My Experience with JB Hunt Intermodal so far

What are you making there. I heard tons of story's and bad things about them but they do have local and at some point I was thinking of getting on with them. What is the mileage pay? Pay per week? Or bi weekly?

 

That's really great to hear. I know we all need money to support our families, but it's not the only thing. Feeling good about going to work each day, working with people with whom you respect & that they respect you, is huge. Sounds like you've found the best of both worlds. That's fantastic.

 

I used to be an account manager for JB Hunt DCS (Dedicated Contract Service) for a local feed hauling account (I left in 2014 and went back to trucking with a flatbed company). lots of complaints, though most were NOT legitimate complaints. drivers were paid 41 per hub mile on all miles, and 28.50 per drop. account average was about 57K a year. the problem was that when the feed mill was broke down, we sat and didn't make money. I left due to the stress of my bosses trying to get me to make drivers run when it was unsafe to do so (blizzard in IA means trucks should park) and the customer having irrational expectations (your probably not surprised by this lol). my top driver made over 70K, and my worst driver (if I could have found a driver to replace him, he would have been fired) made over 40K. if JB Hunt is the place you want to go, ensure you check out every account that's out there. I had the highest paying DCS account in the nation. I transferred in a driver from an OTR account who made crap, was out 6 weeks at a time cuz "no loads going to IA". DCS and Intermodal are really picking up, and most of those get you home every day too. just my little bit of knowledge on the subject

 

Worked the intermodal out of Harrisburg for a few years as a regional rail driver and I was quite happy there.The pay was good.They kept me running and I was home every weekend.My dispatcher was a great guy that treated me with respect and listened when you had an issue and fixed it.Like any company I could nitpick and find a problem but they were all minor.

 

How about the o/o in the intermodal division at jb you ever talk to them any complaints?

 

I make at least 1500 per week driving local and I'm home every night and I'm off on the weekends. I work for Air Liquide hauling cryogenic products. I disagree with your statement that 1500 per week is far fetched.

JB Hunt is notorious for being on the low end of driver compensation.

 

Your In Cali w/a teamster heavy carrier.. Come to other parts of the USA and you will find out the that JB hunt is not the only carrier in the race to the bottom.

 

We are a very small yard with 11 drivers. We happen to be teamster but we actually get paid less then the regular company drivers. The amount of power we have is very little.

I lived on the east coast and drove the eastern half of the country for 9 years so I know about different areas of the country.

I had a JB Hunt recruiter contact me once about a gig out of Stockton California paying 500 per week. That's ridiculous. JB Hunt has had a terrible reputation and continues to have a terrible reputation for the 24 years that I've been involved in trucking.