is this a good co. to work for?

Hey Gals/Guys, I got up this morning and headed to get my load I got the the shipper and get right into the door as always get loaded sign the paperwork and head on. ther load is going down to Valdosta, Ga but they are going to have me relay it at the yrd in Charlotte l get down to the yrd that same day and lay it down I have a preplan to pickup in Mnt Airy, Nc. I hit the sac to rest my 14 so I can roll 2morrow. Left out of Charlotte around 5am to beat the morning traffic. Get to the shipper and get right into ther door again, loaded in 30 mins sign my paper work and hit the road. the load is headed to memphis nice run cross I-40 going to take it and drop # the terminal in Nashville. I get there and run into a friend of mine I chitchat for awhile. My fm has a driver bring a load for me to take up to ohio for delivery 2morrow I lay it down, the next morning I wait several hrs and I guess the driver is going to be late or he didn't get the load so I get another plan to get Bowling Green,Ky. the load was to get p/u yesterday and deliver today in Ohio" possible but not going to happen" Usually the trl is prloaded it was already in the door just not loaded yet. after 2 hrs I get the load and m FM q/c me and told me it is to deliver on Mon mrning # 1am in Perrysburgh Oh, I said ok and hauled ##### to the house and get a decent weekend off............ Well going to N-joy this time off .... Updated coming soon!!!!

 

Truckers, I'm back I stayed at home to watch some playoff games which resulted in me leaveing the house later then usual but I got to the consignee on time. I get to the recing office to check in and was told I had a 7 hr unload time meaning it could take up to 7 hrs to unload the whole trl talk aobut eating up my 14 man.... let just say around 9 am I get done I couldn't sleep it's the 1st time I couldn't sleep while getting unloaded or vice versa the forklift seemed like it was a bull dozer ramming the back of the truck. I get my paperwork and head towards to get myself together and I end up sitting the rest of the day trying to get a load.

 

thanks for the updates clutch! doesnt sound like you are sitting a whole lot. is that correct?

 

Hey everyone,

Hey alex94 yea I'm sitting alot after I deliver the load and the bad thing that comes with this and alot of companies is once I get the load off and head to the nearest truckstop there is always 2 or 3 star drivers around waiting for something also, so that mean they are 1st and 2nd priority b4 myself which put me sitting the rest of the day I delivered and the whole next day basically another 34 hr rest out on the road. My string is growing thin quick......

 

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I got a load the next afternoon for me to pick up in Versailies ohio tomorrow morning and it goes the roswell Ga for a wednesday delivery. So off I roll to the shipper it was a little ways from the interstate which is the first for me. I get to the shipper and the lady is real nice, she let me know if I need to get something to eat I could drop the trl and head down the road and grab something the 2nd shift doesnt come in until 8pm to start to get the product together. I dropped the trl and headed down the road stopped at the walmart to get a couple of thing's and then off the bob evans to grab a bit to eat. I head back to the shipper and settled dwn for the night watched some movies and relaxed. they came out the get me the same night around 10pm to get loaded ... Good deal being that I wasn't supposed to get loaded until the morning around 11, go so I can get a early start. I got loaded and went to sleep and set myself to get up early for my departure to Ga. I knew I was going to run into traffic in Cinncinatti which I did, once I got through that it was good running all the way down I stopped and got me a shower and hit the road to a avail rush hour in Atlanta. Finally I get to the consignee and parked in a walmart not made for trucks to park. But I get it in there and positioned myself to where I can get out. The next morning I got up the parking lot was empty and drove acrossed the street to the consignee to get unloaded, what a challenge this place is not made for a 53 fter. I got in the hole and got unloaded, parked on the side of the building and waited to be dispatched. I get a plan about 1.5 hrs later to pick up # clorox in Atlanta Ga and deliver it to salisbury Nc the same day which mean basically a straight haul. Got to the shipper in Atl, the trl is preloaded so I drop my empty and hook up to the loaded trl and off the the truckstop to weight the load it's bleach so it's heavy nothing new just want to make sure I'm legal. Drove all the way there and dropped the load and get a empty once I sent in my MT call I got a preplanned "WoooooW say what" Yea a preplan which I was to pick up # the charlotte yard and it was tires with 3 stops on it for Ohio this load was getting my home for the weekend. I pick up the load on friday and it dont MT out until Wednesday. Bummer which mean to make up for the two days I'm gonna stay out this week and all next week so I can have at least decent miles. I get the load and head to the house. ..... holla # cha later....

