My new experience with Gordon Trucking, post-buyout

I spent over 8 years working for a coal mine in eastern kentucky. The old timers always said "when you see the rats leaving you better follow." They know whats coming and it aint good.
When the sellout not merger took place us rats had sense enough to leave...
the rest of the story you know

 

TOW and I said it the day of the merger right here. Things were about to change for the worse. We had the mindset to get the hell out early. And all those who said we didn't know what we were talking about, except of course the GTI buttsniffers know we were right now.

 

Even though we are not allowed to chain, I will still chain up in the northwest because no way in hell am I going to park the truck while going over Cabbage, or Snoqualmie or any other of the passes in that area.

 

Those red trucks are team truck only.

 

Well I'll say this...if they bought them for assets,then why are they getting rid of equipment in rapid fashion..also they are getting rid of contracts of freight at a rapid fashion too..it sounds like heartland is run by idiots....

 

Gordon is about to lose a major contract with Georgia Pacific. The Gordon yard in Millersburg just south of Salem, Oregon has drivers there who only do GP and the GP plant is just down the road and if they lose that contract there will be no point in keeping that terminal as the majority of the freight in and out of that yard is Georgia Pacific.

I was there talking to one of the drivers who does that account and he along with many other guys who have been with Gordon for a long time are just planning to retire early instead of finding something new. Heartless Express is running Gordon into the ground with no sign of stopping.

 

There is always a reason....

remember.. at the time of the sale gti was 200 million dollars in debt...

plus the gordons have their hands in other trucking companies and dont be surprised to see one of those companies get all those contracts.