Some of you guys are making it hard.

I really liked driving through South Dakota, it's probably my favorite state to drive in. I like I-80 all the way through Iowa because that stretch is the best for truck parking it's very truck friendly with rest areas every 30 minutes.

I drove through the Northwest during the winter time with light dry van loads. You just have to monitor the weather. I can understand why a company would want to avoid unecessary downtime though. Still, it is really nice driving the Northwest during the summer months. Even winter it's not like it's bad everyday. Sometimes you get lucky with good weather lol.

Did you drive for Danny Herman Speed_Drums? If so do they have automatic shut off for their trucks after 5 minutes or will the trucks idle if you don't shut them off?

I ask because obviously I would use the APU but at my old company the first truck I got was a POS and the APU broke down on me and the temps got into the high 30's that night. Not enough to kill you but it sure would've been nice to have been comfortable all night with heat by letting my truck idle in that situation.

 

I don't drive for Danny Herman but I have already read previous posts about the company. There used to be an avid poster for the company a few years ago on TTR. @coueshunter was his nickname. If I remember right the Kenworths were all automatics but there were some Freightliners that were still manual. I don't know if they converted all the fleet to automatics, but I think so. There is a few permalinks posted below that might be helpful.

Danny Herman Trucking's customers (who are they?)

Danny Herman Trucking's customers (who are they?)

Danny Herman Trucking's customers (who are they?)

Danny Herman Trucking's customers (who are they?)

 

All of the companies that you have mentioned are turds. Fine something besides a mega and you will be a lot happier.

 

My brother is quite happy with ABF. He lives in Arlington; is home almost every night with union pay, benefits and a retirement package.

 

Yes. And ABF pays about 30K more than any mega a year.

 

Go for it then. Any of the above should suit you just fine. I’ll keep driving my private fleet school bus making twice what you will at any of the above.

 

What kind of truck is that in the picture? It's not your regular T680. Almost looks like a large car. They seem like a good outfit but their base cpm is a bit low. The trucks look amazing and being able to drive 75 makes the job more fun.