Poly Trucking What you need to know !

I had 2 offers, WalMart and Poly Trucking. I chose Poly and I think I made the right choice.

BUT, before you choose Poly, you need to know ....

1.) You don't ( DO NOT ) get paid every week and may go a few weeks w/o a check. I'm 54 yrs old so I don't mind, but if you're a young guy in your 20's going check to check, it may be tough.

Reason: Poly doesn't pay until they have the signed B.O.L.'s in their hands. You can NOT use trip pak, trans flo, or even U.S. Mail and they don't have a scanner for their Q-comm. You can't even give your bills to another driver to drop off for you. If you're out a few weeks ... T.S.

You must hand deliver to the Grand Praire or Henderson, NV terminal by Mon at 5p. Del. after that and it's another week til you get paid.

(you can get a $70 per day advance)

It Gets Worse....
2.) You need to pay your own tolls. WTF ??

That's right, at Poly you pay your own tolls and have to wait til you get your pay check for reimbursement.
(see above for when you get your check)

Poly does not have e-z pass or pre-pass. They would save tons of money with e-z pass because some states discount the tolls if using e-z pass.

In 1 trip I had over $300 in tolls, out of my own pocket. The G.W. Bridge alone is $90.

THE GOOD ...

-A.P.U.'s
-You can get pre-pass but need to pay for it yourself $16/mo. I do, most don't.
-They still use paper logs ... Amen!
-They don't bust your balls!
-Minimal contact w/ dispatchers!
-Managers (so far) are decent people.
-GREAT HOMETIME ! Take 7 business days off at a time if you want (so long as you average 2000 miles/wk. which is easy) 7 business days is really 11 calendar days, because they don't count the weekends.
-If you want to work, you can easily run over 3000/wk. that's $1,500/wk.
-I average 2-3 weeks out and usually take 4 days off after that. (that's my choice)
-You don't need to ask for time off, you just send q-comm message telling when you'll be ready for next load, or just wait til you're rdy and call them.
-Choice dispatching. They give you choices on where you want to go, except for backhauls.
-This trucking co. is owned by a manufacturer (Poly-America) so they usually backhaul you to one of their plants to haul their product.
-Easy stable freight. It doesn't move. (plastic trash bags and plastic wrap for construction sites).
-.50 mile (hub mile) $30 drop after 2nd drop.

 

Pre-pass was $12 10 yrs ago when I had my own authority.

I just got one when I came to Poly, they charge me $16 now.

I remember when a CAT scale was $6.

Everything goes up.

 

I'm being charged $16 and don't haul cabbage

You're right about Poly.

1 driver told me (for what that's worth) they're not going to buy Internationals anymore.

1 female driver told me a month ago that she was leaving Poly for Walmart because she broke down and had to pay $600 out of pocket for hotels that were pre-approved, but (she said) they took 2 months to reimburse her.

Before they do work on your truck, it needs to be approved by 6 different people which can take a few days. Big bureacratic problem there.

The company is run by an Art Major rather than a Business Major.

I'm still happy I came to Poly. Nobody bothers me here. I can just do my job.

I worked at Millis and they (over the years) became A'holes about everything. Cameras and microphones in your face all day.

 

I was surprised to see South Carolina Troopers riding BMW's.