Not No To Jb Hunt, Hell No!!!

It's probably changed since i was last there.

I would answer that question, but it might spark off the moderators to k-line my bum, and I don't really feel like getting kicked out of here.

 

After having called so many companies, and due to my driving record in '07, having 1 accident on my DAC report, and only 8 months of experience.....I finally have a lead with JB Hunt.

Can anyone tell me the miles an average driver gets per week?

I would like to see myself continually driving, and seeing a decent paycheck.

I have quit smoking last month also (everyone can cheer me now hehe), and I doubt that I'll have any issues with their policies. I'm just ready to work and get my debts paid off.

And to finally move to solo driving would be the utmost blessing.

 

I had a conversation with a JB driver this past week. He was a regional driver.

He stated they had told him he could expect 36 hours a week. And that he had been averaging about 1800 miles a week. He gets paid by the mile.

They had gotten him home every weekend for one, sometimes two days at home.

When I was speaking with him on Thursday, he had just emptied out. And, he was less than 70 miles from his house. But was not allowed to go home, due to out of route miles.

The guy seemed happy. Or he at least did not express being unhappy.

You can take what you want from all that.

 

I worked for JB for a little over five years and was a driver for almost two of those years while I was with them. I was a driver in the Southeast Region and then moved to the Northeast Region as a manager for the last 3 - 3.5 years.

I'll be honest and tell you that while I was driving for them I made decent money. I wasn't getting rich but I could pay my bills and have a little left over for going out. I made almost 50K my first year and I was a local driver for 9 of those months.

As a manager in the NE Region I had 13 different accounts and over 400+ drivers. I had some accounts that paid really well and some that did not. The majority of accounts at JB pay by the mile. The only hourly pay you get would be from detention. There is accessorial pay such as layover, drop/hook, loading/unloading, etc but those are typically set rates such as $50.00 a day for layover or $15.00 per drop/hook.

If you are considering going over the road for JB Hunt I would not bother as this is not where the money is. If you can get on with JB Hunt you either want to go into the DCS division or the Intermodal division. DCS: this is where you drive dedicated for a customer such as Budweiser. The miles will be better than OTR and so will your home time. The downside is that there may or may not be more work required. I had a Family Dollar account which the drivers had to unload by hand onto rollers into the stores; but then I had a Home Depot account which was all drop and hook no touch.

Intermodal is just like the old JB back in the day. You get the standard uniform shirt, plenty of miles, and just a better quality of life from a driver standpoint because 98% of the loads are drop and hook.

You will find a few decent fleet managers here and there and the company can sometimes make you wonder why you ever started working here but overall I never had any problems as a driver or a manager. I enjoyed everyday I was there and would recommend them to anyone. Just don't go OTR - try to get on with a DCS account or Intermodal at JB Hunt, that's the way to go with them.

 

Isn't that called defamation of character?

 

I drove for them for about 7-8 months last year to February of this year and can say that they are everything bad that anyone has heard about. The best word to describe them is, "Aggggggggghhhhhhh," never work for this company ever unless you can handle being micromanged on a huge scale and have savings to tide you over because of no miles and little paycheck.

I am trying to think of one positive thing to say about this company but can't think of anything now but promise to come back later and post it.

 

I guess it all depends on what account you work or division you are in. I was there for 5 years and never had a bad thing to say about them. The only reason I left was because we moved out to Texas and unfortunately at the time there were no opportunities to transfer.

I would go back and still may if things don't work out where I am at. I can honestly say that I miss my gig at Hunt.

 

If your talking about company driving (i have no idea) but if your wanting to try the owner operator percentage program, Dont do it. youll average 1300miles per week (my year to date average miles per week) or roughly 50000 miles. at an average gross rate per mile of 1.04, Youll be sitting 2 days every time you go to TEXAS, and apx 4 days in fl, and 1 to 2 days in north east. I cant make any #### money over here so im moving on to another carrier, its just a question of when and where to quit and who to move to. it is very bad at jbhunt, so im outta here in less than 1 week. (note) if it is bad for owner ops, then it must really ###### for company drivers, and also note You will not get long loads, they ship most of their long haul frieght on railroads, so my advice is find a carrier that doesnt have an intermodel division, so there is less competion for frieght at that one carrier, IF YOU are an owner op< then find a carrier that is oo only, with no company drivers or intermodel div to compete with, unless you want to try intermodel, it might be better than dryvan right now but i have no idea as i have no experience in intermodel. only van..

 

#### low balling DCS Accts.
Steeling freight from companys that have had accts for 60+ years. LOL
Sad but true.
Lucky for my last company though, the JB drivers are scared to run our routes in the snow. So all those loads will be back soon.
They got allot of drivers from a Weyerhauser plant that closed in this region.

 

Joking, right? Any and all carriers can ship on the train. My company has 13 trucks and they do it! Too bad it's not the 40,000 lb loads, just the 20,000 lb ones! They leave the heavy freight for us!