Transport America, Good Bye!

I started out fresh from school with TA. I ran hard for my first FM. Jay. He was cool. I then got Ryan, I lasted about 2 weeks with Ryan, now my record says I am a whinner and such. I ran 21 hours for Jay without complaining to get the job done, I didnt make a habit of it but told Ryan I wouldnt run illegal anymore. The planners dont live in the real world though and the only way to get there on time is to run illegal.

Long story short, no home time, fight to get that and unrealistic routes/times.

I see this company going down hill fast, I dont work for them now but have several friends that do . You will see me defending them in another thread as I tried to be a company guy. My mistake.

Bottom line, dont run illegal, it was no problem to get to another company. Will they try to make me run illegal? probably, will I? . Im just trying to make it till spring, I plan to start my own business. (this is the wrong time of the year to start a dump business!)

Hang in there, Glitch.

 

"You wanna keep that shiny new license" -- I guess I wrote it wrong but that is one of the reasons I quit them. As for telling them about it, I did tell them, and they assigned the load anyway, then when I would shut down to stay legal and they rode my case about it.

Oh and the whinney part is on the record they keep in the computer thanks to some real witch named Lisa in the FM area. I always delivered my load, always... and didnt complain. I had called my recruiter to see if I could get switched to a dedicated run or maybe regional and found out that part. I couldnt trust my FM.

In the first 30 days I was home a total of 6 hours on a 10 hour break, I got my own truck and a week later was home for a very short break. Next time I got home (after 3 weeks out) I spent half my break trying to deliver a load because they wouldnt bill me into the railyard. I got home at 3 pm sat and was back in the truck monday at 8am and that is with a 2 hour drive to get to the terminal. The final straw was I asked for a few hours home as I was coming right by my house, a few hours, not overnight. Ryan told me that he would take care of it, I could spend the night,(with 4 hours driving time in my personal vehicle) roll out 8 am the next morning. I get to the delivery, drop my load, and get a a call from Ryan that starts "I have this hot load..." Basicaly going all over the country and not enough hours to do it in, again. That was the last straw, I cleaned the truck and left it at the terminal, even made sure they knew it needed its "b" service with a note on the Qualcomm.

They left one guy sitting in DC at the delivery for 4.5 days, 90 miles from the closest truck stop, because of their mistake. They dont care about drivers, we are expendable to them.

 

I guess nobody read it the way I thought I wrote it.

Number one I didnt whine, I did the job, but once you run illegal to save the delivery time they expect it every time. When I tried to start running legal they had a cow.

Number two, I am a man of my word, if I tell you I will get something done, I do it. They didnt keep their word, repeat again and again. I have never had a late load, not with a busted truck, not with a busted set of sliders on the trailer and not with blow outs. I got the job done!

Number three if your running illegal like that and you kill somebody I hope they throw you under the the jail. I dont run illegal anymore and I make a fine living.

Number four, if you think you have to be abused by the company to be a good worker and asset, well thats your loss.

"Man up"? That ticks me off, I served 21 years in the military through both Gulf Wars, BITE MY ******** (fill it in with whateveer pisses you off the most!) I voluteered for both, the only reason I got out of the military is a blown right ankle and left knee that surgeries cant completely fix. Yes it hurts to clutch it, but guess what? I still do it,(I will calm down in a few minutes, God I am pissed)

Finally -- Dont run illegal, its one reason of many that I quit TA. Oh and I will stop following this thread, break time is to valuable to waste on anything to do with TA. Besides if you dont understand what I was saying now, you never will.