Expedite Solutions - scam, deceit, trickery, slavery

theladypenguin · Aug 1, 2009

I like to work & stay busy expediting is for everybody but the driver. If the wheels ain't turning there is no money for the driver. I am out here to make a living & I have been an OTR Truck Driver for years. I got into this so called expediting ( I hate that word) & this will cost you everything you ever worked for & will take away everything you ever had or wanted out of life away from you. Believe that. It will also take away the most precious thing your family & your privacy. Yep & nobody cares how long you stay out here without time at home or without your privacy either. They secretly laugh behind your back for being so stupid. Never the less I am out here though. Well it won't be too awfully long & this too will dry up. It's dangerous to put your life at risk out on the road with yourself behind the wheel let alone having some else drive you down the road.

Sir I don't believe you. I owned a big rig & I never paid for QC, cargo ins tolls or any of the other things these expediting companies charge an owner for that amount to around $180.00 per week. These expediting companies ARE NOT COMPANIES > They are BROKERS.

My only expense was fuel, maintenance on my truck, my bob tail insurance $35.00 per month that nobody had control over but me. So if I quit I could still drive my truck & my truck plate that I bought from the state of Ohio I owned it too, it was mine, so if I didn't want to be leased on to the company I was working for I could drive my truck I didn't need any one's permission to do anything. Also I drew my own lines on my own loose leaf log paper, imagine that. It was a privilege for the company I was with to have my truck & myself leased on to them, they treated me that way too. IT WAS NEVER THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE ME LEASED TO THEM. They never treated me like it was either.

I never scheduled home time with any company when I was a company driver or an owner operator that I wasn't there every time on time all the time. Just like I did with their loads. They treated me the same way I did them. Imagine that.

You all so called expediters can't say the same thing for your expediting career. After trying this out I know that this expediting is hair brained & for people that are hair brained. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE SOME CHEESE TO GO WITH YOUR WHINE?

asdfelrey · May 9, 2010

Does anyone know anything about this company?

http://www.expeditesolutions.com

They say they pay about $1000 per week for a team, which doesn't seem very good, but it only requires a class B license.

Rolloff Truck Driver · May 9, 2010

just out of curiousity what is Expedite Trucking ?

Truckermoses · Sep 10, 2010

Those are the same people that tryed to rape me! lol bankruptcy showed them they didnt get nutta

ncouchmed1 · Sep 17, 2010

we had the exact same thing happen charging for two cdls and only had 1 take the so called class (that was a joke in its self) we had to pay for everything anyways ie phys. lic. ect. we sat in a broke down truck for 2 weeks before he would do anything about it we got another job with Jason Williams drivng a NICE truck for fed ex cc, 2years later we recieve papers that they are sueing us for the class and TWO Cdl classes

mommabear · Oct 26, 2010

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Has anyone else had experience with this company? Expedite Solutions, 3617 Raymond Street, Indianappolis, IN Also currently calling themselves Drivers Solutions. Here is my story!

My husband (a 20+ year Police officer) and I (a cosmotologist)decided to try team driving in September 2006. Since I already had a class B CDL we decided to try the Expediting Industry. Keith started checking the Internet for expediting companies and put out several feelers with different companies. We were immediately contacted by Expedite Solutions. We explained that I already had my CDL for 14 years so only Keith would need to attend 'school' to obtain his. We were told that I would only have to attend orientation. We started with Expedite Solutions Oct 2, 2006.
We were told we would recieve 52% of the truck earnings, plus 100% of the fuel surcharge, we were to pay for fuel, oil, wiper fluid, tolls, ect... out of our 52%. What we were not told until after we were contracted with them for a year was that they would be holding an extra 30% of the fuel surcharge and an additional 30% of your 52% percent for a 'savings account' they require you to have with them. They also require you to pay 25.00 a week for a financial advisor ($1250 a year), and require you to rent a laptop at an additional $35.00 per week, plus insurance resulting in the driver actually receiving about 12% of the actual truck revenue. There were many weeks we would end with a negative balance resulting in our having to pay Expedite Solutions for working all week.

As for Expedite Solutions equipment, the first truck we were assigned was in such poor condition we had to keep plastic over the floor because when it rained we had standing water in the floor. We also consistently had to find someone to, or call someone to, "jump start" the truck as it had a bad starter. This truck also had rusted out fuel tanks. On one instance we filled our fuel tanks at the Flying J truck stop in Greenville S.C., we parked the truck in the parking lot, it was about 4 hours later we noticed a huge puddle of fuel under our truck with a little river running down the parking lot under the other trucks parked beside us, our truck had sprung a leak through the rusted out fuel tank and dropped 27 gallons of fuel (we know it was 27 gallons because the tanks were full when we parked the truck and was a little under 2/3 full 4 hours later). We called Expedite Solutions owner Kyle Ochs and was told to "run with it" like that "just don't fill it above the leak". We refused to do this, as we were not only paying for this fuel that was leaking out but also this was a major DOT and OSHA violation.

