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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SAdriver, post: 5774468, member: 177587&quot;]This got my grey matter buzzing and I came up with this:</p><p><br /></p><p>After nearly 9 months I have seen changes.&nbsp; The terminal is completed.&nbsp; The company is growing.&nbsp; There is now a truck driving school on site...I dont know if its a seperate business entity or in house.&nbsp; They are leasing Paul trucks and using the back lot.&nbsp; That has me slightly troubled.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as miles and such go,&nbsp; I am happy where I am.&nbsp; My pay ranges between 900-1100.&nbsp; I dont actually keep track of miles anymore.&nbsp; I would venture a guess that ones dispatch team plays a big part in it.&nbsp; I have met a couple drivers that have issues with miles in the past.&nbsp; Could be the drivers fault or the office team,&nbsp; who knows, who cares.&nbsp; I just take the load and run it.&nbsp; My dispatcher in turn leaves me the hell alone and keeps feeding me loads and hometime when I ask for it.&nbsp; It helps alot to set a soft boundary on where you will run,&nbsp; but be willing to cross that boundary if freight availability dictates.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as office staff goes,&nbsp; I am pretty nuetral about Tulsa.&nbsp; You can talk to the mechanics and safety/logs without needing a fingerprint scan.&nbsp; If you need anything else,&nbsp; it becomes a pita.&nbsp; My dispatcher in Houston otoh,&nbsp; A double wide with an unlocked door, past the office dog straight to her desk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mechanics do their best to keep equipment up and running good.&nbsp; They will say this in orientation,&nbsp; before bringing the truck to Tulsa for repairs,&nbsp; call the mechanics supervisor before arrival.&nbsp; Following that rule will save a bit of trouble. If your truck has a dynasys apu,&nbsp; its a 6k watt generator that provides clean sine wave power only while the apu is on.&nbsp; That said, no words of man, elf, dwarf, klingon or hell beast can properly describe my hatred of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trucks are not bad,&nbsp; They run 65,&nbsp; the power doesnt appear to be scaled back, pull good on small hills loaded and are generally comfortable.&nbsp; No room for a traditional or truck fridge but a portable dometic fridge or thermoelectric cooler makes up for that easily.&nbsp; Really saves on the debit card swipes at truck stop diners.&nbsp; I would recommend investing in either 4 inch ratchets or a couple stake pocket winches.&nbsp; The trailer winches stop about 1.5 feet from rear of trailer.&nbsp; If you come across oak 4x4x8&#039;s or even 2x 4x8&#039;s hold onto them.&nbsp; Some places we load require those only.</p><p><br /></p><p>No forced dispatch or no stop policy.&nbsp; Only had to pull over to catch a nap one time,&nbsp; nothing was said about it.&nbsp; Shut down due to conditions several times without any pushback ever.&nbsp; Going out of route mileage wise seems to be a non issue,&nbsp; if it is I have yet to hit that threshold.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all this is not a bad company.&nbsp; Its just a place to work and make money and as such its wise to keep an open mind towards the bigger picture.&nbsp; Had a stranger walk up to me who said &quot;nice truck,&nbsp; bad company&quot;.&nbsp; I agreed to get him to just go away because who cares what he or anyone else thinks.&nbsp; I would not recommend it for an experienced flatbedder looking to progress into more complex open deck.&nbsp; I would recommend it to less experienced drivers or flatbedders who just want to escape the 1k+ truck companies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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