ive heard a lot of bad stuff regarding JB hunt and good stuff too, but nothing that quite fits my scenario. I would be out of their San Bernardino location driving regional. They offered me the position with 2350-2500 miles a week with my 34 reset at home as well as possible 10hr home time during the week. I don't exactly have my fingers crossed about the 10hr home time but I was wondering ifsomeone could tell me if there is enough freight for them to guarantee those miles. Iveheard they will tell you whatever but I also know SoCal is very active. Can anyone help?
How about JB hunt?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by bubbler, Dec 16, 2016.
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Ask them to specify what they mean by regional? and go u get paid for deadhead?
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And that 34 hr restart is not even necessary anymore since they scrapped the 1am to 5am BS.
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How about BJ Hunt?
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Good call on asking about deadheading. I was told regional was CA/NV/AZ
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That makes the 34 easier to do, it doesn't make it unnecessary for maxing out your hours....
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According to this ad they pay $0.42 per mile...Toomanybikes and milehunter43 Thank this. -
Erm I did JBH for a few weeks even though I swore I would never touch them with a ten year pole.
They pay the moment your 5th wheel goes clank onto a load. The next sound is a beep containing your net payout pending your choice of direct deposit after taxes, how much to put on your fuel card for cash in the truckstop.
That for me was the absolute best of anything in Trucking. Clank, Beep MONEY!! Now I can run the trip profitably like a business.
My dispatcher was a WARRIOR. Quiet. I can and did qualcomm him over some really basic problems like busted trailer door bolts once he handled it without yelling and held my next load a hour that was needed to replace em. (I should have had trailer bolts myself, half inch by two inch ones but never got around to them... better than say borrowing a bolt off 6 trailers eh? Im so bad....
He happened to be one of two people who I will take a 18 wheeler into the gates of hell and do battle for. It's very rare to have that place with me.
Bad side of JBH. You cannot move anywhere with a semi without 10,000 people double checking you. Come on this is big boy work, not pre-school.
And be prepared to take a licking and teasing from the few remaining outlaws out there. (I was one for decades... ugh...) -
It is if you burn through your 70.
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Real truth here. They offer one thing, but trust me it will not work out like this. The FM and planners will often start you out like that then cut your loads. If they don't care for you because of their twisted disturbed minds those miles will be drastically reduced. Home time is a pull your teeth for and they almost always get you home late if at all. The 34 reset is a tooth puller too. They run you off of recap and will put you on loads they know you don't have time to make so you get a service failure. The moment they know where home is don't expect to get there too often. All FMS lie so quick and easy. Your home life, good luck. 2017 informationToomanybikes Thanks this.
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