JB Hunt vs Smith Transport

JB Hunt has to be the worst company my husband EVER went to! This web site sure has been reassuring that his dicusion to quit was the right one. Anyone know how or when he'll see any of his "escrow" funds. He left the truck a terminal near home - called them a week prior and told them he was going to. Also, he went to Smith Transport out of PA - anyone know anything about this company? Thanks!!

 

Thank You! After the mess with JB our family is a lot of stress! My husband hates changing jobs, but if he didn't we would lose our butts and everything around them - I keep praying this is the right company to move to (Smith) - we'll see. Reictures - yes we have them, in fact our 5 year old took them - from what I've read though, it doesn't look promising. Thanks again!

 

Thanks - my hubby was really upset over all this - again, I'll be the one their talking too (they don't realize, he's the calmer one of us). I know what you mean about the checks - with a family and a home, no one can afford to work for JB. We came to close to losing everything. I went on a site to report them - we'll see if anything happens, but I told them the same thing. We defiantely learned a valuable lesson in all this --never again, but it also made us VERY gun shy of the larger companies, we'll see what happens with Smith, he's in orientation with them today and tomarrow - the kids (2 & 5) are excited "daddy's bringing home a black truck"!

 

Not upset at all, we appreciate any opions from all. I just wished we had looked as hard when he was confronted with JBH. We learned a valuable lesson - my husband was out of the trucking world for about 3 years when he went back with a really small company, when JBH started looking at him, he was thrilled just to be back on the road. This time around we tried to do some checking on Smith before he went there. We had posted his resume on-line and he had 23 hits in 2 days! So, he started talking to some of the guys who having been driving and went with Smith. So far he says everything the recruiter says is being done, we'll find out with the first paycheck and miles! Thanks Again...They should make sites like this one available for all drivers, advertise or something, then the bigger companies MIGHT think about what their doing to peoples lives!

 

Just wanted to let you guys know, so far, everything the recruiter said, Smith is backing - The owner of the company still drives. My husband gets a truck today and heads out (he was getting really antsy!). We're just praying it all works out - 2 growing boys eat alot!! Thanks for the advise and all - We'll let you all know how things are working. I told my husband about this site - he can't wait to get home and check it out for himself!

As far as Smith MACK E-6, I've tried looking everywhere and can't find anything bad about them either. My hubby said out of 7 in his orienation class, 3 are return drivers, he's really been picking their brains as to why they left in the first place, so far, personnel family problems were top of the list - one had a dispatcher problem, but Smith jumped and got him a new dispatch to come back. Still holding out judgement though!

Thanks again...A Very Worried Truckers Wife