Indian River Transport, Bynum Transport

Dr_Fandango44 · Apr 5, 2016

Living in Fl will restrict your options. working for IRT should be OK, but food grade will not pay as much as chemical tanker hauling. You will get top equipment, so give it a whirl and good luck

River-driver · Apr 5, 2016

Florida is the place to be for IRT
Other than hauling stage equipment...irt was my favorite trucking job.

RookieJ1987 · Apr 7, 2016

Truck-N-Tech said: ↑

Hey Joker! I am not a current or past employee, but I can tell you what I do know.

About 2 years ago, I talked with a recruiter from Bynum. We talked about a lot of stuff, and they seemed to be an average company. Nothing special. No reason to favor them over any others.

Then the topic turned to pay. What a joke! I told them I was currently making $1,200 to $1,800 a week, with the current people I was working for. The recruiter told me, in no uncertain term, that to be making anywhere near that kind of money, as a company driver, I **HAD** to be running illegal. Since they ran 100% legal, my pay would be less. A lot less.

First thing this told me, was that I would never make what I am worth working for them. When I was doing food grade for Foodliner, I was very meticulous about doing my job right, and leaving absolutely no trace of evidence behind, that I had delivered a load. I never spilled so much as a Tablespoon of material. I am a top grade tanker, and expect to make what I am worth. If you feel your hard work for 70 hours a week is only worth $700 to $800, then maybe they will keep you happy.

Next, the fact that this guy would assume that I am the type of driver who runs illegal, really annoyed me. His tone was one of talking down to me, as if I was an idiot.

That being said, I respect the fact that they didn't lie to me about how much I could expect to make with them, just to get me to join.

Then there is the case with Indian River, out of Florida. I asked the recruiter how much I could expect to make working for them. He told me "Our top driver last year made $XX,XXX.00. I politely said that I would probably not start off as their top driver, so what was the fleet average. With that question, he hung up the phone on me. I do believe that he was the only recruiter to ever do that. I guess it sounded to him, like I was not going to fall for his razz-ma-tazz number wizardry.

That is all I can tell you. I know it's not much, but it's completely honest and fair to all involved, and beats nothing at all.

Good luck in your search.
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What was your weekly gross when you drove for Foodliner?

ATM FAN 62 · Jun 6, 2018

dlanier303 said: ↑

I am a current driver looking for something everyday just no on board logs they cut you mileage tremedously . they do not get u home until u get to the point u tell them u quit .the pay is 28 cents a mile and 8 cents perdium . they run mostly northeast and you spend all ur time and money on traffic and tolls they give money back but you can tie up 500 dollars or more fast and only get 75 a day advance so keep plenty of money in ur pocket health insurance is very expensive they now have trucks 64 mph and want u to run 1000 miles overnite they will tell you anything to keep you on the road and will send you anywhere from home most drivers move from one tanker company to another regularly they hire at least 10 drivers a week and they take care of new people first and older drivers they just as soon u quit because once you learn their pattern you stop putting up with it
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1744-HOURS TWOSDAY JUNE 05, 2018 RHHCDT -@- TA VERO BEACH, FL -

FOR “dlanier303” AND ANYONE ELSE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TANKER COMPANY TO WORK FOR -

NOT SURE WHERE YOU CALL HOME AND DONT KNOW THEIR HIRING AREA BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE WYNNE TRANSPORT (Omaha, NE) A CALL . . .

THEY’RE HAZMAT CHEMICAL IF THAT DOESN’T BOTHER YOU...ELD’S LIKE ANYONE ELSE THESE DAYS...

IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE A GREAT TANKER OPPORTUNITY - PULLING FOR GREAT CUSTOMERS - AND PROVIDING GREAT EQUIPMENT THAT IS WELL-MAINTAINED...

THEY RUN 48 AND CANADA WITH SOME LOADS DROPPED AT THE MEXICAN BORDER...

THE PAY IS 50-CENTS PER MILE WITH VERY LITTLE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE AS THEY HAVE CAB MOUNTED TRANSPONDERS FOR THE TOLL ROADS YOU MIGHT NEED TO USE...BUT IN THE EVENT YOU DO HAVE TO PULL SOME CHANGE OUT OF YOUR POCKET FOR A NEEDED ITEM, YOU DONT HAVE TO CHASE THEM DOWN TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK...

I’VE WORKED FOR SEVEN OTHER TANKER COMPANIES (none of them food-grade) OVER THE PAST 22-YEARS AND THESE PEOPLE BY FAR...ARE THE BEST I’VE WORKED FOR...

CIRCUMSTANCE HAS REQUIRED ME TO LEAVE THEM FROM TIME TO TIME BUT I’M BACK NOW DOING MY 3RD HITCH WITH WYNNE...

I’M CLOSER TO 100 NOW THAN 25 BUT ONE THING I’VE LEARNED IS YOU’VE GOT TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS...AND DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU’RE SATISFIED...!!!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WYNNE IS THAT THEY ARE REASONABLE AND DOWN-TO-EARTH...THEY DISPATCH YOU AND GIVE YOU THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE TO COMPLETE YOUR ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT ALWAYS LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER...BUT...THEY ARE THERE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED THEM...

AND THAT IS MY 2/cents WORTH...

rodney

bentstrider83 · Jun 21, 2018

Dr_Fandango44 said: ↑

I worked for IRT for 8 yrs but I left in 06 so things may have changed. One caveat with hauling milk that you need to know. Always LIVE load milk.. Do NOT let them pre load the trailer for you. I learned this the hard way when they almost forced me to take a load that was way over on gross. I refused to take it and they relented when they realized I was serious. It was a constant problem for me in Clovis where there are a ton of milk loads. Unfortunately there are many drivers that are suckers and would take anything. Just stay legal and don't be pushed into doing stuff that is illegal.
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Yep, always read the little chart on the frame of the tanker with the corresponding inches-to-gallons. Then get a tape measure and measure from the center of the dome lid-lip to the bottom. Then match a wooden ruler, or stiff plastic drink straw about 6-8 inches down from the top of the dome and use that to stop the milk at.
Of course it'll have to be calibrated for a different trailer, but having different measuring sticks made out will always ensure a 47-48,500 load out. If there's extra milk left at the bottom of the silo, that's the dairies problem, get sealed and get rolling.

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