Great Plains Transport - A company that cares about drivers... NO BS.

They Governed trucks ? and what's the speed at ?
Any Benefits ?
401k ? if so what's the match ?
Inverters/refridgerators/ ?
APUs?
Vacation Time ... ? is it weekly avg ? or 40 hrs ?

 

65mph, the usual health insurance(blue cross), vacation is 1 week a year until 3rd year it's 2 weeks,401k, bonuses, trucks are cascadias, some with automatic, some with 10 speed manual, volvos which are all automatic 12 speed(Volvo made that standard equipment), full condo double bunk sleepers, APU/fridge/inverter.
Minimum 3 weeks out, run all 48 states, no Canada or hazmat, loads are supposedly avg 1400 miles, some go coast to coast, some are short. I guess that's about all I can think of. Just basically what they have here.

 

Okay then , thanks for the come back. I'll be sure to check them out , I'm not a great big fan of the refer busn. Though. Still I will check them out.

 

Yup , the junior "SMALL" totes don't , but the larger than normal ones ... yes they do.

 

Stay away from that place. Trust me. If you read thru the post you'll see the issues. A d you'll also see one of these drivers are hanging in there because they have no choice right now. Trust me you don't wanna be a part of the headache Great Plains will give you

 

Holland Ent.

 

Lol I think there's still a couple of us. I don't know what became of Patrick, he hasn't posted on here since last summer.

 

I got through there just before that apparently.

 

I am still here and don't really see too many issues other than communication. I have been out here long enough to know that as long as you work for someone else you will never be completely satisfied. All companies are going to drive you insane one way or another. I think the thing I like most is that they will not bug you. You will get a call now and then about a swap or something but other than that you pick up a load and deliver it and never hear a word. That's the way it should be with experienced drivers.

 

Well, another Friday morning delivery down the drain. Got halfway through Missouri and the warning lights on my dash lit up and the engine went into a 25% derate. Had to nurse it for 80 miles into the freightliner dealer, where they inquired about the magnet , I told them that magnet fell in, the problems it caused with the sending unit, etc, and was told it needs a new tank. Of course when I called dispatch and just got told to let them know how long it'll take, after I already stated this thing is going to be late ,this load was already a bit tight enough without a breakdown. Not that I wanted more time up until now. Was hoping to get in for that appointment so I could at least get a decent weekend load.. This DEF garbage already cost me a bunch of miles last weekend. Right now my anger is against the EPA and CARB for coming up with one of the dumbest ideas in engine technology ever.