Flatbed to Linehall....the adventure continues at YRC

Turned in my resignation this morning. This company is definitely not a good fit for me. I did not mention this before, but there were several times that I had to go get the truck fixed from the ready line, because the yard guys did not do their job and check for leaks on the trailer. The last one was about a foot long slice on a brake line. As soon as I put air to it, you heard a massive leak. No way someone doing their job would not have noticed it. Three different times, there was not sufficient fuel in the truck that I had to go get fueled.
So I am off to something else. ABF is a much better choice if you want to do line haul! I am presently waiting for the background checks with another company hauling fuel!

 

I can size something up pretty quick!
No one from the company ever sat down with me or gave me a hand out of what the pay was. my buddy who went to abf received all of that info. I believe it was .53 a mile, but that differed based on what you were pulling. Then if you did work it was around $23 an hour. Once I get my first pay I can let you know for sure.

 

Thanks all for the kind remarks! The new company is Mansfield Energy. I will be hauling fuel.....going to use all of my endorsements...
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In order to remain fair and objective, I believe that I must add this. If you are young and have 30 years left to go and you want to have a career at one company, then the YRC's and ABF's are worth it. Because you have a future where you are going to have it very easy and make great money. You can get through the terrible years of being on the extra board knowing that it is temporary. In my case, I may never have gotten off of the extra board and I did not want to live that life.
It is all about choices and compromise! Which is what it is in any career that you may choose!
I have been honest, but I have not told all of the gory details...you all get my thoughts that this was not the place for me....it may be right for you. I came from Maverick who is totally organized, lets you know everything that you are going to do and trains you on everything to a company that provides very little if any training, tells you nothing and wants you to be at their beckoned call 24-7 and will ask you to run a full 14 hr shift with no sleep.
I am looking forward to my next job. I will be paid Salary. Will work 16:30 to 04:30 Sunday through Thursday. I am going to have 4 to 6 weeks of training with another driver who trains. I will be home on the weekends during training and home every night once I go solo. A former Maverick Driver got me this job. He has been there for 5 years and loves it. So I think I will be good to go...but time will tell. Peace and God Bless!
Jim