3 Companies in 6 Months, over a Dozen Trucks Driven

OK, your profile has California. Lots to choose from in Idaho. (ok...Brexit!)

Try Doug Andrus Distributing in Idaho Falls.
Put your info on here and see what happens: www.redleafrecruiting.com

 

Always remember safety first. Don't drive if not safe

 

Once they step on you its business as usual. No a/c no drive truck. They could care less about you or your health. Your just starting out and look what's happened. You have decades of this in front of you. Just say no.

 

I'm guessing your comment history probably provides a clue as to the identity of your current employer.

 

According to their website, just over 1,000 trucks

 

I suggest you go to company side before o/o so u can learn u brake without jake. Lot to learn, like stab braking and downshift at high rpm, sometimes having to double clutch because you're going down too fast to float downshift.

Those are just the basic trucking 101.
Once u learn that, maybe learn to apply jack and shift at the sametime, kinda hard at first but u gotta learn somehow

 

It is my belief that when you are with a company that has bad equipment like that, you should tell what company it is.

If you have six months experience, a lot of second tier companies open up for you. The midwest meat haulers all have pretty nice equipment. I have worked for both K & B and Hirschbach. Both take six month people. Both have problems but all companies do.

What surprises me about your posting is that you have had trouble with trucks but want to buy a used truck. Buy new, that's what the big boys do.

 

Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't go with a reputable mega carrier to start with. I've only seen a handful of Prime trucks with serious issues that become chronic.

 

It's not just old trucks that have problems. I have had two brand new trucks that broke down within 100 miles of the terminal on my first trip out in them. One had a faulty wiring harness coming from the batteries. The main fuse holder would lose contact when i hit a bump and shut the truck down. It took KW two days to finally figure it out. Turns out that 25 trucks that were built the same day all had that same fault. The subcontractor that made the wiring harness was the problem.
Second truck problem was a trust washer on the main crank pulley on a Cat engine. The washer was twice the thickness and cause the pulley to be out of alignment with the rest of the pulleys. The engine would throw the serpentine belt after about two hours running.
So, any truck can have problems, not just old one's.
Your first job when getting a truck assigned to you is, go over it with a fine tooth comb. Write up any deficiencies you find any have them fixed. Don't accept any loads until they are fixed.
If the company is in such a hurry to get you out the gate in a truck that has problems, time to go to a better company, because it won't get any better.