Cheeseman Trucking, Fort Recovery, Ohio

I had to enter 11 pickups on the peoplenet last Thursday at around 11:30PM. My trainer said it was a 'good learning experience'. I said I hated it, and I was tired. But, we got paid. So, there's that.
Also, I met some dude that said he didn't know how to work a conestoga trailer. We swapped out trailers at some broke down factory in BFE North Carolina.
He was cool, but I'm pretty sure he just didn't want to carry that POS down the road.
We had to borrow a pry bar for the straps from the shipper. It was embarrassing, and I think they enjoyed the laugh.
It's a pretty cool company from what I can tell.
They might need newer/better covered wagons, but they have treated me really well and I hope they let me keep working here.

 

the softside stepdecks can be a pain, I sorta miss the workout pulling a flatbed so I take one every time they offer. last time I pulled a softside it was up to MA then they deadheaded me 500 miles to pick up a load 30 miles from home.

better week this week, 2500 miles, made $250 in stop/handling pay, $1175 gross, 4 nights at home including this weekend.

 

Might want to get your own cheater and strap bar also if you like to go to tx go into shop and get a landing gear crank Handel and bolt. The Mexican trailers we pull the mex take the handles. Nothing like trying to raise the legs with a screwdriver.

 

How do you get home so much and still get good miles? Where do you live? Since we are not doing the Lima loads and now the cannon ct loads my home time has realy sufferd and still make the money I need to make.

 

I don't know how he does it either. I parked in the same place as him, never made that in one week, and just about had to BEG to get home by Saturday night and usually back out Sunday night. If I had more than a 34 hour weekend and made more than $700-$800 per week I would probably still be with them. I never turned down anything they offered.

 

along I80 in western PA. I take a truckload or LTL load home for the weekend, deliver Monday in PA/NJ/NY/CT, pick something up and stop at home on the way back west. I live 300 miles from the Fort so I can leave home, drive to the Fort, and get back home in the same day.

I've worked here 4+ years, with seniority comes better lanes, I was all over the place and only home 2 nights a weekend when I first started. I don't think they much care where they send new hires.

 

I ve worked for Ed since 96 and seniority doesn't play as big a factor as you might think. Where you live and your work ethic plays just as much. You live in a great lane to get home and make money and still get home. I live in western ny and th freight in that lane has changed a lot since Craig took over.

That being said I'm not bashing the company. It's great place to work when you walk into dispatch you are not caged in you can go freely and talk to whoever including the boss Ed ZUMSTEIN if he's there( yes our boss drives to he's on is way to the west coast this week). Dispatch don't just give you a load they ask " what are you looking to do" you can consistlay make over a 1,000 gross a week and be home once a week if not more if you live in just about all of Ohio I 80 to the east and the Duncan S. C. area. Well I've got to get my pre trip done and get to Minneapolis Happy trails.

 

I have enjoyed reading all of the posts about cheeseman. I'm strongly considering coming over there. If seems like they pay decent and get you home! I've done ltl freight before and liked it. The stop pay adds up fast in my experience. If anyone has a good reason I shouldn't go to cheeseman I'd like to hear it before I put in my application. If not I'm sure before too much longer I'll be seeing all of you at the fort.

 

If you live with in the hireing are on website you can get home and make decent money. But keep in mind this is not normal ltl the major part of it is forklifts which are blocked we have to unblock and re block if picking up. But we get paid the stop plus $.75@1000lb so if you drop a 10,000 lb lift you will get $7.50 plus the stop pay which will be $10-25 depending on where it is the majority of stops will be !16 wee also do lift gates wiche can be a pain in the butt I've net to deliver ant with a dock so you have hook up chains and drag them off no big deal just a little time consuming and sometimes the cCustermer has a bad attitude All n all it what you make of it here you can be a slacker or a go getter and they will still love you there is no miro management here.

 

pulling blocks and nails pays about $60 an hour. I usually get one load of lifts a week which comes out to an extra $30. you'll need a 4ft crowbar, I recommend a good heavy Pennsylvania made Barco bar.