!!!!red alert!!!! The truth about western express
Discussion in 'Western Express' started by truckinwhiteboy, Feb 24, 2014.
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Safety guy said they had about close to 10 rollovers for the month of January. Can't imagine, that is a high #.
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Maybe the fuel tanks are too big for the truck? That can make it roll over, you know....
Laugh all you want, that was an excuse I heard from someone for running out of fuel at the gate to the yard a while ago.... -
Well I hope it gets better one day if don't ill b gone
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I was a student but they #### near did the same thing to me. I was with a trainer for a month and then went to recover a truck. The truck had a crack across the windshield, IFTA was expired, oil leak, and the trailer was so screwed that I couldn't put straps where I wanted them. I reported it all in the Qualcomm and the DM said he was going to route through Nashville to get it taken care of. Then he sent me straight into the Bronx with a load. Coming out of the Bronx i went to staton island to pick up one of those nasty trash loads you spoke of going to Ohio. Anyway I ran around for about three weeks all jacked up before they got me to Nashville. Then I got an oversized load going to Higden AR. They sent me TN permit so when I got to the weigh station on 40 I got shut down because I didn't have the AR permit. The sent the permit and it said I-55 so I got wrote up for out of route. Well now I was stuck and needed I40 permit. They sent the wrong permit three times. It took the DOT officer to call them to get the correct permit. And he got it because he made them transfer him directly to the permit department. My whole time there I saw one $400 check. The rest were under that. When I quit I brought the truck back to them and they charged me out of route miles for when I brought the truck back. They are ate up.
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So if you're flatbedding and you go with a trainer, you're guaranteed to be paid $120 a week for AT LEAST a month? $120....? No thanks, I'd rather work at my local Burger King and make 4-500 a week working 8 hour days.
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anyway....... if you're a student with a clean mvr and no felonies... there ARE better places to go! where are you from?Dc16vfd Thanks this. -
That's what I got from TCs OP.
Anyways I'm from Maryland, 21 years old. I got my CDL back in June after trucking school but have not used it since ( no experience ). I got a non-driving job shortly after getting my CDL, I have recently got laid off of the job but now I'm not sure if I want to pursue a trucking career. When I was in school I was sure I wanted to drive, but after learning about the crap pay for the amount of time spent away from home, I just don't think it's worth it. I was making nearly $600 a week at a production plant making/packing plastic containers. When I was in school I got brainwashed by people telling me how much money you could make in trucking right out of the gate.Alberdi Thanks this. -
Im not here to brainwash you- I will say this, I have 2 friends that grossed $98k, and $102k respectively their first years working for sysco (i wish i would have followed them over there but that's another story) point is there IS money to be made out there with your license, you just have to do your due diligence and look.
Good Luck to you
(sure wish I would have gotten my CDL at 21 years old )
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