K & B Transportation, Inc. - South Sioux City, Ne.

about K&B Transportation. My dad did a daily for them, running from Joslin, IL IBP (now Tyson) to Carroll, IA. On his way back, he had a coughing fit because he swallowed a sip of coffee wrong, and it caused him to pass out.

He came to in a Sioux City hospital and there were the top guys, waiting to see him. He thought that that was pretty cool of them. He hasked them to secure all the items in his truck; his new CB, his cooler, coveralls, etc. Also left behind at the accident was his "special" wallet that contained his CDL, DOT Card, credit cards, money and HIS ILLINOIS STATE POLICE BADGE AND I.D. THAT INDICATED HE'S A RETIRED TROOPER...THEN BOTTOM FELL OUT. The Dr.'s found a bockage in his heart and that the coughing fit triggered a heart attack. Once that came out, K&B did everything they could to screw him.

They tried to deny him disability, workman's comp, unemployment and actually took him to court to sue him to replace the tractor, trailer and the cost of the load that was lost. Eventually they lost on all accounts; but they made his life Hell.

He never got ANY of his personal belongings back...INCLUDING his retired badge and I.D. K&B wouldn't release the employee's name that picked up the things, not even to the court. They eventually were found in contempt on that; the employee was discoverd and charged with theft and attempting sell my dad's badge AND I.D. on EBay. Which is federal felony.

What caused the heart attack, beside years of bad eating, stress as a cop then truck driver, but fatigue was the primary factor. My dad was making his logs look good; what he logged could be done legally, but not what he was doing. So K&B got busted for that too.

My dad heard from other drivers, and former drivers, about things they did and were either verbally or physically threatened to do or fired for not doing. One guy got fired when a Schneider truck clipped the front of his truck, while parked for the night at a truck stop. The Schneider driver was backing in to a spot and cut it too tight and tore off the right fender. They were looking for a reason to fire him because he wouldn't run beyond his hours.

Theat K&B DO NOT CARE ABOUT DRIVERS. Just keep rolling, make them money and don't mess up, if you do...you're gone. And if you do have a problem or wreck that causes you to be taken from the truck for medical attention, make sure the police or ambulance crew gather your stuff and NOT let the company retrieve it for you.

 

I have seen this myself. I left them on good terms and was given a ride to bus terminal with 2 other gents.Well needless to say they did this to the other 2 guys. I bought there tickets to get home for them (1 in Ohio and 1 in Texas) cause I didnt want to see anyone stuck like that far from home with no money. These 2 guys offered to pay me back even took all my info, address and such, with the agreement to send me the money back. Never did receive the money but felt good about doing it. I ran the Sara Lee out of Rochelle for them and have my dispatchers cell number in my phone. I called him and chewed his butt about why K & B would do something like that. But he replied that he didnt know anything about it. Of course he didnt. As far as Im concerned K & B owes me that money but I will never see it.

 

Been there done that with the unpaid bus ticket home crap... Couldn't pass the urine-sugar test, so they took me to the bus station and dropped me off with the implied assurance that I had a bus ticket waiting WRONG ANSWER

Funny part is I took the same DOT physical a month and a half later and passed it with no problem. Same food, same regimen, same oral insulin.

I never got to drive for them, except the road test naturally, so I cannot make the arguement as to how bad they ripped me off etc. But dropping one off at a bus station with no ticket in December should be at the very least criminal.

 

Must have took a month & half on the bus trip to get home.

 

Some of this stuff they've done is almost criminal! Who runs this trucking company? The Mob!

 

They just called me this morning and I tried to be nice letting the recruiter know I was not interested in reefer work, but he persisted until I told him about ex-employee complaints that were posted here and over at ripoff reports, next thing I knew, I was talking to myself..he hung up. LoL!

 

I drive for them now...was in such a hurry to get back on the road after I got laid off I didn't get on here to check em out...idiot me...needless to say I'm looking for new work...gonna clean out the truck next weekend when I get home and only take the basics with me.

 

You know so many companies are like k&b.I thought about going there because I only live 15 min from them.But I think twice about any companies that has a bad rep from so many drivers.They make there ad in the Sioux City,Journal sound so glamourous when in reality its one of the worse companies out there.K&B is always looking for a recovery driver so that right there proves to me they have alot of drivers that abandons their equipment.Makes me wonder why.

 

So how is your dad now?I hope much bettler.Companies like K&B shouldnt even be in business.Can't believe trucking companies can be SO COLD , ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT TO THE DRIVERS when the drivers are the ones making them money.Can anyone tell me why companies treat drivers like they have a disease?

 

Good for you that you helped those 2 guys out with getting home.There should be more guys like you.But unfortunately there is more drivers out there that are so rude and dont even care about themselves.