Super Service

They can't fuel in their equipment ? ...and they want to put heat on the driver ....tell your man to get away from those people ....wow whatta joke

 

They used to be gainey transportation outta grand rapids. Guess you can figure why name change?

 

Actually it was both Gainey and SS.Mr Gainey filed chapter 11.Don't know if Gainey sold SS or what.But heard it under new management which isn't so ne anymore.I drove for Gainey for 9 moths.

 

I feel for people dealing with that stupid fuel routing. But, both the driver and dispatcher has to understand it is not a perfect system. Therefore you have to work the system. Now it's been three plus years since I had to deal with it, but this is what I did. I rolled with what they suggest then in route I would call and say this is not going to make it. I am in town XXX and have 50 gals. Please rework the fuel plan. Be unyielding. Out of fuel is ALWAYS blamed on the driver. Do everything possible to prevent that situation.

 

IMO his dispatcher is an idiot. It costs the company $$ for running out of fuel. I wonder if the maintenance director knows about this situation?

 

To set the record straight, Super Service does NOT run you out of fuel or charge you back if you stop at an unassigned fuel stop. If you're low on fuel and can't make it to the next fuel stop, you let them know and they'll give you another fuel stop. If the routing asks you to go very far out of route, you call them or send a message and they'll give you closer fuel stop. In some cases, you can suggest a fuel stop and they'll authorize it. If you run dedicated, you can stop at any Pilot, Flying J or Loves to fuel.

Gainey was bought out by someone else, who then changed the name to Super Service. Why continue to call the company Gainey, if he no longer owns it? Gainey's son later started up Sunset Logistics and has a terminal across the street from Super Service in Grand Rapids.

 

I always thought that Harvey Gainey bought several trucking companies and had them all under the Gainey umbrella.
He bought Sunrise USA out of Ft Wayne IN, he bought Lester Coggins, Areo Bulk, and Super Service. He allowed all of these companies to keep their names. So even though Harvey Gainey owned Super Service, he allowed them to keep their name. This was back in the 90's