Ecm transport

I was 50-60 hours. You can work weekends too. Some of the favorites seemed to run out their 70 every week. They would start before me and still be out when I left.

I was there from 12/2020 through 8/2021. So I only experienced good freight period. They have lots of dedicated customers you see regularly. It wasn’t terrible. Don’t know if Werner will ruin it or not. I so know Werner was accelerating getting rid of the oldest ECM trailers. They were really bad. Just this week is the first time I saw Werner trailers at the local ECM terminal.

No overtime does suck, but they seem to have a lot of long time employees. A few guys were there 20+ years.

 

I can’t get much info from the mechanic as all the mechanics were Pitt Ohio employees, not ECM. They benefits were different.

Pitt Ohio didn’t own ECM, it was a partnership interest. Even now the original owner still owns some of the company. ECM might be his initials. I think i heard that.

 

I know all that sounds weird. It took me some time to learn what was what. Very confusing depending on the situation.

 

That's correct, it's Ed Meier. Not sure of his middle name but I used to ride quads behind his house when I was a kid. One of the Meiers married one of the Hammels (Pitt Ohio) so the companies ended up becoming partners

 

Thats the name. Also, didn’t know thats how they ended up doing business together.

 

That's the story I've heard anyway. Not sure if that's the only reason they partnered but I'm sure it has something to do with it

 

Just out of curiosity, does ECM let you go wherever you want for the DOT physical, or do you have to go where they tell you?

 

I know this is somewhat an old thread but on an off-topic, how is ECM's maintenance program? I found a used Freightliner day cab that came from them and was wondering if they took good care of their trucks and had a good PM program.