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Nanabooboo · Jul 21, 2017

LARRYEDMOND said: ↑

No: Stay out of Tx. And Fl. You will set in Fl. or D/H to Ga. for a load. In Tx. you will just set. The best loads is to and from south Ca. no setting there. Best thing is not to work for Roadrunner. They will tell you if you do not have $10.000 in the bank you will not make it here.
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No one ever told me that but it sounds like you may have had some people more straight up about how things actually are

Mysta Blaq Dyamondz · Jul 30, 2017

MR314 said: ↑

I been here a year and three months and have not made any money on a consistent basis. They do have alot of frieght here but the thing is we don't get it. they out source alot of this frieght at a cheaper price and we get stuck sitting at the terminal 3 to 4 days. while sitting that long you see other trucks getting unload and loaded rite back up out of there. They try to keep you around to haul a load by telling you they will take care of you tonight and you will be the first truck to pick your load. No matter which load you pick for sum reason they never have enough freight at the end of the night to load your trailer. They will look out for the drivers that have been here for alot of years and thats fine but don't starve out everyone else. they will hold frieght on the docks for their drivers that run out of that terminal instead of loading you and get you on down the road. there are only to of us left from my orientation class and we both will be leaving here soon. You will go broke here trying to jus haul terminal freight. They have brokers (most of them are jokes) that will try to get you to run for .80 a mile. they figure if you are calling them then you really need a load. This company for the most part will never help you if you have a breakdown of any sorts and sum of the people in our main office is really rude. I see they are running ads saying solo drivers can make $225,000 ayear. You might make that but they will take most of that from you with all the small different fees they charge.
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Mysta Blaq Dyamondz · Jul 30, 2017

Wow thx for the information

White Dog · Jul 30, 2017

Nanabooboo said: ↑

I have to say--and I've said this to recruiters, load planners, you name it. Roadrunner has the absolute WORST orientation setup I've ever seen. Recruiters are sales people. Used car sales people. Nothing that comes out of their mouth is the truth. Just like recruiters for the armed forces (ever see levy Benjamin?) they will tell you whatever they have to tell you to reel you in. Ruining someone's life means nothing to them. They don't care!!! Kinda like a lot of you men out there learn at a very early age to tell a girl anything you need to in order to get what you want. Break her heart, get her pregnant, give her a lifelong disease--oh well. You told her you love her, there will never be anyone else but her---anything you need to say to get what you want. One of my personal favorite lines got to be "I think we're soul mates". If I had to count up the amount of soulmates I've accumulated----
I did just have one thrown at me I hadn't heard in awhile. "I lost my number. Can I have yours?"
Guess the old classics are coming back.
Dealing with recruiters is usually the same as young women wanting her Prince Charming, finding one who says what she longs to hear, does all the right things to rope her in, then she finds out it's not a beast that turns into a prince. It's the other way around. Then you all have the nerve to say "you knew I was like this from the start", tell us we're crazy and need help. So anyway--the way these recruiters have done many of you--look at it this way---you've been training for this most of your lives. Just not the receiving end of it. Go ahead and bend over guys. Daddy recruiter's gonna show you what life's all about!!!
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So are you having 'Recruiter' issues, 'Relationship' issues, or 'Daddy' issues? The whole post was quite confusing.

pete2951 · Sep 23, 2017

White Dog said: ↑

So are you having 'Recruiter' issues, 'Relationship' issues, or 'Daddy' issues? The whole post was quite confusing.
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Okay so how is truckload plus these days do you still have to look for T2T freight and be released before you can use an approved broker??

White Dog · Sep 23, 2017

Not sure why you quoted me. Your question has nothing to do with the content of my quoted post....and I can't answer your question either, for I've never dealt with them.

Spc1986 · May 4, 2018

Tobytob said: ↑

As for terminal freight, I said something I shouldn't have, so please excuse my ignorance. By all means run the terminal freight just be wise about it. If you can swindle a dedicated run from your terminal or any other terminal, Do it only if it benefits you! All lanes are not good lanes. Some will put you in a dead area for dry van freight, others will send you to another terminal with great reloading possibilities. Some runs will send you thru a terminal and final out at a customer 100 or so miles away leaving you with the choice of dead heading back to that terminal or finding a broker load. All depends just be smart and do what works for you.

Ive done all of the above. What works for me is finding my own loads. Terminal freight is good freight at RRTS. It's the back bone of the company. Just be smart about it. The loads are usually around 35k. Not to bad on fuel, please believe the trailer will be loaded to the top. RRTS uses every ounce of space available on the trailer.

RRTS is also known for 500 million placards on a trailer, a rolling billboard of placards. Any trailer with lots of placards is usually a RRTS load. Good thing about terminal freight is we get unloaded pretty quickly at customer, some take their time but usually your out of there in a couple hours depending on which truck was there first. You can show up when ever and get unloaded(with in reason of course). Some customers like to take all day with your trailer, it can be a pain but what are you going to do..RRTS does not pay detection on these terminal loads so it sucks if you can't get unloaded that day. As stated choose wisely! You will get to know the customers who do this. I just stay away from those places if that all a terminal has, I leave.

Im starting to sound like a recruiter, but I'm not just stating my experience with the company. I like it. I do what I want, when I want and how I want. Haven't been too work in about two weeks as I'm on summer vacation and not a single peep from RRTS about loading. Can't beat that. This fall and winter I will hit the ground rolling until Christmas then it's off until the new year.

With that said if you decide to join us, Good luck. I'm here to answer any questions you may have. I don't claim to know it all. I just claim to know what works for me. Have a good day.
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Hey I’m just wondering if you are still with Roadrunner?

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