Canadian good and bad trucking companies

Heard he was sick a few years ago, always loved his story's

 

Has anyone produced some kind of summary of the good and bad companies ?
Some sort of communal spreadsheet would be really helpful.
Hard to figure how it would work but something like a list of the companies mentioned here with people rating them 1 to 5 would be good.

 

Can someone shed some light on arnold bros transport from alberta good or bad outfit for owner operators how many days they keep you out and what lanes do they run most frequently. Thanks

 

Day and Ross is killing me. I signed on as an O/O last May and posted over $35K in losses in 2011. Most recently I was on the road 16 days and only moved 3300 miles. Trucks are stacking up in the terminals like cordwood. Nobody seems to know what's wrong, but guys are dropping like flies. I'll be leaving as soon as I figure out where to go.

 

as will any big company .you cant haul for $1.50 a mile it dosent work out for o/o they tell you just run more miles . were around the truck stop .sorry to say big companys hauling cheap ship wont be around to long . best not get stiffed .

 

Considering they said their company average is 2800 miles/week there is obviously something wrong here.

 

That's probably what the company owned trucks average, they'd feed them first.

 

As far as I know, there are no company owned trucks besides daycabs and shunters. If they're getting 2800 miles per week, I think I can see where the problem is....

 

I would be leery of working for any company that hangs a HELP WANTED shingle on the back of everyone of their trailers. That's is a clear sign of large employee turnover. You see the same companies for 25 year advertising in the trucking rags how they need drivers.. Just talk to their HRDC man" Hired 10 drivers this week and 11 quit!
If a company is worth working for word gets around and they will have a file of reliable experienced drivers waiting to get on the roster.

 

The sad thing is the recruiter and I had been friends for about 6 years before I even went to "Days Lost". We haven't spoken now in over 3 months (mostly because he changed his phone number).