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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HappyHardCore, post: 151624, member: 6665&quot;]I been with Heartland for 2 years. The fuel limit is 75 gallons per day. If you need more then you have to call the fuel department and get a PO#. The truckstops allowed to fuel at are very very limited, and almost all Pilots. They perfer we get fuel at the Terminal. The 200-300 gallon tanks did help though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yup, they have a shutdown policy during bad weather in your area, and you must obey. I have no problem with that. Good to be safe.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Home time for me sucked and I lived in Indiana. I talked to other Heartland drivers, and it was 50/50 if they had good home times, or bad home times. I was system, so was supposed to get weekend off after 2 weeks out. But some times at end of 2nd week, they claim no loads going thru the house, so I have to work a 3rd week, and sometimes a 4th week, before they can get me home, but you cant bank up days off, so still only 2 days off after 4 weeks worked. Oh, you have to go home WITH a load, they wont allow deadhead or empty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Trucks are no Internationals. Just 1 bed. Passenger seat doesn&#039;t move, uncomfortable for a friend/spouce to ride with you. They dont like passengers. No pets allowed. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So with the bad home time, limited fuel stops, their trucks, and shutdown policy (which Im ok with), I stayed with them for 2 years because of the 48 cents per mile at 5 years exp total. They abused the drivers mostly with home time, but the money made me stay with them, until they fired me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They fired me cause I refused to work illegally. They had a load that was late before they even assigned it to me. I was low on hours and needed a 10 hour break. The only way I could have delivered the load on time is if I took a 7 hour break. They said they have other drivers that could deliver on time, and that my employment with them was terminated. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know Heartland will publicly and repeatedly state that they want their drivers to work safe and legal, but the truth is, you need to cheat on the log books for the loads that they dont schedule del eta intellgently, or else they&#039;ll find another driver to fill your seat. Im not willing to do that, cheat on the log book. Maybe I round off 15 minutes up/down to give me extra time, but Im not rounding off 3 hours. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was my 2nd company and was with them for 2 years. Previous company was at for 3 years. During my 1st year at Heartland was first time I ever requested new dispatcher. He wanted to get me home for only 24 hours on Christmas, but I told him thats unacceptable, and I need a load that gets me home for at least 2 days. I was told if I refused a load based on home time, that he&#039;d route me to a terminal to be fired. I dont accept threats like that, and calmly requested a differnt dispatcher. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I liked my new dispatcher, for a while. He never yelled or got upset. But just quietly reported to supervisor about the late load that was impossible to deliver on time, and I got terminated. I guess thats turnover, and they&#039;ll hire the next eager driver hoping he&#039;ll cheat on logs to deliver the critical loads.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So now Im looking for a new company, one that runs legally. Im willing to work the full 70 hours legally. I just refuse to cheat that much on logs, and perfer better home time. Im hoping not all companies are the same. So I&#039;ll continue reading here for more info about which company I would like to apply. Shouldn&#039;t be to hard with a good CDL of 5 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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