I am considering working for TMC. I have read good and bad things about them on here and am looking for advise on weather to go to them or not. I sent them my application today and talked to a recruiter (Gus) to see if i was qualified at all to work for them since I did not go to a driving school and I have a pretty large gap in my driving experience (three years) and i only real driving I have is that I jockey trailers at my work but its only about two to three trailers a day. The reason I am considering them is that they will take me with the very limited experience that I do have. The concerns that I have is that I have read that they run illegal (logs, and weight) I am a very strict person when it comes to my license being on the line, I refused to drive trucks and haul loads for my first driving job because they were illegal. Is that a bad trait to have because by what I have read it seems to be? And if I have to run illegal for a company to make a living I'd rather drive for someone else. Another question is that the first question I was asked was "are you willing to drive to all 48 states and Canada." I dont mind driving around for them but I am from just outside of New Orleans and having runs to Canada seems unlikely but I could be wrong. Would I be mostley running the south since I live here or would I be going to all the states? This leads me to my next question the hiring page for TMC says home every 14-17 days with one day off for every week out does that mean every five days for a week or is it the full seven days? Finally does it matter that I have limited experience on the use of manual transmissions? I drive a manual everyday but I know that the ones in trucks are completely different because they are not synchronized. I have taught myself how to drive a ten speed on the truck I jockey trailers with but it is floating not double clutching. Does TMC help train you to drive the 13 speeds they have since I have never been behind one.
Im sure I'll think of more questions later on but any help, info, experiences, etc. will be GREATLY apperciated.
Considering TMC whats the Good, Bad, and Ugly about them.
Discussion in 'TMC' started by Cyclesdalecummins07, Oct 3, 2011.
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The good = pretty black trucks.
The bad = pretty slow trucks.
The ugly = I don't know, but it ain't the trucks.
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Ridge, not far from the truth.
Cycles, i am a current driver for tmc. You will not run illegal. Period. If you run illegal logs, your in trouble. Yes they are paper but they can track you via QC. They also pay for up to $25 in cat scales a day on your fuel card. If your over weight its your fault. Contact your fm and they will work with the shipper to cut your load back to legal weight. Now you might have to play the how much fuel should i put in the tanks game every now n then but thats everyone. Now you might be dispatched anywhere but depending on your fm you prob will stay regional. And the 10-14 means 7 days a week. They will train you on the 13 speed, 2x clutching not floating, your trainer will teach you that. Probally be in the inexperienced class, 2 weeks orentations, 5 weeks with a trainer.
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STAY AWAY FROM TMC IF YOU WANT UNDERSTANDING, SIMITHY, OR JUST A GOOD JOB. THEY WILL PUSH YOU TILL YOUR JUST AT THE EDGE AND THEN SAY "TRUST ME" WITH THE LAST SHOVE. THERE ARE OVER 50 GUYS EVERY TWO WEEK IN FOR ORIENTATION. AND ABOUT 15 GUYS MAKES IT. NOT BECAUSE THERE NOT QUALIFIED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAD GAMES THEY PUT ON YOU TO MAKE YOU QUIT AND THEN THE LAST PHYICAL EXCERSISE THEY HAVE YOU DO IS PICK UP A ROLLED UP TARP, 125 lbs, TOSS IT ON BACK OF THE TRAILER, JUMP UP ON THE TRAILER, MID WAY, NO LADDER, NO ANYTHING. JUST JUMP, PICK UP THE TARP, THROW IT OVER A COIL, TAKE IT OFF FROM THE OTHER SIDE, WALK TO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER, TOSS THE TARP OFF, THEN CLIMB OFF THE TRAILER THE "CORRECT" AND SAFEWAY, THAN YOU PASS. ABOUT 5-7 GUYS CANT DO THIS PART AND ARE SENT HOME. NO IF OR BUTTS.
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Thank you for this information. I am used to have to do manual labor like that everyday I am currently an order picker at a DC. Im still young so I should be able to do this I am in pretty good shape (thanks to work) and my first driving job was like that I had to climb on the top of debris trailers and walk my tarp back over the remains of Katrina damaged houses and whatever else was instead the trailers (nails, jagged metal, re-bar, etc) without the use of ladders it was just climbing up the side of a trailer and hang off the side and hope for the best. Besides the head games was there anything else that you had a problem with them? (home time, pay, etc) -
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