Risinger Bros Transfer Run Away Fast

after being off work 5 months Im returning to a company I didnt leave.I dont know whats going on but things are different.I am getting crap loads and had my good loads changed.Risinger really helped me out financially and called often to see how I was doing I have to believe whatever is happening will soon flop and someone there will get back to the caring company they were.When I was in morton last week telling them about me not getting my short miles on a run one of the staff told me I should quit.I dont think telling drivers to quit will solve their driver shortage,but looking at why they are quitting might.I dont beleive any company has greener grass but right now they needed to do some weed control

 

Can't say I've experienced all the problems mentioned, but can say as a current leased driver using the KCM leased Columbia, That it is a less than ideal arrangement. I do however get good miles, and I get home nearly every weekend. I don't get very good settlements, with an average of $750 gross......so if I take tax out, I'm only seeing about $5-600 a week. And there have been several times that because of break down problems, I've not got a pay check at all, because of the fuel. And speaking of fuel, if you manage your fuel costs, you can get a decent settlement. By not buying full tanks near the end of the week you can keep your fuel costs down enough to get a paycheck. The heavy paper loads are the real problem. The Uline loads are more reasonable and can be as light as 15k, to as much as 40k, also. But more often as not, they are fairly light. I have had a lot of work done to my truck since I got it. A transmission, new turbo, EGR valve, and cooler, new fan clutch......and I think of the repairs as lost revenue from lost miles, so I try to get stuff done on a reset break at Morton. It doesn't always go as planned, but it helps. I've broke down on the road, but fortunately, that happened as I arrived at my home exit for a weekend reset.....but I didn't get back on the road til the following Thursday. Thanks to the local Freightliner dealer.

Is Risinger the best company? Well, I don't know, since this is my first ever lease experience. I've always been a company driver before this. I get generally more than 2800 miles a week, and have at times been over 3200 miles....based on the load dropping on a Saturday or not. I have had less miles, too, but mostly that is from a breakdown, or winter driving issues, and not from bad loads. My dispatcher is a good one. He moves me pretty good. As long as I let him know daily my HOS I have available to drive, he puts me into the wind. I have been in the N.E. on some loads. I don't like being up there, and I don't raise holy HELL about it, but I do tell him I'm not enthusiastic about being up there, and get me back out. I've also told him he can run me into Chicago everyday, and it wouldn't bother me as bad as going into the N.E.......but that is just me. I just don't like the toll roads, lack of parking and idling laws in that area. I've always driven a hard day. I pack as many miles in day as I can legally do, so I tend to get long miles from Chicago to Texas on a fairly regular basis. Risinger is overall a fair company to deal with and I had an accident that cost me extra deductions coming from my pay for 12 weeks to pay for deductable of the insurance policy. Those were lean weeks. With all that I do for the miles I get, I don't see the $1000 payday very often, achieving that about every 3-4 weeks, and it is both a fuel management (how well is the truck running) issue and miles driven. One week recently was 3570 miles and fuel was $2200 and I got $1430 for that week. That was the week I was setting at the Freightliner dealer for 3 days, so my next week settlement was only $187 for 1575 miles. Again, Risinger isn't a totally bad company. It does have a lot to do with who your dispatcher is, how you run, and your truck, whether it breaks down or not, and whether you get good fuel mileage. These are just my experiences. Maybe I've been luckier than some other drivers. I'm not getting rich, and a lot of weeks causes me some tight bank balances to pay bills with. I'm hoping once winter is past, things will ease up.

 

RUN!
You didn't give the breakdown of your lease but I can tell by what you have posted, it's a turd. What are the regular maint, clerical and other blah blah charges?

 

$.013 a mile for maintenance, no charges other than insurance, truck payment.

Is it a turd? maybe, but I walked into it with my eyes open.....and I still feel like I have a good dispatcher. He has been reponsive when I need miles fast. I broke down last week, and set for three days while the Freightliner dealer fiddle farted around and my company shop manager dickered about whether the dealer was going to fix it. My dispatcher put me on 1600 miles from Thursday morning to Saturday night when the settlement week closed.
Drawback to Risinger with my deal is, coulda shoulda but I didn't. So I am now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as far as the lease goes.....I have just under a year left, and the items being repaired are significant items that will ultimately asure me that I won't have to fix these items myself before I get a chance to make money on a clear title truck. I am planning to move the truck to another company I have picked already. The loads are lighter. Less wear and tear on the truck, and better fuel mileage. Meantime, I know break downs will happen, but so far they fix the problem. With planning I can get them done by doing a reset while they take of the repairs. /that way the repairs aren't hitting me so hard on lost miles.

 

I agree run from risinger not for them....or risk loosing ur business. Ur call.

 

I was with Risinger back in 2009-2010. I owned my own truck and they were not a good company back then. Can't image they have improved at all since. Low miles and crappy fuel surcharge. All heavy. Mostly International Paper loads with an occasional Uline. Fuel was my biggest cost because of the heavy weight. I agree with run FROM not FOR them.

 

You'd have to be crazy to put a truck on with Risinger..This company is the scum of the earth...Heavy loads, Piss poor money, Very poor dispatch, they make you jump through impossible hoops to get paid for detention, constantly sending messages and cancelling loads, they expect you to run illegal, but after you do they write you up, and dock your pay, they charge you $500.00 if your late no matter if it wasn't your fault, they tell you it's all drop and hook, but most all return loads are broker loads, they use the PC miler zip code to zip code short mileage scam (expect 20% lost mileage... I could go on and on...Don't even think about doing there lease purchase scam, it's a double lease, they lease from a leasing company and then lease to you...total scammers!!