mercer transportation

I was in Florida and they called and asked if I was interested. It's short term. A month or so.

 

lucky, I would've loved that run, the house is only an hour away from jacksonville. I could pretend to be a local driver for a month!

 

Pm sent. As of Sunday the agent needed more trucks.

 

Isn't UPS caught up yet?

 

was that the Baldwin to tampa deal? I amm gonna deliver that way on Thursday, going to be in Gainesville at my daughters horse show til Monday, then I am gonna get back to work

 

haven't seen them on the load board, but also haven't looked much. Loads out of Baldwin or jax. Delivery point changes every load, the rate you see on the board is based on a maximum 500 mile round trip. . Rate goes up if miles goes up, but never goes down if a shorter run. Some guys have had short runs with less than 300 miles for same rate.

If any mercer guys want specific info on these, pm me and i'll send my phone number.

 

Hello Mercer Team, I just got approved by Mercer (Currently a company driver for Lone Star Transportation) and expect to start orientation on 28 April 2014. I bought a 2008 Pete 387. Got a couple of questions.

1. I want to stay Flatbed, but don't have the equipment, (Headache Rack, chains, binders, straps etc.), can I get these from Mercer and at what cost? The recruiter said yes but I want a drivers prospective.

2. So every insurance company I have gotten a quote from Progressive, OOIDA, has been higher than Mercer, anything I need to watch out for when it comes to their insurance.

3. What is orientation, Truck inspection and Drug Test (Urine or Hair, I ask because I am bald and hate hair being taken from other areas) like?

4. I live in Texas, why are Texas, California and Florida bad areas to get out of? I mean I have no problem in taking low freight to get out some slow areas?

5. I would also like to go to Canada sometimes in the summer, any thoughts on this? I have asked for a flatbed with a sliding spread axle.

 

1 you can get the equipment from mercer, but will need to put half down. It's cheaper than anywhere else you will buy it from.
2. There insurance is great.
3. Best orientation I ever been to. Very very strict truck inspection, but all legit stuff the dot will look for.
4. Texas, cali, and Florida are bad for a combination of reasons, such as low rates plus a lot of guys live there that will be at the top of the board. I suspect California has improved since do many of us won't buy new trucks so can't go there anymore.
5. Mercer doesn't have sliding spread flats. If getting a trailer from mercer it will be either a step with a sliding spread or a flat with a fixed spread. Eastern Canada a fixed spread is fine.

 

Was at the TA in Baytown Monday getting lunch with a friend there was 9 empty mercer trucks in the parking lot ended up seeing three inside two dropped Friday the other dropped that morning he said he was 32 on the board so sounds like way more freight coming in than out for mercer.....when my driver was there we always loaded out of Texas pipe going Ky, Wv, Oh, or Pa them loads paid $1.60-$1.75 not sure if that has changed.

 

Those pipe loads are still there. 32 on the board isn't that bad, I'm usually easy father down when headed to Texas. Our learned that number doesn't really mean anything, you just don't know what those others are doing. 5 might be at home waiting for the perfect load, some guys won't tarp, some won't haul more than 40k, etc etc.