Good Flat Bed Companies?

I dont want elogs. And i dont like the idea of having to carry hundreds of dollars in cash for tolls

I can deal with tarps, i can deal with all 48 states, i can deal with not haveing prepass, i can deal with a 65mph truck, i can even deal with the super singles they have on some trucks and trailers, but E-Logs i dont think i can deal with.



American Trucker

 

its not about cheating, its when you have 30 extra minutes to get to the TS and you run into traffic/construction/accident and you get to the truck stop 2 minutes over your 11. Thats NOT a safety issue, thats not a paper log issue, but on E-Logs you now have a log violation viewable to you, your employer, AND the DOT Screw that




American Trucker

 

noteing a log violation isnt going to make it disapear, and im sure DOT can see more then 7 days if they want. At the very least in an Audit you and your employer would be screwed since they can legaly change your logs...


Also since USX has been on elogs for a while they may have it worked out to work for them and then again USX also has never been an outlaw company.

Lone Star is new to them, still dont have any yet, and i can only imagin the shock its going to put them into when haveing to work around the HOS and not have the drivers make it work. If you look at their CSA score their scores are very low, but if you look at what little log violations they have they are all violations that would accur when trying to make a run work, or maximize their hours.


I would LOVE to try them out, but i donno about them logs lol, i would probably end up ripping the #### thing out and throwing it out the window, not sure that would go over well lol




American Trucker

 

Anderson leases trucks, and puts company drivers in columbias, and even their lease Op's are governed at 62 No thanks

Builders transport i havent looked at in a few years, i'll have to check them out again.

Boyed brothers, 62mph sheet spreaders, and they like to tarp EVERYTHING lol.


I know i'm being a little picky but i work for a good company now, im not going to leave to have a dispacher in a cubicle telling me what to do every 3 seconds, or drive a worse truck then i have now, been doing this too long to get into a POS again.

the one good thing i've seen about these big fb companies is they get you home most weekends, but between slow trucks, e-logs, accesive tarping, etc i dont see how i'll make more then i do now or be getting a better job out of the switch.

Another problem i have is trying to find a good company that will train me to fb. Most of the good ones want at least 6 months exp with a fb.




American Trucker