Stevens Transport

Every 1 is difrent i had my cdl be for i went there too. but i had no experience otr. at first stevens told me i just had to go thro orientation then after i bought my plane tickit due to the fact i was not going to ride a bus from klamath falls OR to dallas TX thay called me back and told me that thay would not hire me unless i went thro there school...it did not cost me any money outher then my food.. but i had to be in contrack with them for a year.but keep in mind that if you go thro them that it may be hard to get hired with some outher place due to stevens will take all the time thay can to verify yr employment... and i think its like 30 or 31 days...

if i had it to do all over i would check out Knight first if you have 6 months xp is all thay use to require..also Knight has a traning for people that have there cdl called Squire but i dont no mutch about them Squire that is...Stevens has good traning but trying to get out of there is hard and thay dont pay varry good..i left there after 1 year and was making 28 or 29 cents a mile..went to night and started out at only 31 cents a mile but at my year mark when i quit i went up to 35 cpm..i quit for a 40cpm job and thats after only 2 years of driving xp..the hazmat can hert you at stevens not meney have that there so if thay no u have 1 you could be sitting some where waiting for that load..due to them noing yr 1 of the 1s that has it.i have a frend that was there off and on for 9 years at the 9 years of being there at stevens he was making 34 or 35 cpm..thay top out at 40cpm,he just quit and went to creet and is making 44cpm..i dont realy think you can make money at stevens..its not geard to that ..every time you hit the yard u have a long list of stuff u have to do b4 u get cleard to go back out agen ie work shops complince fuel dep safety and outher things b4 u get out you have dun a 34 hour reset and got no pay for sitting on there yard...i work for JB Hunt now and have to do some things like that now..watch videos 1 a month for the safety dep but at least hunt pays me to do it at stevens unless yr driving you make no money. hope this helps

 

Can't imagine why your miles were so low as a team. Hubby and I run teams and are rarely below 4500 per week, had a few bad weeks in Jan/Feb, but that is the norm for most trucking companies, still got almost 3000 those weeks. We also put out some apps cause we are planning on leaving when the lease is up, no problem with Stevens replying to the companies. A lot of it must have to do with which DM you had.

 

A lot will depend on how long it has been since you have driven. If you have been out too long, you will need to go through the school, if not, you will simply go through Orientation and out with a trainer. You will sign a one year contract and can leave at that point and get a job pretty much anywhere you apply. Most of the 'complainers' on here did not even stay their full year. You can definitely make money with them if you are willing to run. We have many solo company drivers that have been with the company for 10yrs, 15yrs, etc. You can chose to go Alliance/lease and make more money and have more freedom concerning your routes, time-off, etc. And of course, as a trainer you can essentially double your income.

 

I will share my experience, I had my CDL for 5 months (No experience) before going to Stevens in 08. I was not required to pony up and go through refresher or the full course. I went out with a Phase 1 trainer for 5 weeks, than Phase 2 trainer for 3 weeks. I did the Grad Fleet and went Solo. All in all I stayed at Stevens for a total of 7 months, when I left I was only making 28 cpm. I went to another company who is not a Training outfit and started at 38cpm pulling a dry van NOT a pesky reefer. Quite a few drivers are comfortable with the pay scale at Stevens, so be it. I found out that the grass is greener on the other side. I am currently at 43 cpm.

 

I still call BS. Stevens doesn't have ANY trucks with payments in the $700's. Highest payment is $680 and that is only recently.
If you're leasing with Alliance, they don't 'sell the truck from under you'. You have a lease on that truck, but it may have a mileage clause where you will give it up when it hits 500,000.
Alliance doesn't send out any trucks over 400,000. Those go into the grad fleet.
350? possibly. but no one surprises you.
What you are relating sounds suspiciously like a grad fleet driver that wasn't cutting the mustard, and was routed back to Dallas to sell the truck.
You were not Alliance...maybe PRE Alliance.
Too many discrepencies in your fairy tale of woe.
It's just a pile of BS.
If you didn't like Stevens for any reason, just say so. Fairy tales aren't needed.

 

lol kind of funny you say all that BS!!!! you have no clue what yr talking about 680$ is close enough to 700 to call it that...2 i did do pre allince as well in a t2000..was not bad went to allince div with a older 387 pet....payment was 500 or so a week LIKE I SAID DID PRITY GOOD!!!! Till THAY SOLD IT OUT FROM UNDER ME with about 6 outher black 387 pets to some guy that bought them dont realy care if you belive it or not you can ask Katherine at allince leasing..Jonny red cloud Cox was the guy that told me Todd AAron wanted to know why my truck was not moving....this was 3 years ago.so that would be in like june of 09...lol my anser to John is Todd can ask that when he is making the truck payment...and yes if you have not FIGURED IT OUT YET STEVENS DOES WHAT IT WANTS WHEN IT WANTS TO...yes i could have took them to cort...why was i paying maintenance on a rentle???cuz yr right thay cant do that BUT IT DID happen!!!!! lol as far as not cutting the mustard??? grow up man may be to you this a tuff guy contest to see how mutch BS you can take...To me?? this a job to suport my famely...and if i rember right YOU THERE AT STEVENS BEND THE TRUTH LIKE CALLING IT JUST A TRUCK PAYMENT AT 680 BUT SOME HOW THE APU DOES NOT COUNT AS THAT???is the apu part of the truck???how mutch does the truck payment + apu cost????? if i remember right the guy that bought thos trucks was 1 of the dallas stars or some pro sports guy ...also do me a favor tell them to stop sending me letters asking me to come back to allince...i get 1 every year or so...i am happy working for a real trucking company making real money not stevens $$$$

 

Glad you'r happy where you're at.
Everyone has to stumble a bit in this business until they find the right fit.
No company is right for everyone.
You started out saying they raised your payment to $800.
Now you're saying $700
Three years ago? the maximum payment was $620 for a Pete. The T2000 was a bit less.
So where's the truth? If you can't get this part right, I can't believe anything else you say.
No veracity. Just vitteral and callous lies, innuendos and rants.
It's BS and you know it is.
Go find a truckers coffee counter where you can spout your lore.
Because it's nowhere near to the truth.

 

He wasn't an employee until he was cleared to drive and offered a job. The hold for BP was not their problem and the problem with the permit was also not the companies fault, they cannot hire someone who does not have a legal license or permit.

 

Truck payment of $560 plus all other fixed costs are close to $800. And many call all fixed costs the truck payment. And yes Stevens can and does sell a leased truck with over 400,000 miles out from under a leesor. But my contracts stated that they had to provide a like or newer truck for the same base payment. Now yes my total fixed costs went up, insurance, and the addition of an apu. Stevens honored the contract. I do know drivers that were upset when "their trucks" were sold.

 

lol seems to me yr the 1 that lives in a fantasy world..just kick back on the stevens line and listen to major logan on stevens radio wile yr waiting in some meat patch for 3 days till yr trailer gets loaded...fyi the pete was less then the kw....do you even drive for them?? or are you in the office???maybe you can answer this 1 ...why is it that stevens only pays 40cpm..when you hit the 16 year mark? and btw i dont hit truck stops.. any more lol i get to go home every night and have the weekends off...you call me a liar but this thread has a lot more people saying similar stuff to what i am saying so how does it feal to be the only sane person in a crazy world..?? seek help and meds bro you need some.. get off the KOOL'AID and out of the stevens cult it might just kill ya