Eastern Freightways

I literally live down the road from Eastern freightways headquarters in North Brunswick New Jersey. I've been driving for over 18 years and I never really thought about going to them up until a little while ago because I wanted a job that was less physical from what I'm doing now as a local driver. I talked to one of their drivers and he said experienced drivers start at $0.48 a mile fifty cents a mile after 1 year. You get $0.04 a mile safety bonus for every mile driven. They have newer Freightliners all automatic set at 68 to 70 miles an hour. 6 holidays 5 personal days 401k with company match 50% Healthcare. Live load pay, New York City load pay,tarp pay, drop and hook pay, detention pay,layover pay, breakdown pay night delivery pay. But the reality is will you get paid for all this stuff if you actually use it. that's the problem with most companies is that they don't honor what they say. Ive done flatbed before I always wanted to do it again and if I go anywhere I will probably be this company since they're literally three miles down the road. As long as incan make 1400 a week id be content but who knows

 

The only thing is I can think of the memories accumulated over the years on them old rigs and have no interest in running for that.

 

yea, I dunno their story. im out on medical now and will be back soon to my normal job, but ive been looking to see whats out there. I read a drivers blog on eastern how he loved it, but that attitude changed rather quickly and he got tired of the lies and not getting home Fridays and quit

 

yea the van sides cpm is low. really low like 40?

 

they have a terminal right off the port in nj, they are one of the few that still have unions, but yeah those trucks sucks, few years ago they tried to get rid of them like sni did but they were so beat up very few people took the bite and they were dirt cheap perfect for port work but rusted many didn't even passed the nj inspections.

 

they are getting them and that's no doubt but at slower pace than any other company I have seen, I think is like one or 2 a month of something like that when it comes to the northeast I still have a lot of connections, that volvo in the back has old steel rims probably came out of the old trucks we are complaining about. unions are milking the company a driver with 3 years of experience can make 30 an hour or plus, but I'm pretty sure they don't pay extra for hazmat endorsement