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General driver stuff, I mean do they have the miles, how's the equipment, do they have good regular customers, how's the dispatchers, you know the kind of stuff that makes you want to stay or go.

 

Miles are good, for the most part.
There are many contract customers. Equipment are : tractors are 2008 or older freightliner pre emission with rebuilt Detroit 60 motors.
Trailers are evolving into lightweight metal floor with pneumatic tandem sliding .
Depends what you are looking for. Regional, otr, team, or local (Grand Rapids or Atlanta )

 

Hey Wickedfire77
Read in thread somewhere if you sit they pay you. How much is that pay (detention)? If you arrive early for deliver, is it possible to get dispatch to get a earlier appointment or drop load to keep you moving? Thanks in advance for any information.

 

I worked for them for six months and finally had it with them. First, they have inward facing cameras to watch your every move which they don`t mention during the phone interview only to find out after you get to Michigan.
(DEAL BREAKER) Second, They hold back two, not one but two weeks pay saying its a glitch in the payroll system(You don`t get paid until three weeks). but the truth of it is they want to have the means to take a big portion of your paycheck when you quit. Third of all, the equipment is so bad I had to tie two small plastic shopping bags together just to keep one of the doors open. Trailers are old, rusty, leaking inside when it rains, tandems wont slide on most of them and they don`t track straight when going down the highway. Oh, there`s more, when ever you have a problem with the truck, they want you to take it to Walker Michigan to let their mechanics fix it. No big deal unless you live on the east coast. Doesn't matter how long it takes to get there, its your time even though your limping on the highway on a wing and a prayer pulling forty five K of water. Then I would only get out about two to three days a week and sometimes only once a week while I sit at home thumbing through the classifieds. Finally, I have had it, I started the day with a pre-trip and the break test failed miserably. The air tanks would not hold air. I called dispatch at 6 am was transferred to the mechanics. No answer. Called dispatch again no answer. I`m on the clock now when I started my pre-trip again at 6 am. I kept calling and finally got a mechanic by 10 am. After running though some preliminaries, the air tank valve held. Again I called my dispatch, no reply until 1 in the afternoon. Now I`m on the clock for seven hours and He wants me to pick up a load 200 miles away and take it to Mi. I said no way, I need to fix my breaks before I go anywhere. After going back and forth with him, he hung up on me. I called him over and over again until he answered and again he hung up on me. THREE time he did this and at the end, he picked up and still wanted me to run the load. I said I only have three hours left. His reply was for me to call safety and have them change the electronic logs showing that I just got on duty. I hung up on him, cleaned out my truck and called the General Manager to come and get your truck, I`m not taking to Michigan. The truck sat there for almost three weeks until someone finally picked it up. Of course they took out 500 bucks to pick it up but I`m still alive and laughing at how much money THEY lost with a truck just sitting around for three weeks. Best advise, when thinking of a company to join, start a list of questions to ask, take your time and think of every possible question out there.Take a few days to compile the list but you really need to know what your getting into before you fill out the application. I say BEFORE because if you fill it out first, they can easily say that you refused to take a drug test which will go on your DAC report. Good luck everybody and stay safe...

 

I worked for them for six months and finally had it with them. First, they have inward facing cameras to watch your every move which they don`t mention during the phone interview only to find out after you get to Michigan.
(DEAL BREAKER) Second, They hold back two, not one but two weeks pay saying its a glitch in the payroll system(You don`t get paid until three weeks). but the truth of it is they want to have the means to take a big portion of your paycheck when you quit. Third of all, the equipment is so bad I had to tie two small plastic shopping bags together just to keep one of the doors open. Trailers are old, rusty, leaking inside when it rains, tandems wont slide on most of them and they don`t track straight when going down the highway. Oh, there`s more, when ever you have a problem with the truck, they want you to take it to Walker Michigan to let their mechanics fix it. No big deal unless you live on the east coast. Doesn't matter how long it takes to get there, its your time even though your limping on the highway on a wing and a prayer pulling forty five K of water. Then I would only get out about two to three days a week and sometimes only once a week while I sit at home thumbing through the classifieds. Finally, I have had it, I started the day with a pre-trip and the break test failed miserably. The air tanks would not hold air. I called dispatch at 6 am was transferred to the mechanics. No answer. Called dispatch again no answer. I`m on the clock now when I started my pre-trip again at 6 am. I kept calling and finally got a mechanic by 10 am. After running though some preliminaries, the air tank valve held. Again I called my dispatch, no reply until 1 in the afternoon. Now I`m on the clock for seven hours and He wants me to pick up a load 200 miles away and take it to Mi. I said no way, I need to fix my breaks before I go anywhere. After going back and forth with him, he hung up on me. I called him over and over again until he answered and again he hung up on me. THREE time he did this and at the end, he picked up and still wanted me to run the load. I said I only have three hours left. His reply was for me to call safety and have them change the electronic logs showing that I just got on duty. I hung up on him, cleaned out my truck and called the General Manager to come and get your truck, I`m not taking to Michigan. The truck sat there for almost three weeks until someone finally picked it up. Of course they took out 500 bucks to pick it up but I`m still alive and laughing at how much money THEY lost with a truck just sitting around for three weeks. Best advise, when thinking of a company to join, start a list of questions to ask, take your time and think of every possible question out there.Take a few days to compile the list but you really need to know what your getting into before you fill out the application. I say BEFORE because if you fill it out first, they can easily say that you refused to take a drug test which will go on your DAC report. Good luck everybody and stay safe...

 

DIDN'T MEAN TO POST IT TWICE, JUST SIGNED IN FOR THE FIRST TIME....

 

Ok thanks

 

Looks like someone got the short end of the stick.
Both parties could have handled it differently.
I think the primary thing is to never use the phone. Always use the on board device so there is written record.
If there is a mechanical breakdown, I'd reply to the load NO with the reason why, and wait.
If I felt it was unsafe I wouldn't move it until I was given directon to a shop.
Remember, it's not your truck so they can fix it how they see fit, but as a driver, you have the right to refuse to operate it if it's unsafe.

 

A guy named Smokinit is worried that they might falsify a failed drug test on the heels of complaining about inward facing cameras (which only activate, by the way, when the driver presses the button, or in the event of a crash or hard brake)....

Gee, wonder why...

 

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