Taking my trucks to JB Hunt!

I have talked to other guys with the same story as yours.

Lots of sitting and Low miles.

 

Are you able to haul other freight if they don't have any instead of sitting for two or three days? Dry vans are cheap why pull their trailer?

 

You pull their trailer because there is a lot of drop & hook. Not sure about using their trailer for a load. We would sit for a day or two waiting to go pick up an MT or loaded trailer after dropping one, so in many cases you would not have one to run a different load on anyway.

These large carreirs make little distinction between dispatching their drivers and how they operate as brokers. They have definitely blurred the distinction between us being a carrier and them being brokers. When JB is running this type operation they are, on paper, just a broker giving you freight. However the driver handles all communication with the dispatcher. There are legal issues here, because they (as do many brokers) want to dispatch and communicate with drivers directly. Basically you are running as a lease operator with all the insurance and cargo liability plus full liability for their trailer.

If you are a fleet owner all communications should come through your own dispatch, and you alone should be communicating with your drivers. This is just one more part of a broken system that manages to allow the big guys to pass on even more expense and liability to the little guys.

Do some research on brokers being sued for cargo claims and accidents because they overstepped their authority and took on the role of motor carrier, whether or not they were registered as carriers in addition to being a broker.

 

Please keep us posted...GOOD LUCK !!!!!!

 

What I would be afraid of with all their company trucks and owner operators leased to them the independent contractors would get the left over crap loads.

 

The recruiter that called me said they had no company positions anymore. He was trying to BS his way to talking me into a lease. I put him on the spot with a few question's and hesitated to answer and one final and he hung up on me. Just as I thought. I wouldn't do jack #### with them.

 

If you are still wondering about USA, you might want to contact Coastie (on this forum) and he can let you know how it was with them (suffices to say that he is no longer with them).

 

I think people are making a big mistake doing all this swapping around trying to find something good right now. It plain SUCKS everywhere. If it runs on tires and burns fuel it's gonna be bad. It's survival right now , I can't see it any different. Someone, tell where this theory is flawed????