Pay, I received a $3200 sign on bonus that is payed in $800 payments every 90 days for the first year. Training pay for orientation and on the job...
Yea the long nose does take some getting used to, but its not to bad. the truck I owned before I started with A&R was a Freightliner FLD 120 with...
What questions do you have?
I have posted in a few other threads regarding starting at A&R so I figured I would start my own thread and share my experience so far. I started...
My minimum was $.50 a mile per car. I always wondered who was hauling those cheep cars as well, I would constantly see cars for $.30 a mile or...
Wow, that sucks. The worst inop unload I had was a guy with a forklift that looked like it was 40 years old and the piece of #### stalled out five...
You are correct my friend, and these are some of the reasons I quit hauling cars. I just got tired of all the BS.
Ready was one of the best companies I dealt with when I was hauling cars, and I'm surprised they did not at least pay you a few extra bucks for...
Who are you driving for now Ethos?
Ask them if they will install the blower and let you pay it off over time, I know A&R offers that for our owner operators.
I have been there twice and just picked up pre-loaded trailers. It is smaller than most of our other terminals. I guess the place you load at near...
I was down at your terminal last week. Picked up a load of PET at the DAK plant. That stuff is great, easy to load. It unloads really fast only...
So far so good. I have been getting better and better at the loading process. Yesterday morning I finished loading in a little over an hour and a...
Why should they? Its not Schneider's fault you have to support 12 people.
Here is a pic of my first solo run, unloading in Indiana. [IMG]
Agreed, even if you can just do smaller repairs yourself, you will be saving a lot of money.
Started orientation Monday, So far so good! Every one is very helpful and friendly so far. There is quite a bit to learn about these trailers, but...
I used to work in the automotive repair industry and I always experienced a lot of negativity from co workers there as well. Every one always...
I have unloaded a few of them when I was driving a heavy duty tow truck for my friend [IMG] [IMG]
One guy I talked to that did the truck transport worked for a company called Cold Iron http://www.coldironcompanies.com/. He said he really liked...
