My journey with PGT begins today

You plan accordingly and know where you can stop ahead of time.

Doesn't matter if your out of hours if the man in the big hat tells you to move....then you move.

I heard rumor they're starting to kick guys out of those pull offs, i dont run the pa pike so i couldnt tell ya for sure though.

 

Got to love darlington. The unloaders there are ridiculous. I was doing daily runs into darlington and one day it would take 30-45 min to unload next day would take 6 hours. It was never the same. I will also comment about the Laredo issue that was talked about a while back. Every driver that takes a load there pays a Mexican transfer fee. O/O's, LP'S, company doesn't matter. Everyone has that taken off the line haul. It usually equals $43. I am an O/O at Pgt the only time I have had to pay 100 is when I transloaded from the covered wagon to a Mexican carriers trailer. That's the only time Any driver pays 100. Pgt is a decent company. I've been here a lil over 2 years now. Made great money as a company driver. 6 months spent as a company driver I grossed $48,000. Laredo is horrible right now sat there for 6 days over new year. Texas is slow but it's the time of year it will pick up. You guys can complain all day and all night about the small bunk trucks. They are well maintained reliable machines. You can say you can go to another company and have a better truck. In this industry there are trade off drive a great looking company truck and make no money (TMC) or drive a truck that looks like its been through hell and back but runs great and make a nice check week in and week out. Most of the companies that have great looking tractors would rather put the money to the truck instead of to the driver. So if u want a bigger truck go to TMC or someone like that or go out an buy your own rig. I went out and bought mine after 6 months at Pgt.

 

Well said...thanks for the information, just curious what make, model and year did you buy?

 

Can any of you PGT'ers tell me if this so called wallboard (building materials) division is really a separate division where that's what you primarily deal with?

 

I've talked with some of the other wallboard haulers and all said its been kind of slow the last couple months. they think its mostly with the time of year. construction always slows down in the winter. makes me glad i'm a steel hauler. hasn't really slowed down much for me but most hasnt paid as good as i've been used to

 

I'll take my sandpile over both and we don't have state income taxes here, either.

 

Just a bunch of blue hairs that can't drive.

 

Yea, you're definitely right about that. Lived in the Northeast and the West Coast in California and even the rush hour traffic in L.A. doesn't compare with the lousy drivers here. I swear, just about every day I see a four-wheeler driving in the middle or hammer lane with a turn signal on (of which they have no idea is on) cruising way under the speed limit and slamming the brakes intermittently with no one in front of them. DAILY!