TransAm

Any current drivers for TransAm? How is the mileage? How do they treat you? What do you like or not like about the company? Thinking about switching there.

 

What is a swap? And honestly, I'm with the biggest company now and I am lucky if I get 1500 a week. I've had $0 checks and $33 checks. One week I got lucky and got a $400 check. We're in trucks that are crappy IMO. My health insurance for just me as a healthy, young person is $400 a month, or 90 something a week. 2200 sounds great to me and their trucks are nice so even if I', sitting a lot, I have a decent truck to sit in.

Something has got to give. I know there's no such thing as the perfect company, but some are better than others in ways that I would like. The one I'm at has nothing I like. I can be broke and comfortable, or making money but uncomfortable, but I cannot live my life broke, unhappy AND uncomfortable. It's just too much.

 

The company I'm at now is supposedly governed at 62. I say supposedly because they say they are but then the shops will tell you it depends on what truck you get. You may get a 2016 freightliner Cascadia that is set up so you can only go 58 on the pedal and 60 with cruise control on. You may get a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia that is setup so that the pedal is at 60 and cruise control is at 62.

Moral of the story is, I'm used to going slow. That's old news. I don't care about speed. I care about pay, trucks, benefits, etc. The more important stuff, ya know? Thanks for the advice though.

 

Thank you for the advice. I will always refuse lease. I know what I want and that may be a possibility way in the future but definitely not now. And yeah at my current company we call them repowers so I was confused when he said swap. As long as TransAm has good mileage, I'm okay with making 32 cents a mile. As it stands I make 36 currently but that means nothing if you're not running much.

I have 0 tickets, 0 accidents, 100% on time rate, never been late, etc.