Bestway Express Vincennes, IN

Kinda a barbell week. Ran to KC MO for delivery Tuesday AM, then returned to Cadiz, KY and dropped the backhaul that night and then picked up in Evansville, IN the next day for delivery Thursday morning in Chicago. Stopped by Vincennes for a minor repair to the trailer. Took a broker load back from Chicago with a Friday AM delivery in Indy and then ran the empty trailer to Greencastle IN and bobtailed to Oglesby, IL. The trailer I picked up in Oglesby had been sitting since August and the newest Annual inspection sticker was from Feb 08 (not normal, they try to get trailers through the shops at least every 6 months). Went to a little bitty truck shop and got a sticker. Headed up to South Beloit, IL and dropped and hooked a load going to Princeton, Ky early Monday Am. I am pre assigned from there to Black Mountain, NC. Apparently they are going to have bunch of freight coming from SC next week so they are trying to get a lot of drivers "in the neighborhood".

About 1998 miles for the week.

 

Stayed out for 2 weeks to get some miles. Put about 6k on the odometer so I suppose I succeeded.

 

Well, my Bestway experience is over. My old employer has called me back from layoff so I turned the truck in Thursday night and handed in my fuel card Friday afternoon (I did give not quite two weeks notice).

I was glad to walk away from the truck. A lot of that is the OTR lifestyle. A little of that is Bestway.

The good:
Pretty much everyone was nice. I was never put down or chewed out. It was hard to get through to my FM sometimes but he always did right by me if asked for something.

The Maintenance folks seemed to give a **** which is a rare commodity. They run older equipment but they try very hard to keep it up. If it needs fixed they want you to get it fixed now rather than nursing it back home. You will do a lot of services on the road (ie get a Road King/UltraOne card).

In general once I had proved I could and wanted to run they kept miles coming.

They are extremely laid back. Basically you do your thing and they leave you alone. Never heard a word about idle and OOR.

I was home pretty much every weekend. Maybe half a dozen times I was able to sneak through the house during the week.

The bad:
The rate per mile is low (they acknowledge in orientation that it needs to go up and they are working on it).

They are extremely laid back. It takes a while for dispatch to make up their mind about what they want you to do. Generally if you are not preassigned the night before and you empty out early in the morning you will be sitting for a couple hours.

If loads are preplanned with regard to HOS I never could see it. They will take you off of anything you say you can't do. I did and I never had any repercussions. As long as the paper is right they really don't care though (they have a service that checks your creative writing skills). It's not a starter company, they consider you a big boy and it's on you to make your own decisions.

Overall, they're good folks if you like trucking "old school"

 

Good luck with your new "old" job. Thanks for your updates too.

 

Thanks too all for info...They hav called for ore next wk after holiday and the recruiter i talked too was Rhonda but cant seem too get any answers from her other then my home term will be in Athens,Tn which is were i live..Was told they hav auto and man trans, soo i asked if they had a manuel avl cause i dont like the auto and got a "not sure"...Are there any company drivers out of the Athens,Tn term that can up date were ur runnin and the miles ur gettin and ur opinions on the company would be great...thanks...

 

***HIRING***

If you or someone you may know is looking for a good job with excellent opportunities please contact me via email or phone and we'll do our best to put you in the fast track to financial gain.

Driver Requirements:
CDL / Class A
Minimum 1 yr experience
Reefer Experience a plus—Premium pay for experienced reefer drivers and sign on bonus (reefer drivers only)

Driver Benefits:
*Weekly Home Time
*Weekly Pay
*Direct Deposit option
*Quarterly Safety Bonus
*Paid Vacation
*401K / Profit Sharing
*Paid Orientation
*500 mi average length of haul

Other Openings At Bestway Express, Inc. :

We are also needing to fill positions at our service shop in Vincennes - Diesel Technicians.

Diesel tech will require knowledge in Class 8 trucks, we run Freightliner and Volvo tractors. Need to have own tools and be able to work Saturday's & call outs.

Diesel Technician:
*Paid vacation/holidays
*401K/profit sharing
*Uniforms furnished
*Direct deposit
*Every other weekend is 3 day weekend off
*CDL is a plus

**Email or call for both the driver/non-driver resumes**

Thanks
Rhonda M Shoulders
Recruiter - Bestway Express
p - 800-777-4668 x 264
f - 812-885-21663

 

Supposed to got to Orientation 11-14-11. Supposed to work out of Midway Ky hauling auto parts. Thanks Rhonda for all the help.

 

Nothing bad to say about Bestway, but I wasnt really to impressed with their turn around time to pickup a new load; didnt seem to get as many miles as they boasted, and their safety bonus is circumstantial. It seems to me, they try to save money in fuel at the expense of driver miles. Only more seasoned drivers there get more miles. Nice company, but not as promising as it leads u to believe. I wasnt that impressed.

 

Well im done at Bestway Express. The company is all circumstance on the bonus. They make things sound good and anyway they can screw you to help them thats their game. Trucks arent great the main shop has mechanics that are shade tree they fix half and dont check the rest of the truck cause they dont want more work or cant keep up cause things that could be prevented werent. They are going to auto trucks set at 62-65mph and peoplenet. The bonus they want you to use your time to do online courses to lower their insureance if you dont have a computer find one or you lose your bonus. Your insureance health isnt very good very expensive for family plan. Dont let the company people in the office fool you i was there 2.5years. i had enough.