Triple Crown Services Co, - Fort Wayne, In.?

WOW!...a few months ago you were giving these guys an Oscar.
Having worked for them myself I can't say I'm surprised at the
strange turn of events.
They start you out great to get you to sign their contract.
After that you're in the toilet...

 

Thanks to you and others for insights into this company. I've been contemplating becoming an O/O, but preferred to run local. They seemed to have what I was looking for, but now I think I'll look in a different direction.

 

Voyager- Dont be discouraged from becoming an O/O. You can make it work if you do it right. It's just a matter of finding the right company for you. I really thought TCS was the answer too my prayers, I was wrong. But I'm still in good shape, it's just a minor setback.I'am moving too a regional carrier that is a lot smaller than TCS they have 70 trucks instead of 800. I did a lot better research, and really went out of my way too talk to other drivers before making a decision. I bought a truck that I could pay for in two years, I grease it once a week, keep the tires aired up, and try too prevent problems before they start. And record keeping is important, if you do it right you can avoid paying hardly any tax at the end of the year. Don't be discouraged my friend, there is still good companies out there.

 

hows tcs going? ive been thinking of leasing on with them.

 

Read my earlier post up on this page.

 

thanks pound puppy

 

ive read all of the messages i could find on this company (not much)...

looking for info on how tcs contractors are doing, (profitable??)..

when you signed on,were you leasing or did you own the trk 100%,how much were payments? how much do you on avg make per week,net after all trk expenses.

if anyone could tell me more about the company in general that would be great,thanks

 

They don't tell you this anymore, or go over it so quickly in orientation people forget, but you need to request yard maintainence detention from the time you got the trailer in need of repair. They pay you $20 an hour - 15 minutes as they figure to hook and do the pretrip to find the problem will take 15 minutes, and you have to do that anyway. On the road maintainence pays immediately, (usually blown tire), but only $20 an hour for as long as it takes. That's a different macro. Also if you load a trailer at a shipper, then take it to a reciever you must put in for an extra contract to get paid the contract fee on both ends of the load. If you don't see a macro for a service you do for a customer, send dispatch a message, or put in for a misc assc charge. They should tell you how to get paid for it. I have a policy to do just about anything a customer asks me to do, then get tcs to pay me for it, which they usually do. Even if they don't, we keep the customer happy which helps us all stay busy.

ps. many years with TCS

 

Silvereagle, can you provide some current info on triple crown. Are guys making a ok living or just about broke? Cause I have an app in with them I should hear this week if I'm approved.

 

Those that have a business plan and operate as a business do well and are home most every night. It used to be that one could work local out of our Fort Worth teminal and do about $3,000 a week "Gross" with a start time about 05:00 and end around 16:00. As working local one rarely exceeded 1,200 miles a week, that left a fair profit at the end of the week. I have done over $5,000 in a week working local but worked close to my 70 hrs in 5 days. Now though one has to go long, which means that one will be out overnight, and rarely if ever will one see $5,000. Now we average closer to $3,500 in about 2,250 miles a week. This includes all assessorial charges, mileage, and contract fees. Most weeks now I am out two nights a week and don't work weekends. When one starts here it is very confusing and takes awhile to learn the system. Also they are going to computer logs. You get paid by miles, contracts, and services, so it all adds up to make a livable revenue. Also, you will need to increase your maintainence budget to 16 cpm here, you will go through king pins and tires quickly. You may not spend that money every year, but that's my 9 year average on 5 trucks. My advice; if you're not willing, or cannot afford to give it one full year to get up to speed and learn the system, don't bother. It will waste your time, cost you money, cost us money, (as contractors we depend on our customers, and if you service fail (which you will when you start), that costs us customers.)