My New Adventures At Beacon Transport

Kieth is my dispatcher.
Yes I am off to bigger and maybe better things. And when the time comes in February I might be posting it here on the forum. It would be a very helpful experience for a lot of drivers but honestly I don't know if I want to deal with all the negative comments my new thread would induce. It's a bombshell so to speak so I'm sure it will draw a lot of fire. I'm undecided but I will let you guy's know one way or the other. I was a Moderator here for some time so I've always liked to give others a heads up to try to help them. We shall see.

 

I got home for Christmas last Saturday morning. Stayed home until Wednesday because I had to renew my CDL. They call me Thursday morning with a 480 Mile load to Coca Cola in Nashville. I delivered it Friday which was yesterday at 2 o'clock. I am now sitting on the yard and I will be here until Tuesday. At some point you think I would learn to stop shooting myself in the foot. I should have never taken that load to Coca Cola. Because I've been doing this long enough to know the week after Christmas is horrible for freight. 4 days sitting in a parking lot with no pay. It's going to be a great year!

 

While bare POS Volvo trucks and lots of little things suck, The worst thing about Beacon by far is no weekend dispatch. Most of the miles for the trips are good. Usually 800 +. Butt the drawback is if you deliver after 5 o'clock on Friday there's a very good chance you are going to be sitting until Monday and sometimes Tuesday. They do have a guy who comes in from 8 to 10 on Saturday morning but unless you're lucky enough to be sitting at one of our big customers the chances of you getting a load on Saturday is very slim. You will get your miles Monday through Friday or you will not get them at all. Now take into consideration that Beacon wants their drivers to stay out 2 weeks at a time. The problem is you're sitting on most weekends with no load. They are a Monday through Friday company. Yet they do not want their drivers going home every weekend. We don't have a #### thing for you to do but please sit in your truck for 3 days until we return to work. Think you're going to call your dispatcher if you have a problem or a question? You better think again! They absolutely hate phone calls. They will not answer. You will leave a message then they will be mad because you left a message. You will receive a message on your Qualcomm almost everyday to not tie up the phone lines calling into dispatch. You are expected to communicate through your Qualcomm only. Good luck waiting on your reply. The people in the office are the only important people at Beacon. The company is designed to serve the people in the office not the driver. And this kind of attitude emanates from the very top.