Maverick Transportation

As unfortunate as it may be to be laid off and unemployed Maverick is a business not a charity organization. Some drivers were let go because freight into, thru and out of their place of residence made it darn near impossible to get them home. Others were warned about their MPG being too low and were asked to bring it up even trained on how to do so and still chose to start the truck Sunday nite and not turn it off until they got home, or hammer down wherever they went resulting in MPG far below the company's expectations. Some were probably let go because of how much it was costing the company to insure them due to numerous preventable accidents.

If you were the owner of a business wouldn't you seek to keep the company profitable and cut costs if necessary?

I'm not sure why notarps left Maverick but only wish him the best

 

Thanks, I will tell you why I left. Not sure what happened in the end, but I live in a good area for them and it got to where I was staying out 3 weeks at a time and my miles was dropping. Staying out longer and making less at the same time was not something I was going to do much longer. Plus they had just changed the weekend pay and with me getting hung out more I knew it would cut into my check even more. They also let my FM go and too many changes was happening.
I used to get home every weekend and make good money with them. Every now and then I would get hung out and it was no big deal, but I got too much to do at home with all the damage I got through the wind and ice storms last winter. I took a local gig and I am able to repair a lot of things I needed to take care of.

I will say this maverick is the best company I have ever pulled for. The people are great and the equipment is top notch. Not like the junk I deal with every day now. I still feel like a part of the maverick team and talk to their drivers every chance I get. I am not sure what happened in the end with me, but I know of other drivers that was still running good when I left, but they were getting hung out more. I was getting hung out more and running less. I held out as long as I felt I should and then looked for something else.

If someone was to ask what I think about them I would still say a great company. Most people bad mouth their former company, but I left on my terms. I quit right. I turned in a 2 week notice. Detailed the truck before I turned it in. Made a late night drop in NLR. Went to the yard. Showered went to bed got up and turned everything in. Went around and said my goodbyes to people I knew and they took me to the bus station. They paid the ticket. I knew they did if they fired you, but wasn't sure if you quit if they did.

 

Nice to hear that. I've only been on 6 months, but have been happy with how I've been treated. Right now, I've been stuck in Riviera du Loup, Quebec for the weekend because of a mechanical problem. My FM has been real helpful and concerned about my welfare. I was scheduled to be home Saturday, but can't get the truck till Monday. This will bite for my miles, but I've been doing well lately. Plus it's nice up here, and my wife is complaining about the heat.

 

NoTarps, Good to hear your doing alright. Still doing the Maverick thing myself miles have been decent and get home 98% of the time. Last I looked down to around 1000 trucks. Freight west of NLR has been slow from what I hear. HH

 

dam i was hopping to go to work for maverick soon.

 

Don't give up...if you are experienced, they are hiring.

 

Was # the rock yesterday. 6 mos OTR, clean dac still.

 

T-called a load from THE ROCK yesterday. I can only describe it as "The T-call from !##$. Not only was the heat index in NLR yesterday close to 110, but well read on and decide for yourselves...Here's my story and I'm stickin to it.

Was under a load to Houston, tx from Pittsburg, pa. del window of 6/26-29, 7-1530 hrs. truck overdue for service. T/A 1. 2 hr wait just to get seen, 2. T/A 2. 3.5 hours to get in for service. Off to the rock.

got to the rock, truck serviced but not enuf time to get the load to the dome by 1530 thurs. mentioned that if the load would get a texan home for the w/e they could have it. BEEP. T-call trailer parked on the yard. Del altoona, pa monday am, 1100. no prob. find the trailer, prob.

Walking up to the trailer, i see a fm and a driver looking at a trailer. fm says, i was hoping this wasnt the t-call. and as i walk around the trailer i see why.

load overhung front and rear of trailer by 3-4 inches. no prob
tarp dangling over front of load over gladhands darn near to catwalk, prob
long story short, full trailer, lumbertarps front to rear +, total of approx 50 bungees holding down the tarp. 2--3 skipped d-rings. dring to spool to next dring not even tight.

Now people, I'm no supertrucker nor am i the smartest person in the world, but its common sense to me if you are taking a load to the headquarters of the company for which u work, wouldnt u at least put forth a bit more effort than described above.

Again, no supertrucker but do take pride in my work, and assisting others in doing a good job as well.

and to end this on a positive note. The driver, "cowboy" that was taking my load to houston helped me in that heat from start to finish and that included patching both steel tarps in that heat. His assistance did not go unnoticed.

Mom used to tell me when i was a child, would you do that if your father and i were here? Ladies and Gentlemen, would you take your tarp job onto the rock if Mr. Williams was at the front gate?

Be careful, stay hydrated, and get home safe you all. hope to help you soon.

Sarge

 

Amen to that...

I hope Steve don't see the one I have now...I "thought" my steel tarps turned sideways would be easier to put on than the lumber tarps (BIG, WIDE, aluminum coils...3 of them loaded eye to the side)

Long story short...I was wrong. It honestly doesn't look that bad though, but it could be better. I sometimes have to "take the long way around" to learn things.

On the plus side....the load is covered and plenty capable of going down the road in any weather without causing problems...the tarps are tight and straight...but the rear of it looks like something a you would see on a Swift flat bed. (no offense to any Swift drivers...but I've been taught better than this)

I won't be trying that trick again...lesson learned.

If the darn steel tarps had 3 rows of D-rings on the front and back...it would have worked beautifully.

 

Let me guess... logan alum... russelville ky? Or reynolds alum out of hot springs??