THIS WILL BE A UPDATED THREAD ...... SO CHECK BACK AND READ AS I GO THROUGH MY PROCESS WITH
FORT TRANSFER ....... A TANKER COMPANY
Well I hate to admit when I am wrong ( BUT I WAS WRONG) Quality Carriers is the bottom of the barrel ... IMO ... I was told not to go to Quality because you will end up in the HOLE ..... EVEN WITH NO TRUCK PAYMENT ..... BUT I DIDNT LISTEN .... STUPID ME
Here is breifly why :
You would think with all the HYPE THAT THEY PREACH ... We have over 100 TERMINALS ... We are the LARGEST TANK COMPANY IN THE USA... ETC ... that you could stay loaded and work .....
- The fuel cut off is set up in a way to where you will always be in ARREARS and I get the feeling the company wants you to be for some reason ... I am not sure why but they just sent a letter to my house last week Thursday stating how they re worked the settlement sheets showing and updating your ARREARS BALANCE and this was an ENHANCED FEATURE ... So much so they wanted you to know about it... Problem is FUEL CUT OFF is Tuesday at midnight and LOAD CUTOFF is Thursday ... Which after about 3 weeks you will find yourself in the ARREARS trying to catch up ( if you use their fuel card )
- The Freight Rates are among the LOWEST I HAVE SEEN in TANK and I mean LOOOOWWWWWWWWW !!!!! Example my last load to SK CANADA Paid me a grand total of $0.79 cpm for all miles with FSG yes I said WITH FSG ......
- The biggest problem that I see with QUALITY is that QUALITY does not own the FREIGHT nor the CUSTOMER BASE it is owned by the AFFILATE ..... This makes you reload capactity slim to none because the other affiliates in the area you unload must be willing to give you a load ( NOT HAPPENING) or you must deadhead back home or to the nearest place willing to give you another $$$ LOWWWWW PAYING LOAD ... In my time at QUALITY I was lucky enough to get one of these GREAT RELOADS ... I had to dead head 1100 miles and wait for 2 days to load it after i dropped the tank at customer .... and guess what.... It convently canceled ... with no pay to me ....not 1 dime ... then dead head back home ...
Nope.....
Now I can see why they are in the TRUCK STOP BOOKS almost every one you see... And they promise you $1.25 fuel costs based @5.5 mpg well my truck avgs 6.0-6.3 loaded ( in tank thats pretty good loaded) and my best fuel costs if you figured in the FSG which is where they get the FIG FROM .... MY BEST FUEL COST was $1.50 that was my BEST .....
REASON YOU ASK ?
SHORT MILES ... THEY PAY YOUR FSG ON HMG miles so thats how the FIG on the AD vs REAL LIFE is off by $0.25-0.40 per gallon avg was about $0.31 off of pump price
And to answer any questions you may have
I WAS WRONG .... I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED !!!!!
- I HAVE NO TRUCK PAYMENT $ 0.00
- I NEVER TURNED DOWN A LOAD
- I ALWAYS ASKED FOR A RELOAD
- I WAS ALWAYS AVAL FOR DISPATCH
- I RAN 100% LEGAL
- I DO HAVE RESERVES IN AN ACCOUNT FOR THE TRUCK SO THIS WAS NOT A HASTEY MOVE ......
- I ALSO OWN MY , FITTINGS, PUMP COMPRESSOR, AIR HOSES, PPE , OUT RIGHT SO $0.00 THERE ALSO
NEXT POST !!!!!!!
WHY I CHOOSE
FORT TRANSFER
Bye - bye : Quality carriers hello : Fort transfer ( tanker yanker story)
Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by Mortar Man, Jan 2, 2011.
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Why I choose
FORT TRANSFER
Fort is a small tank company located in Morton IL and primarily specializes in herbicide transport ... They run about 100 trucks 60-70 of which are Owner Ops so they must know how to treat an IC .
The turnover ratio is basically 0 but in real numbers they say about 15% which includes ...
1. Seasonal Drivers ( for herb peak season )
2. Retirment
3. Fired
4. Quit
5. Death
You will not see them in a truck stop book . Nor in any website they are able to hire who they want
My take is 64% of gross and 100% FSG
Which is an increase of about 2% on the freight & bout 10-15% on FSG because quality paid a set amount FSG per mile which becomes less than 100% true billed FSG
They run about 99% 2 in hoses and best of all
THEY DON'T PULL CHEAP FREIGHT
This is where I think I should have went all long
Fort has 2 terminals and run pretty well set areas
This I think is gonna be a good job
I'll keep you posted
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good luck,we have a lot in common,both worked for walmart so nothing is going to measure up to our standards,I cant make a decision either, least not the right one.going to work in the morning for Lawson Tank in Gainesville, but have a bad feeling, dont know why,looking at Truck Service in Forest City NC as a backup plan or Calex out of Pittston Pa , both van jobs, I know you said Tanker but after Superior changed the rules on me on the way to road test ... I dont know for sure what to do.
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I kinda screwed myself on the quality thing ... I was fore warned but did it any way
Lesson learneddieselsmoke343 Thanks this. -
Wally
Look at
Indian River
Oakley Trucking ( the food grade tank )
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thx for the post about qc i just bought another trk to go back on the rd am haulin gas locally out of effingham il was thinkin bout leasing on there but didnt feel good bout it u just confirmed my gut feeling good luck with fort i see them all the time i think im goin to lease back with landstar again
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Also : Wally
Have u thought about UPS Freight out of Laurens ....
I've heard they are pretty good .... It's basically the old Overnight company UPS bought out around 07-08
It's van .... But I've heard some good out of them .dieselsmoke343 Thanks this.
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