 

Hello,

I got up on tuesday and got two stops off 1st was Dover ohio and the 2nd was in Orrville ohio, the 3rd stop is in Richfiled ohio which is 40 mins from my house. I get the load off wednesday and get a preplanned right back for me to pickup in westerville ohio and deliver in Delware the next day. So off I head to the shipper I been there before and they load u in less then 30 mins, once I got loaded I hit the road to see how far I can get until my hours are up. I get into Pa in Somerset at a trvl plaza and shut down for the night. I wake up in the morning and hit the road didn't run into to muck traffic which is kinda nice being that I ran 70 into 695 around baltimore I got into Dover and got the load off, also me and 3 other star driver showed up. So I knew I was going to sit all day until I get something. It's thursday and I didn't have anything so I get out of delware and head into maryland to get a shower and a bite to eat # the pilot xit 93 off i-95. I get back to the truck and 45 mins later I get a load to pick up in New castle,DE and it delivers in Memphis,Tn ok a good nice run almost 1000 mi's I guess this makes up for the time spent sitting plus gonna stay out for two weeks so this is a good start for next week. I get to the shipper early and didnt get loaded until 2 hrs later once loaded my FM called me and needed a favor he had a driver that needed to be home he lives in Mississippi and he was delivering a load in IL then he was to pick up a load in MI for a monday afternoon delivery in VA .... OOOOKKKKKKKKK .. He was asking me if I could give up my load and take his, I told him these are good miles and I wasn't trying to come home this weekend. He needed it and a favor for a favor so I told him where to tell the driver to meet me was to swap in Girard Ohio # the Petro on saturday sometime w.e the driver picks up the load and get it here. The driver arrived and I lefted the house to go and swap loads. the new load was coca cola products some weight but not to bad. I hook up to his trl and he get mine we exchange bills,and b4 he head to his truck he tells my OOHHH the tire on the passenger side is bad and it got chuncks missing out of the tire might want to check it out. he gets into his truck and pulls off down the road. I look at the tire and the tires look like they have been drugg, and he couldn't get it fixed two tires and I dont know how he get the load here on those tire. I didn't get it fixed until I got into Va I wanted to make up time,but I got them tooken care of. I woke up the next morning and headed down the road to the consignee wasn't to hard to find but it was a challenge. I got the load off and doing what I do best after that sitting waiting on something to get me to the next spot... Well gonna keep ya posted.!!!

 

i worked for star for almost a year the first 3-4 months was great i got 2500-3000 miles a week home 99%of the weekends then the miles went down by the time i left star i probally wasnt getting 1200-1500 a week and it wasnt jus me i talked to dozens of drivers that wasnt get any miles or geting home on the weekends then they started closing yards down laying off office staff loosing acounts it was pure hell on a typical week i would run for a day be stuck in a truck stop some where for 24-36hrs mimimum i rem one time i spent 8 days in the piliot in ft perice fl the barley pay n e lay over n refused to buy a motel room then a couple weekends later they stuck me for 4 days n atl then it wasnt long i turned my truck in and went home.............wish you well in your hunt good luck n b safe

 

Sounds like Clutch heavy is doing ok.Good post CH.
Well I have some ?'s for you star drivers. How long is training ? how much do they pay for training ? Do you have to stay out the hole time during training or do you go home on weekends ? How are the miles are they picking up ? and does anyone work out of the Indy terminal? sorry for all the ?'s but i just applyed and their website don't tell ya much.

Thanks

 

Hey whiskey,

Well they don't have the Indy Terminal anymore. I had experience so I didn't need to go out with a trainer. As for what I know they don't have the training program right at the moment they said they're is going to bring it back but don't know when. We did get bought out by convenant and they do have they're training program going. The miles for me is somewhat picking up,but it's not to bad. Hope I answered all your questions, if you want to know more just let me know.

 

are we talking about the star in morton illinois or nashville tennessee