The Heyl Truck Lines Experience

Welcome Jamesjr!!! I have the best start to the month ever so far 6500 miles and started on the 3rd! I did take the load all the way to Ft. Ogden. By the time I delivered at walmart I only had 6 hours for the next 2 days. I picked up juice the next day in Auburndale. Kind of sad there, when I started I picked up there all the time, was dedicated from there to Waco, Tx. We had at least 10 trailers in there, now we only have 3. I guess we could be spread out everywehere else. I took that load up to Jessup, Md for a saturday delivery. I got a preplan friday afternoon picking up in Flemington, NJ going to Vancouver.
Got my dispatch and found out I had the 2 stops in Edmonton then Calgary. I have gone between Calgary and Vancouver, BC once before, and was excited about it. Along Canada hwy 1 in BC that is the most beautiful drive anywhere!!! Looking forward to it, especailly since the last drop over the mountains is only 5,000 lbs. Usually if you pick up a Canada load they switch with a Canadian driver, but sent a message telling the planners and my DM I want to take it all the way, they said see what they can do. Started this morning in Beloit, Wi thinking all day I was going to get a message to meet someone somewhere to switch out, but never happened.
The good thing about this load, it is 3100 miles plus 150 or so empty, in 6 days, so I will be between 60-70 hours for a week! Good Stuff. Hope they can keep up the good miles. But, never know, trucking is only as good as your next load.
Be Safe.

 

This is a very good post and Heyl seems like a better than average company. I was just wondering if they hire out of Tennessee.

 

Just drove past your Akron IA yard, lots on pretty new trailers all in a row, side skirts, alloys, waiting for reefers to be fitted.

 

hello all when u go for home do u park at terminal or take it home and how much night drivin is done and how much east coast also can u request to go to canada

 

No beating the bush. How much does a noob make at heyl there first week, second week, third week, normal pay No high wages or low wages. Just a reality ball park. Bonus fifty percent are met. After takes what are all you fellers makin?

Any strange or stringent rules? Where do you fuel at, Pilot T/A et. or is it mixed. Are company drivers held to a turn by turn routing like Sneider drivers, or are you allowed to take your own shortucts? Are there any penelties for going out of route to far, how far is to far? Do they have any runs threw Northern CA or Western MT? Are there DMs intelligent and easy to work with?

Been thinking they might be right for me from what I have seen. Pretty sure there is some recruiting money flowing somewhere in the PMs regarding this post, taking this post Heyls sheet dont stink genre with a grain of salt, but still think they might be more suited for my mindset that the other companys I been looking at.

 

baracuda how much overnights do u do and can u take the truck home

 

Qualcomm statements help with recruiting efforts. When, someone would ask me about the company, I could always show them my statements on the Qualcomm. That happened at several round-circle discussions at docks, because there was always someone who called BS.

 

Night driving all depends on a load and the way you keep your schedule. As far as taking truck home, it all depends where you live. I live in Portland, OR and was allowed to take mine home.

 

Finally out of Canada!! Had some decent weather up there, my truck looks nasty with all the salt. The 10 and 11 hours days finally caught up to me on friday when I delivered in Vancouver on friday. By the time I delivered my load I only had 1 hour left, just enough time to get out of Canada and down to Bellingham, Wa. Sitting in a motel for the weekend. Not going to pick up my load in Seattle until monday morning. I figure I could have picked up something on friday in Washington somewhere, but didn't have the time to get anywhere. They ran me hard for 2 weeks, so sitting for 2 days waiting for a good run to go to Ft. Worth isn't all bad. Plus I get to spend the weekend watching March Madness!!