Kyle finally agreed to fix the tank. He had the tank sealed off for $35.00 resulting with us having to run with one tank for the next 3 months. The tread on the tires of this truck were so bad the tread was barely visable.
We were then assigned a 2nd truck. Oh yes, the second truck, even nicer than the first truck. (almost 800,000 miles on this truck) When it rained the truck was like a waterfall. The entire ceiling leaked on this truck all the way across, front and back. This truck also had a major oil leak and an antifreeze leak (the radiator hoses finally blew out near Laredo, Texas). We were adding a gallon of oil every 2nd day to this truck. Our truck was actually barred from the Mitsubishi plant near Bloomington, IL. They called Panther II and told them our truck would not be allowed back on their property as they had to have an OSHA clean-up done because we leaked so much oil sitting on their docks (we were only on the dock for about 30 minutes). This truck also had a major bulge on the front drivers side steer tire, we informed Kyle of the issue with the tire and once again we were told to "run with it" as it was, even though this was not only jeopardizing our lives but was also a DOT violation. (the tire finally blew out in Hurricane, West Virginia)

The brake drums on this truck were worn down to nothing and the brake shoes were cracked and worn. When checked by the mechanic at the Bloomington, IL TA we were told this truck did not meet DOT regulations and was not safe to drive. The mechanic called Kyle Ochs and was told "do not fix it". We asked have the mechanic to give us a written statement the truck was unsafe to move and did not meet DOT regulations (I still have the mechanics statement) and the owner ordered him not to fix. So we were now being told to drive a truck without brakes and with a huge bulge on the drivers steer tire. This was not only jeopardizing the cargo we were transporting but also our very lives.

We finally had enough of risking our lives, and after 8 months of these truck issues, plus making no money, we were living on our savings from before we started with Expedite Solutions, and of being told, even though we were suppose to be "independant contractors", we could go home no more than a 2 or 3 days a month. If you go home for more than that they hold what little you make for an additional two weeks. We finally decided we had enough, we contacted another fleet owner, resulting with us leaving Panther and moving over to Tri-State.

After leaving Expedite Solutions we received a letter from them saying we broke their contract by quiting and they were charging us both for our CDL's. (remember I already had my CDL for 14 years before starting with them.) When we quit Expedite Solutions they owed us the last two weeks of loads we ran, plus the last 6 weeks of fuel surcharges. They also had the $6000 in the savings plan they required drivers to keep, and in addition to all of this money which amounted to about 9000.00 they sent us a letter that read we haven't done a final accounting yet, but we're pretty sure your going to owe us $6995.00. This pretty sure letter went on to explain how we could just make them a check for half the amount and call it even or we could set up payments for the full amount. No mention of the $9000. they owed us or of a final settlement.

The only semi-honest thing Expedite Solutions does is when during the orientation they present each driver with a future income projection sheet. This paper shows the teams current bill evaluation with so much percentage going to house payment, utilities, car payments, credit cards, ect... they then give each driver another projection for the end of one year of driving for Expedite Solutions that shows no percentage going toward house payments, credit cards, or car payments. This is very true because by the end of the year your house will have been forclosed on, your car repossessed, and you will have filed bankruptcy on your credit cards.

Oh yes, they would not provide us with a 1099 at the end of the year either. So much for their required $1250.00 a year financial advice!

Sheila (ex-Panther Driver)
(current Tri-State Driver)
Bernie, MO
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sounds like us too. now we are being sued by them started with them in 12/07 quit in 02/08 they say we each made 5,000 we now have to pay taxes on. and they want even more than that in the lawsuit. we never got more than 450 at any one time and that was the big payday. we only got 4 not 12 paydays. savings account dissapeared.never got a print out one from accountant co.

ggssdd · Dec 22, 2010

OMG, read my other postings. We like Panther, get paid well, and can't complain.

lil may · Dec 22, 2010

PANTHER is a joke I still haven't been paid all that is due to me

ggssdd · Dec 22, 2010

Lil May,
Are you an O/O? If not it is the truck owner that has not paid you. I'll bet they have gotten paid by Panther. Please post the name of the owner you drove for so others can be aware of them.

lil may · Dec 22, 2010

I don't have to post any thing I know how they are and they play favorites

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