Scoop on USA Truck OTR and Working for them

Well I got my first truck at the VB Terminal, and it was just off th road as the driver got put into a newer Pro-star. The shop had not checked it out and told me that I could take it, provided I did not mind cleaning it myself. I took the truck and ran 2 loads and then I started having problems the Clutch. It seems that they had applied a bandaid to the clutch to fix it. I was directed to West Memphis to get it checked out.

They found it would have to go to the dealer for a repair so I called my fm and asked for another truck. They got me into a an 07 international, and out of the 04 model I was driving. only 171k on the miles and it runs like a dream....

 

Well, its been a while since i posted last. Since getting my first truck, I had to trade it for an 07 model, since the tranny was bad in the first one. I have been getting over 3000 miles a week.

The biggest thing to keep in mind with this company, if it is a small thing, then let it go. They will run you as hard as you want to run. Provided you make ontime appointments, and don't bit#$ about your loads, and on the other hand they will also let you sit in the terminal for days if you dont ask for a load. Also watch your fleet manager, and if you are butting heads with them, DON'T fight with them, just ask to be routed into Van Buren, and go over to the ops building and ask for a new one. If you are doing your job properly, they will gladly give you another manager. If you are going into a trainer truck pay attention to the trainers fleet manager, and get a feel for how the trainer is running. If you and the trainer get along good, ask who their fleet manager is and see if they will recommend you for the same fleet. My trainer recommended me to his fleet manager, and i was assigned to the same fleet, they even came to me and asked if that was ok with me. After spending 4 weeks working for her in that fleet, I knew what to expect, and know how she works.

The longest I have sat without a load is 1 hour, and when my truck broke down she had me in a new truck as soon as the shop said it would take 3 days to fix. I don't sit in terminals and listen to the lounge chair bit#$# complain about load assignments. I made the mistake of talking to one of them a few weeks ago, and he told me that he had been waiting for a load for 6 hours, so I asked him how long he had been out of his truck, he stated 5 and half hours. I found out once I picked up my load assignment, that I was picking up the load that he did not respond to for over 3 hours. Well that pissed him off, but he screwed himself.....

This company is all based on your atitude, and work ethic, they have plenty of freight.....

 

Should be okay with USA Truck, the only problem I ever had was, well nothing really, just got tired of working for such a low cpm.

I kept a positive attitude, and ran the loads they had for me....

Your b/f should like it and it sounds like he got a good trainer.

 

Trainer was Steve....

great trainer, and he made sure you weren't scared of the truck. We had a couple of guys and a girl in my truck, 2 of them were scared of the truck. One guy was from Phillipines and was scared to turn. He would pull into an intersection and completly stop and then ask Steve what to do. The girl did alright after she got comfortable with double clutching.