Anyone ever heard of Rosemont Logistics/Rosemont Trucking??

Lazer · Apr 15, 2023

artruckerwife said: ↑

He's been driving just about our whole marriage, about 12 years. Most of it has been flat bed but he's also done grain hauling, refrigerated, and dry van. He prefers flatbed. Excellent driving record. The company he works for now is a local company that gives him home time whenever he needs it and he's home every weekend, but their trucks are older and his truck has been in the shop just about every week. They also have them dead head back to Blytheville at Tenaris to get loads, so they are only getting one load out. They are paid a percentage of the load, 25% and they just don't look for loads coming back. They also expect them to make it from Blytheville Ar to Midland TX by the following morning and Tenaris is always late getting them loaded, so their drivers drive with paper logs and adjust some things to still get their load there on time. They run their ##### off. Recently he's been singled out by the safety lady, being written up and put on do not dispatch for minor, petty things. He is just tired of it. All the owners of the company talked to him and have tried to get him to stay. We both really love his current company but he really wants to make more money and eventually own his truck. His boss won't do a lease purchase and after taxes are held out, our health insurance, etc, his take-home pay is HALF of what he actually makes every week. If they would find them back hauls to Blytheville or anywhere, it wouldn't be so bad. He just hates running 700 miles empty.
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To clarify, they run Blytheville to Midland loaded, the empty back to Blytheville?

tscottme · Apr 16, 2023

artruckerwife said: ↑

My husband just put in his two weeks notice with his current employer and his cousin is supposed to start at Rosemont Logistics and my husband has been talking to the owner of the company. I have checked out their website, which doesn't have much info about their driving careers. I also did a google search, trying to find reviews. Nothing. Other than info that was provided by the company snapshot on the FMCSA website, I can't find any other info about them.
They are based in College Station TX, it says they have 10 drivers and they do a lease purchase program. I'm just trying to sniff out anything bad about them before hubby commits to them lol.
This will be our first foray into lease purchase but he does want to own his own truck and this company sounds good, but it sounds almost too good to be true.
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Lease purchase is often a mistake unless the lease driver has experience running a buisiness before. In most Lease Purchase contracts the driver obligated to pay truck expenses but the trucking cokpany IS NOT obligated to provide enough miles to earn the amount of money necessary to pay those expenses.

Lazer · Apr 16, 2023

Generally speaking, avoid working/doing business with family at all cost’s, especially if ‘bidding’ and ‘seniority’ are in the equation. The chance of the family relationship going ‘sideways’ are too great.

artruckerwife · May 6, 2023

Lazer said: ↑

To clarify, they run Blytheville to Midland loaded, the empty back to Blytheville?
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Yes, that is right.

artruckerwife · May 6, 2023

So, just to update. He got in the truck Monday and has hauled one load. His second load, he got to the shipper but they didn't know anything about the load, so his dispatcher found him another load but he's deadheading 6 hours to pick it up. Is it routine for the company to not have a lease-purchase agreement that is signed? He never filled out an application, never saw the lease details. His payment is $600 a week and his boss told him it would be paid off in 3 years, same thing he told his cousin who also recently started with the same company. I am seeing red flags everywhere, especially when his boss is "forgetful" about things he told him. His boss told him he'd never be deadheaded more than 700 miles. He's already done that his first week. His boss said he'd be able to find his loads. Not true. His boss said after a couple months he'd get him a manual truck and now he says that's not going to happen. He doesn't have an actual physical location and we are pretty sure the dispatcher lives in Romania and works remotely.

Lazer · May 6, 2023

$600 per week, for 3 years is $93,600.

Lazer · May 6, 2023

How often is he planned to do the Blytheville-Midland-Blytheville, per week?

Lonesome · May 7, 2023

artruckerwife said: ↑

So, just to update. He got in the truck Monday and has hauled one load. His second load, he got to the shipper but they didn't know anything about the load, so his dispatcher found him another load but he's deadheading 6 hours to pick it up. Is it routine for the company to not have a lease-purchase agreement that is signed? He never filled out an application, never saw the lease details. His payment is $600 a week and his boss told him it would be paid off in 3 years, same thing he told his cousin who also recently started with the same company. I am seeing red flags everywhere, especially when his boss is "forgetful" about things he told him. His boss told him he'd never be deadheaded more than 700 miles. He's already done that his first week. His boss said he'd be able to find his loads. Not true. His boss said after a couple months he'd get him a manual truck and now he says that's not going to happen. He doesn't have an actual physical location and we are pretty sure the dispatcher lives in Romania and works remotely.
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That's why, one reads, and understands the contract, AND has their attorney look it over for them. Before driving .2 miles for them. Now, it's all hearsay, nothing in writing. They could say "contract says $1000 a week, fuel where we tell you, etc.

artruckerwife · May 8, 2023

Lonesome said: ↑

That's why, one reads, and understands the contract, AND has their attorney look it over for them. Before driving .2 miles for them. Now, it's all hearsay, nothing in writing. They could say "contract says $1000 a week, fuel where we tell you, etc.
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So if there isn't any contract at all it's a really bad company? I've been looking for other places that does LP and flatbed but so far I haven't found any that anyone says is a decent place.

artruckerwife · May 8, 2023

Lazer said: ↑

How often is he planned to do the Blytheville-Midland-Blytheville, per week?
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He normally got 2 or 3 loads per week, but with getting 3 loads, one entire load went to taxes so it wasn't really helping us any. He was getting tired of the same run week after week.

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