heartland lies!!!!

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  1. pissed off driver

    pissed off driver Bobtail Member

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    Stay away from heartland express!! They hire you under the ruse they get you home 3 ot of 4 weekends a month,but every weekend they tell you this #### and bull story that your in a bad area,then you wind up sitting or running 3-400 hundred miles for the weekend.PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THEM!! YOU WILL ONLY GET DEEPER IN DEBT AND WORSE OFF THAN YOU WERE!:mmad:
     
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  3. jeepskate99

    jeepskate99 Road Train Member

    can you drivers with complaints please be more specific and in depth? I would love to hear how you go broke running an extra 3-400 miles a week. I understand having home time stolen sucks so you don't need to expand upon that one.
     
  4. 1pissedoffdriver

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    He just told you....300-400 miles on a weekend....gee thats a good deal.
    Were do i sign up....

    Big money
     
  5. jeepskate99

    jeepskate99 Road Train Member

    Oh great. One of you. How does an EXTRA (this means over and above what you ran during the week in case you don't have a dictionary) 300-400 miles make you broke?
     
  6. davan2004

    davan2004 Light Load Member

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    $.42 for 300-400 = $126-$168 a week. I believe $.42/mi is where they start you off at.

    $126-$168 is not very much money.
     
  7. jeepskate99

    jeepskate99 Road Train Member

    Oh, I agree that it is crap for money. But it is over and above the current weekly total. It seems Heartland must be doing something that is making it hard for this driver to earn a living that was not mentioned here.
     
  8. 1pissedoffdriver

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    Trucking has become slave shops,sweat shops....

    If you can honestly make 600 miles a day at 40 cents you are doing pretty good...

    But these otr truckload carriers screw there drivers on a consistant basis...

    Its not worth it
     
  9. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    On another forum, I saw where the drivers cannot have idle percent over 30%. If they do, the company starts to charge them with the cost of the fuel.

    On a 300-400 mile trip, just how much idle time do you think there would be?
     
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  10. jeepskate99

    jeepskate99 Road Train Member

    That's the type of info I am talking about. That would make it hard to earn cash. Thanks roadmedic.
     
  11. 1pissedoffdriver

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    Now we are getting somewere!!!!

    The chips are stacked against you as a driver....trucking has turned to crap -truly...

    Its a sad day for trucking.
     
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