Systems Transport

So i manually entered all of your #'s. Next time put them into a format i can copy and paste! lol

Anyways what i figured with the data give for 2014 is you made a gross income of $49,241.39

Assuming you take one day off per week (no work at all,not partial days off) your Weekly Average Gross income was $1090.62

 

I generally disagree with anything beyond the necessary professional relationship with dispatchers as they are soulless monsters from the depths of hell, but your advice is identical to Milkman's and 2 of my 3 trainers so their may be something to it.

I need actual data if your going to claim your succeeding as a result of proving yourself to your dispatcher. A good paycheck or 2 does not constitute an ideal situation.

 

I ended up Re-Powering a Genie load in a manner i hope to never repeat. It turns out the reason i sat all day yesterday is because they had to get an appointment for a 30 ton Crane to come and load this thing.



I'm leaving close up pictures of the truck out of this post out of respect for the driver. The Tow Truck Driver said he walked away from the crash. he rolled over onto his Passenger side fortunately leaving the driver side of the cab mostly intact.

I'm sticking around for now because based on my current research on my candidates it looks like the grass isn't any greener on the other side.
-Central Oregon Trucking
62 mph trucks,no APU's,inconsistent bonus. No Advancement Opportunity's,Same pay as System's
-Combined
Forced Per Diem,Limited Opportunity's, questionable office support
-Sprinter
Poor Driver Safety CSA score due to reputation of pushing drivers extremely hard
-Melton
Lots of Short hauls,Lots of East Coast and lots of freight from the Mexican Border BS,Lots of PIA tarped loads
-ATS
no info available on them atm
-Leavitt's
Same pay as Systems,Worse Vacation Time,Limited Service area gets boring

It's bittersweet to think i may be at the best flatbed Carrier already. I'll continue to research and add information on potential opportunity's, but with no Greener pastures to move to in sight I'll probably work on seeing if i can't make this work.

Nice having dinner with you tonight Milkman. You always offer insightful input .

 

As much as they Piss me off i would and did choose System's over Prime. I called up Prime when i was looking for my 1st job and i didn't even finish filling out my Employer Question Form before i realized they were a poor choice.

1.Prime makes you Pay for all your own Flatbed Equipment. Have you quoted a set of 8 ft drop tarps recently?

2.Prime's health insurance minimum was $200/mo when i talked to them last year. For their premium health insurance package you are looking at $400+/mo just for you.

3.To put it Crudely Prime Trucks are Running Road Blocks. I blow their doors off all day long and since we're being paid by the mile that's a good thing.

4.Prime runs Super Singles Which are absolute #### in slick road conditions.

5.Prime doesn't have anywhere for a flatbedder to go. They have a limited Flatbed division and few if any specialty divisions one can move in as they become more experienced. One of the reasons i chose System's Transport was their Plethora of opportunity's so that i may be able to grow within the company rather than grow into a new company.

Yes you'll get started out at 38cpm, but how much do you think will be left after your done paying for a couple grand worth of equipment plus constantly replacing equipment as it wears out and paying 200+ a month for health insurance minimum.

I'll be the first one to knock System's when they screw me over, but I don't regret not going to work for Prime.