All Carriers are generally the same?

Maybe not BETTER persay, but easier to get you there when requested.

 

Not at all in my experience. At Swift, they didn't get me anywhere near my home terminal because it was close to home. When I changed my terminal to Denver, suddenly I got loads to Dallas all the time. And when I got to Dallas, I'd let them know I was taking a few days.

 

I ran across this web page depicting "reality Vs brochure". It reminds me of what newcomers to trucking must experience in the first 6 months. [Recommend view in desktop browser]

Epic travel fails: the brochure vs reality | loveexploring.com

 

Assembly line companies. They all conform to one set of policies as it pertains to pay, hometime, weeks out before you are eligible for hometime, and so forth. The mega companies today are factory assembly lines of drivers also. The companies are like the oil/gas companies. One raises the pay a cent ot two, and others try to compete. They act as if they are doing you a favor, with the minimal pay. The minimal pay drivers receive from a load, is only a very small amount to what the company is being paid per load. This is why i gave up being a company driver, and bought my fleet of trucks.