I read the OP's entire rant and was quite amused as someone from the PNW when they mentioned the chains were rusty and the previous company gave...
I drove over 3 million miles without cameras and spent years on the road without cellphones or GPS. I left OTR in 2017 and wrapped up local...
I had a company fire me and put on Hire Right (DAC) Pattern of confrontation with management. I was shifting gears with another company within a...
Knight got sued after leaving a deceased driver in his truck for two days just blocks from the terminal.
They’ve been losing money since the end of Covid, with an operating ratio over 100%, a clear sign of an unhealthy operation compared to when it...
I look at expense to income ratio. healthy company will be in the 80% to 90% and financial strain above 95%. I would take all quarterly reports...
51 cents per mile is ridiculous. 1,800 miles? I’d be bored. That’s 3.5 days’ work at my company, plus they get 75 cents per mile and $120 stop pay...
In my state fast food wages pays $20 buck an hr. My last 6mo OTR in 2018 I ran 2600miles a week for a refer outfit and when all said and done...
Bad company
Western Flyer Express (WFX) has faced significant financial and operational challenges, highlighted by major lawsuits alleging fraud in their...
I run 3 miles from plant to DC and back in a yard goat. Every so often I have to catch an Uber to get a driver back out of hours. That's my long...
I once did a load for a convention and their was so many trucks getting loads it took a day to get loaded 2.5 days to drive and 2 days to get...
I was in the industry for a while, and I can say that at a company that size, two drivers can easily have completely opposite experiences. We both...
I was diagnosed with type 2 in 2018. I’m now down to just one pill a day, compared to the four I started with, and I’ve never had any issues. I...
In my opinion, there are no truly good OTR careers, just varying levels of bad. Stevens is a training company with a less-than-stellar reputation...
Because they're shifty like most companies that misclassify their drivers to avoid the employee expenses and then treat them like employees.
While both pre-trip and post-trip inspections are required, you only need to log one of them. Although a pre-trip inspection is meant to be done...
I remember those fun days of expedited runs, sitting on the tarmac all day with the doors open while they loaded a pallet or two per hour, shaking...
Try driving my new yard goat. It has no cruise control, no radio, and only goes 43 mph.. :biggrin_25525:
