The Heyl Truck Lines Experience

I am starting this thread to chronicle my experiences with Heyl. If you have any questions or comments feel free to join in. If you are a Heyl driver please contribute. Everyone is welcome here.

 

I did not mean to put this here....I have never created a thread before and I made a mistake. I am trying to get it moved, however, I am unsure of how to do it. Sorry about that.

 

Now that the administrative issues on this forum are resolved I guess I can start posting.

I started with Heyl last week. Orientation was only a two day process. There were only two of us for orientation. The entire first morning was spent completing paperwork and doing CSA 2010 training on a computer. Lunch was paid for at a local buffet. The afternoon was more CSA 2010 training and learning their version of the qualcomm. Right now they have a geologic system. As the trucks are updated, they are going to a touch screen unit that has electronic logs.

The second day was only a half day. There was a lecture on how to complete the logbook and hours of service. The comdata card was covered and then it was out to inspect the newly assigned truck.

I was assigned a 2008 cascadia. It has an 8 speed transmission with a Detroit Diesel 60 series engine. It has over 300k miles on it. It has a rigmaster apu. In this heat it seems to have difficulty keeping the sleeper cool, but once the sun goes down it does a decent job. The Thermoking model, in my opinion, is far superior to the rigmaster.

The sleeper is not bad. It seems larger than what I had on the t2k. It does not have a desk but I am learning to live without it. There are plenty of 12 volt plugs and an 1100 watt inverter. Sometime soon I will buy an electric cooler.

As far as pay and requirements go they require a minimum of one year of experience. I squeaked in having just over a year. Starting pay is .35 a mile with a 1 cent raise every year until .38 a mile. They offer a fuel/safety bonus. The fuel bonus is either 1 or 2 cents a mile. The safety bonus is 1 cent a mile. There is also a 5 cent per mile bonus for all dispatched miles over 28k in a quarter. The fuel bonus seems achievable. It is determined by which truck you are assigned. For my truck the magic numbers are 6.6 mpg for 1 cent and 6.9 mpg for 2 cents.

Friday morning I was given my first dispatch which took me to the Target in Cedar Falls, IA delivering Monday morning. After spending all day getting unloaded I was sent to Mt. Pleasant, IA for a load delivering today in Temple, TX.

So far the miles have been steady.