Do not lease purchase a trailer from MERCER TRANSP. in Louisville Ky

I think it's in your own best interest to bone up and show up at Mercer with: a truck that can pass a simple inspection and is not 3 payments behind, no illegal drugs in your body, enough money to eat on, some ears the size of elephants, so you can listen to what they try to tell you in orientation, (It's hard hearing over a bunch of ######### who think it's a social event!) some; chains, straps , tarps, bungee cords, timbers, binders, and a ..... OH YEAH.. a TRAILER. If you don't have this stuff, be prepared to: not get through orientation, or start in debt to Mercer for $3000.00 for securement and weather protection, and $10,000 -$35,0000 for a TRAILER before you even deadhead out of MERCERTOWN!!!
Now add this to your truck payment, fuel expense, repairs and upkeep, your home expenses if you have them. In todays trucking market, if you owe everybody, I think you're screwed before you start.
Try to act like a professional truck business owner. I know it's hard for some, but trucking is hard work. If you don't like hard work and you're just looking for a place to hang, well you can hang at Mercer for a while. A lot of people do, that's why a 2 year old trailer will have four or five different trailer numbers on it.
Oh yeah , a tip for success... believe as much info that you garner from the WORLD WIDE WEB as you would believe from a CB chat in a truckstop parking lot. Mercer is just another job. It's what you bring to organization that will determine what you will reap from it. Here's another tip for ya, NEVER owe money to the people that sign your checks, because they will always get their due before "U"!!!! Ain't it a funny world???
Load test a trailer... now that's funny, there is some wisdom best avoided, it will make you look very silly!

 

I didn't mean to step on your toes. This thread sounds more like the adventures of an inexperienced driver/buyer instead of a whine to reveal crooks at Mercer.

 

Trying to get through the inspection here in-house through mercer has forced many of us to seek other avenues to satisfy repair needs of our vehicles. I mean ive made my trip up here (875 away from Dallastown) to get to work as soon as orientation was over. However, their forced inspection took a bad turn for the worse. Ive even fathomed working for somebody else now because the shops (LASCO) they refer you to cannot even fix a ABS light on you tractor. Now, after $2, 200 dollars Iin the hole im praying the freightliner dealership can make the necessary repairs at a cheaper cost or else its just a complete failure in my part for blinding trusting a name brand as opposed to what is really happening to those hopefuls going through orientation. Last, Iif you're convinced about coming and making mercer your home please fix every electr8cal problem on your own before making the move. Make sure your ducks are in a row or else youll be the one getting the execution treatment.

 

So you went to Mercer with electrical issues, and they are the bad guys? Tell me how that works.

 

So what happens with a trailer that's sagging? Can it be fixed and at what cost?

 

Feed Mercers repair shop cronies.

 

I love anti-Mercer threads. The heros swarm like wasps.