My new adventure with Gordon Trucking

I dont think the gordons really considered the employees as much as they did the money.

 

I think they took both into consideration. Just my .02.

KH

 

Bottom line. .. show me the money...

How many Heartland drivers can come on here and truly say they make 60k a year..

I'll make it easy.. 50k a year..

I dont care how much you pay per mile if I am sitting in truck stops.

If I am going to average less than 3k a week then I am gone....

I can drive for plenty of those 2k a week companies and be home 2 to 3 days a week.

And I consider heartland the same as knight or celadon or covenant. .. etc...

 

Holy Crap! All I can say is thank you providence for working things out so that I left when I did for what I did. I knew that there was something in the wind, just no idea that it was something this big!!!

 

To me this merger does not bode well.

Was never impressed by Heartland.

Do you folks think Heartland will actually try to grow the TC fleet? Use this as a way to get into that arena?

 

I think I speak for some when I say that Heartland is in a different level than Covenant and Knight.

KH

 

I think they may. Its worth money investing if its going to yield bigger $$$$$.

 

Honestly, I think they will keep the TC fleet. Having a TC fleet allows them to offer more services to the big companies like wal mart, fred meyer, costco, etc. Even Swift has a dedicated reefer fleet just for wal-mart. But I dont see them expanding it beyond what they would need to service the big three. My last 3 months at Gorden were all wal mart, fred meyer, and hersheys loads.

 

I have worked for covenant. . Considered and still considering working for knight...

Heartland I have considered but never thought of them as driver friendly..

Let me define driver friendly..

Apu.. power inverters... hometime.. pay.. vacation.. miles...

When a company puts a driver in a truck and refuses to install an apu for climate control then punish a driver for idling
Is not driver friendly..

I have worked with former heartland drivers who tell of extended stays at truck stops without loads..

Difficulty in getting home..

Average miles less than 2k a week

I put heartland in the class with covenant for that reason...

They may be profitable but at whose expense...

I am afraid this may turn me into agreeing more with victor against mega carriers in the future..

I am going home this week for hometime.. when I return I will be sleeping with one eye open..

I advised my dm I was taking most of my gear out of my truck while home in case I needed to make a quick departure. .

 

I hate to say this, but even as an ex-Gordon driver I wish this hadn't happened. It has to have left a lot of drivers and their families with some hard choices to face tonight.