Moving on ... for better or worse

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by camels76, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. Dec 6, 2012 #1
    camels76

    camels76 Light Load Member

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    Was working for Keim TS out of Sabetha, KS. they seemed to either hire too many drivers and/or migrated to a more regional, for the new guys anyways. For the last 3 months, it was nothing to sit for 3-5 hours a day waiting on a load. Then turn around and get a 300 miles run paying ####.

    So i moved on the Wabash Valley Transportaion, we'll see how much bs this company can throw at me. As long as i can pay my bills. i'll survive.

    thinking if i can survive the next few years, ill gonna buy a rig and run that way. only person i'll have to blame is myself then.
     
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  3. Dec 6, 2012 #2
    Jumbo

    Jumbo Road Train Member

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    WVT, you may have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
     
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  4. Dec 6, 2012 #3
    camels76

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    yea, we'll see, i was looking when i found this one.....
     
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  5. Dec 6, 2012 #4
    Chinatown

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    Fairchild Freight is out of Kansas. Reefer outfit hauling produce to Alaska.
     
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  7. Dec 6, 2012 #5
    dirtyrabbit

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    Yeah, the first few months when I started with them I stayed pretty close. Then they finally turned me into their east coast ######! I fell in love with Pa. at that time. Sorry to hear you weren't happy in the Rabbit world.

    Good Luck with Wabash.

    DirtyRabbit out.

    Shucks, I thought the slang word for a female dog was except-able!
     
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  8. Dec 6, 2012 #6
    Treefork

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    They used to be ok, my dad ran for them a few years. They do mostly regional stuff though. He was home every weekend. They need new equipment though.


    Joe
     
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  9. Dec 7, 2012 #7
    camels76

    camels76 Light Load Member

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    Yea thats no lie on the equipment. They were rolling some new freightliners around when i was wasting half my day on my qual login.

    Rabbit for as hard as we ran and the #### runs we'd get in return isnt worth the risk of gettin nailed by the dot....
     
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  10. Dec 8, 2012 #8
    Logan76

    Logan76 Crusty In Training

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    I like to run, but if im running hard i want to be rewarded with good loads in turn, only seems fair to me.
     
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  11. Dec 8, 2012 #9
    Guntoter

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    No, Fairchild is in Phoenix. As far as I know (last year) they didnt even have a terminal in Kansas. I had a reefer for a few months in 2010, did some loads for them, mostly Nogales/Yuma to Seattle. They pay on time, decent money, good return loads to get you back to the Mexican border.
     
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