Baldwin Distribution Services, Inc. - Amarillo, Tx.

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How your friend doing other there

 

what kind of truck does he have what are the trucks govern at and the specs on the trucks how old to ride and how many miles would appreciate the info

 

I believe they are all owner operators. I used to run into one of their drivers at the Jamestown New Mexico Pilot quite a bit. He had a dedicated route from Amarillo to So Cal and back and had nothing but praise for them.

 

Back in 2002 they were using macs and operating with ffe kinda like a wholey owned subsidiery had some owner opts with drivers used to see them at affilated in amarillo in my reefer days used to do a lot of swinging beef to up north.

 

They do have company drivers. I see their l/ps and their chromed out 780 volvos every so often in my part of Central FL. Also they do have team drivers running Fed Ex doubles. This company is one of the few to offer a $1 buy out at the end of their lease. I'd like to know more about the company side as I have heard opinions from the l/p side. One plus I do know is the drivers are like family.

KH

 

I know that I have tried for years to get on with them. Hard to get return phone calls, return E-mails, even took a psych test for them, and never any more contact from them. I was trying hard because they have a dedicated customer 2 miles from my house.

 

Don't do it.... as far as a company goes they are horrible. When my husband started he was told her would make 1700.00-1800.00 every 2 weeks as owner operator. We have not even made that much since he started and that was running almost 8,000 miles every 2 weeks. Every company driver was put on the fed ex acct and had to take a pay cut they didn't have a choice. My husband has been encouraged on several occasions to run illegal by his dispatch. The only person who seemed to show any heart is the head fleet manager. Wether you lease or run company driver for them you usually end up stuck, screwed out of detention pay for one reason or another, or getting loads from maine to some place almost 2000 miles away and them expecting a solo driver to get it there in less than 24 hrs..... as far as the lease goes it is a bad deal 2800.00 a mos for 3 yrs general escrow is 0.07 a mile then you have insurance, and a few other administrative charges plus gas then they nickel and dime you for the rest of your check until you have a penny left when the break even point is at 2500 miles ..... unless you plan on starving for the next 3 yrs and not getting home when you need to I recommend going with another company.

 

by the way the pay per a mile is a little on the low side as far as owner operators go its .87 cpm.