Is millis transfer still a good company too work for

Opie preplans on Fridays, but during the week it's very rare. But there isn't another dispatcher there that I would have ever traded Opie for. That guy took care of me regarding miles, hometime, and anything in between better than I could have ever imagined

 

GA regional rarely gets a preplan. Maybe on weekends but i don't normally run weekends.

 

Ya it's been kind of an eye opening experience so fat here at my new company Deliveries at midnight, 1am, etc that I never had with Millis dispatchers new to elog so at least twice a week had to tell them I can't make it to customer on time cuz of elogs, getting told ok just get it there when as soon as I can and then getting there 1.5 hrs late and getting told been rescheduled for 8am nxt day since I was late, so had to just sit on load for a day. Things like that so far just in 1st month that I never dealt with at Millis. But I also brought home more $ on 3100 miles than I did with Millis on 3700 miles and was home for 36 hrs on weekend so taking the bad with the good lol

 

I'm betting all companies would do the same thing.

 

Hope all the Millis drivers have a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2017!

 

Ok, I finally told my father in law about Millis and me going to truck driving school. He told me to be careful, that it is not an easy job (I already know) and to find out if I have to pay for dead head miles. He said "be careful, they could send you to Colorado to drop a load, then send you clear all across to Texas to pick up a load and those are the dead head miles you will have to pay for out of your own pocket".

Any truth to this?

 

You get paid for all miles you drive, empty or loaded. It's also rare to have to deadhead more than 100 miles, since they are in fact paying you to drive without a load.

 

Let me correct myself on something: you get paid for all estimated miles you drive. It's well known that the entire trucking industry uses either PC Miler or the Household Mover's Guide to estimate the miles between locations. This is typically only zip code to zip code, and can be off by 10%. I've kept track of my miles (both dispatched and driven) since I started, and I've averaged a 4% difference, but your mileage may vary.

 

No, the driver doesn't pay for deadhead miles. The trucking company pays the driver for all miles, empty or loaded.
Millis keeps you in the Eastern states.
If you want to run coast to coast, Roehl Transport can do that or keep you regional. You have a choice plus they have various hometime options. They also pay you $500.00 weekly while attending their cdl school. One of their schools is in Georgia.
Jim Palmer Trucking is a coast to coast refrigerated company and has their own cdl school.

 

This has already been answered but want to reinforce it. NO there is no truth to what your father in law said regarding the dead head mileage.

Tough job, yes. It gets easier to handle with time. First few months to a year on your own are the hardest but becomes easier as you gain knowledge and experience. Some days become diwnright easy and some are a real pain. Most somewhere in between.