alan farmer trucking

They have about 85 company drivers. Most of them drive almost new Peterbilts. They will put the newbiew in 1999 Internationals. They are governed at about 85 mph. Over 95% of their freight is military. Some of the freight is overdimensional. The drivers that I have met are very happy. Their offer no company benefits and you are responsible for your own taxes (1099). You also need 4 yrs. of verifiable OTR experience to be considered.

 

If you are considered a 1099 employee driving a company truck, do not work for them. This is illegal and the IRS would love to know about it.

 

Marine,1st thx for ur service to freedom! my best friend was Marine,Okinawa etc now home with THE LORD.My daught's bro' is Army/Iraq at 18 now Sarge at 21! I've only served on "homefront"haul MA to Camp Pendleton and China Lake Weapons and other bases in CA,WA,also hauled troop trks/stepdeck TX-WA, but as for official service was going to join yrs ago in OR(spent wkd at Coos Bay reserve base(drills,drove Humvee, but mostly partying,but my drinking trouble so couldn't join/ended up doing few mos.time instead!
I applied for Alan Farmer couple yrs ago, I was attracted by nice trks(all Petes 379s? in pics) I believe they are flatbed co. and do primarily gov't loads etc. I think they're out of AL? but hire 48? I'm in CA. God Bless U,hope helped 'lil? captainmidnite2000

 

Thats all about right, I am considering them, why would they benefit by not taking out taxes and doing the 1099, thats got me perculating now LOL, what I gathered from talking to recruiting and dispatch, they do keep you running, no Coils or Lumber, that freight dont pay anyway.

 

i have been out of driving for about 3 years and i want to get back out. I am in IraQ RIGHT now but should be back in the states in June.
could someone tell me a good place to start it seems without 12 months or recent driving i am hitting a brick wall

 

Thats a rough spot to be in, I was reading another thread about a guy in the same circumstances, worst case you might have to start over as a newbie, or maybe one of these companies will send you out with a trainer for a short period then give you a truck, wish you the best of luck, let us know how things go.

 

AFT is a bunch of Cowboys, logbook whats that, 70 hours are out, get the frieght there, need a 34 hour reset, dont want to hear it, get the frieght there,

 

According to their safestat they only have 15 trucks. Must not be doing so good these days

 

My husband worked there (until last week) for about five years. He was a company driver there for about two years and then bought a truck and leased it on there. He loved it a lot (as much as you can love a job). He got along well with the people and make a nice living.

Even when he was a company driver, he was 1099, so save your tax money. We hired a really good accountant and have had her for several years that does only truck drivers. She does company drivers and oo. That worked out for us. We didn't save back taxes as much as we should have, so we're going to owe big time this year, but that's our fault.

Anyway, the company had pretty consistant freight that paid well and the office was always really helpful and friendly.

They have somewhere about 100 company trucks that are pretty good. My husband was only one of two oo's at Alan Farmer, and we decided it would be a good move to lease onto a more local carrier to us that hauled a little bit different variety of freight so if military freight went down, we still had work. We could not afford to sit ever...again, our fault for incurring more and more debt personally.

I would strongly suggest having a lot of experience with logs and hauling oversized loads. Not the place to learn, but a very nice living to be made there and lots of good people work there.

I wish you the best of luck in your decision.