Anderson Trucking / ATS

So I'm brand new here, and I'm a truckers wife. My husband is considering leasing onto ATS and was going to stop and ask a few of the drivers he sees on the road on his trip he's on right now. I figured I would ask here Seems alot of you seem friendly enough Can any of you tell me if you currently work for them now and if so, do you have a hard time receiving loads? He's going for flatbed/heavy haul. I apologize for being so naive, I'm still learning alot about the trucking industry. He's teaching me slowly. He's owned his own trucks before and he's working as a company driver currently. Thanks so much in advance!!!

 

Working on percentage with ATS has typically been good until now. I don't know what you done during the last 4 years, but stay away from Anderson Trucking Service (ATS)!!! Brenda and Brett Anderson are driving this company into the ground. Drivers (including me) are leaving as fast as we can get the a yard. We now work for a J.B. Hunt type company!!!

 

Any money to be made at Anderson?

 

I do very well at Anderson. I lease on the flatbed side.

 

don't ever fleece purchase a truck.....I don't care what company you go to. its a scam

 

All I know is ATS told me they'd hire me for flatbed. Though once I told him I'm from Florida they decided they wouldn't hire me unless I run van. Then he threw in "But if you lease a truck through us, we'll hire you on as a flatbeder out of Florida".

Yeah, I said no thanks and went to Lonestar. I loved that company. I'd go back if I ever felt like leaving local and going back OTR

 

Please tell us why ats lease is a scam.

 

Theres not a bunch of freight ats hauls into Florida. If you want to drive flatbed out of there you need to pay the fuel bill. Makes sense to me.

 

My thoughts were why work for them when another company would pay me just a little more to drive out of florida.

I drove flats for roehl and Lonestar. Both of which had freight going in and out of florida. I didn't go home too often so I'm guessing that could be a factor in them letting me run flats.


Longest deadhead home was 600 miles or so. Longest deadhead to load was 700.

 

Where there’s a dream, there’s a scam to exploit it.

Here is a links to info on how the scam works.

http://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/otr-truck-lease-scam/


Its a scam....its that simple. DONT DO IT!