent of the compensation. In Western Canada they paid shift premiums and a couple different bonuses in addition to the base rate. They also offer a pretty good pension plan.

I am not here to sell anyone on Trimac. They aren’t easy to work for. However, they were brought up because they take on drivers without B-train experience. (Which is what this thread was about).

Whether they pay well or not, you can’t expect top wages in this industry unless you’ve got the experience or the willingness to do jobs most drivers don’t want to do.