Quick rundown on USA Truck

Yeah we had a lot of changes within the last year. It's definitely changed a lot since I started in 2019. I think before that it was pretty much a cookie cutter mega carrier. Once they started letting company drivers pick their own loads off a load board, concentrating on making the Texas regional fleets more efficient, turning the trucks up to 70mph, giving us multiple health insurance options, and other driver-friendly stuff things started feeling different from other big companies.

As far as leasing I know absolutely nothing about that side. I can say some of the guys that already owned their trucks or leased through a third party seem much happier. They can choose between mileage pay or getting paid a percentage of the load, and they can see what the load pays on the load board before they accept the load. That's about as much as I know.

 

Just a heads up, the hybrid regional/OTR fleet got disbanded. I'm now on a load board and run pretty much like owner-operator. I know a lot of guys that did not like it, but it suits me very well.

Also we had a change in pay structure. They are phasing out the sliding pay scales and going to just a flat 50CPM effective this month.

 

Yeah the turnover rate for the dedicated Family Dollar account is pretty high. We also have a dedicated Staples fleet and a dedicated Pods flatbed fleet, the guys on those seem to have better results.

I've been on the load board for a couple months and I really like this fleet. I think the big caveat here is that I've been with this company for a while and I already know which customers to avoid for various reasons, and I also know which ones are going to be close together. Last week I had a drop and my pickup was literally the building next door. Dispatch loves it. I love it. I got all the freedom without the overhead of owning my own truck.