Starting orientation w/ Earl L. Henderson tomorrow

thinkin about joinin henderson i am out of sacramento ca like to do regional runs if not 48 is cool i am exp driver over 10 yrs,and a ret miltary vet who also drove big rigs for 20 yrs as well,, they have new trucks and cascadias, they take care of all 3 meals at orintation , and is hotel 1 or man room

 

Thank you for that site. Some very eye-opening information. Again thanks!

 

Hey largest hat, hit me up. I'm local and have some leads for you: truckersurf at gmail dot com

 

Hi I wanted to know what you think of them after a couple weeks. Im suposed to go for orientation this comming Monday. Are you getting decent miles and how do they treat you?

thanks

 

Well good luck to anyone who drives for E.L. HENDERSON !! Me and my husband drove for them and the pay and miles are great but be careful they will make you haul loads that are over weight and if you get a ticket your responsible for it . They push teams to the extreme and want them to run 24hrs a day ! They have a fleet manager there who starts calling you and yelling if you stop to eat, s### or shower. They drove us so hard I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia ! And if you want to go home for time off it's a month before they can get a load going close to your city !!!!!!!!!!

 

I have never been forced to haul an overweight load. NEVER EVER. I did get the third degree for cutting 2 pallets because I had run out of time to get it loaded right, because I was only over axle, not over gross, and it was a Saturday and I really wanted to go home so I could see the dentist to fix a broken tooth. But ultimately it is my responsibility as the driver to make it right. I don't care what dispatch says, I will ride legal. End of story.

I am a solo, but I know they do run the teams really hard. That's why I won't run team for them. Too much work. Most people I know like to be run hard, more power to them. Not my cup of tea. Kind of funny though, the fact that most people complain about being starved to death, and here we get the opposite. And again. You are the captain of the ship. Say no. I don't know who your dispatcher was, but I say no when I can't do anymore to mine. I am human, not a machine. Of course they don't like it, but too bad for them.

And last, I always get home for my home time. Maybe not the exact day, but close enough.

 

Sabine, i'm attending orientaion tomorrow. I really hope this company works for me.

 

I am looking into them as well ,, i will give them a call on Monday ,, i like the sound of good money and running hard ! me and my brother want to run team . we are both very hard workers but more the Physical kind, he is from Construction and i am from Production very very fast past Production ,,, and very Physical .

We do not want the Physical end of a job any longer so we are going into trucking ,, we hope to get more PICK AND DROP then Hands on stuff ,, but some hands on wont bother us as long as its here and there stuff to help out ,, i hear there are some very hard load and unload trucking jobs out there and that is not what we are looking for we just want to drive the tires off the machine lol ....