A&R Transport Inc in Morris, IL

I filled a app. And have been contacted by brandon,also the terminal mgr from phila. Called and wants to set up a interview..i pull bulk tank now for 11 yrs hauling sand,never did though large tanks or plastics heard good and bad.are benifits ok..and pay can you run all week home weekends

 

My paychecks are ok. I stay out two wks at a time. They seem to roller coaster. I think you guys further south make better pay than us mid-Atlantic drivers. I know driver's that double my pay. Highland drivers make best IMO.
As far as loading I think I do ok ,for being here 7 months.

 

My pay wasn't bad unless I went home. Us guys down south don't often get good freight heading home and often a long deadhead is involved. It's a tradeoff I think. I'm not sure how living down south would affect my pay because most loads I hauled started and ended at terminals other than mine.

 

If your taking offense at "you guys down south". I didn't mean it as such.
Trucking is all about shipping lanes and location, and if you don't see that your fooling yourself.
That's all I meant by it. I'm in a bad location. As far as long distance runs go. which sounds ridiculous
considering I live a few miles from I- 95, but Chesapeake doesn't have good freight going out. It's the
sad truth.
When I load out of Florence 9 times out of 10 I'm getting a Havre De Grace load (400) miles. I average
about 300 miles a load. Now when a driver that lives west of Florence loads he gets something going
west a lot of times ,for example Oklahoma. I ask Mr. Dog for that load and was told no it goes to one of our western drivers.
Now I may be mistaken and if I am I apologize before hand, but I believe Shanebone that you made a
comment on this forum that you drive an insane amount of miles a week. Somewhere in the range of 3000.
chesapeake and Parkersburg drivers average about 2000.
Why do you think all the Parkersburg drivers are leaving. If the were making 1500$ a wk nobody would
leave.
No there all going over to 1st class who is guaranteeing 1200 $ a wk.
If I'm wrong and you didn't say that I apologize . I'm certainly not trying start a fight on here. Just venting
about bring honme 4 to 500 a wk.

 

$500/wk is brutal. I'm not sure why you'd stay if it's that bad. Maybe I averaged more miles than some but I was always under the command of central dispatch so I can't see how I would be treated any different than other terminal drivers who run system freight. I never went to Chesapeake so you obviously have more knowledge of their loads than I do. If they don't have freight that will get u in the system then I see why our experiences are vastly different. As far as 3000 miles go yes I have seen that but it wasn't common and quite frankly the pay wasn't worth wanting it. Running that many miles would give u decent pay with no hours to start the next week. I preferred 1900 to 2500 miles. That would give me ld/unld revenue with some detention pay to make up for the lost miles and I'd never run out of hours. You never offended me with the down south comment. I knew it was simply a reference to drivers out of highlands and br. I was just pointing out that I seldom load out of the south. Most of the time I did was when I'm leaving the house.

 

I'm in that 2500 mile a week is plenty boat. Any more than that and the next week (or 2) turns into a recapping nightmare. I also run Canada freight, so I have to watch my hours and days off a little differently. Sometimes I wish my truck allowed me to run west, sometimes not. #### CARB!

 

How do you like the Decatur Al terminal compared to some others...Is your fleet mgr at this location also...

 

Decatur is a good terminal to work from. As a system driver about the only time I'm there is first run out and last run back for the duration. All terminals have their own manager.

 

I wish they buy some pete's 389 and add some speed at least 70 mph.

 

Hi guys, I went for an interview with A&R at the Morris IL terminal last week and I was offered a driver position. I have been seeing a lot of negative comments about the company in regards to how they sold to an investment company a few years ago. This kind of made me weary of accepting the job. I was also curious if the Morris terminal is a good terminal to work out of (seemed to be very large). I am really interested in getting into bulk transport, and I wanted to see how your experience with the company has been currently.